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<br />The price for the <br /> <br />., .. <br />regIOn s prospenty IS ' <br />being paid by people, <br />businesses and river <br />corrunumdtiesthatonce <br />thrived on salrllOn. It is <br />a price realized in lost <br />jobs, business tailures <br />and lost community in- <br />~ome from business in- <br />vestments"and tourism. <br />It is a price that hits <br />Columbia Basin Indian <br />tribes particularly hartl. <br />Salmon are important to <br />the trioes for religious, <br />, cultural, economic and <br />subsistenc~ purposes. <br />Some tribes are guaranteed the right to fish <br />, for Columbia saln\on by treaties with the <br />Unite~ States difting to 1855. <br /> <br />A'. .. . . t one tim~., hatche'rieswere seenas <br />- the, solution to the pro})lem of de- <br />. . . clirting salmon runs, But in the last' <br />50 years, as hatcheries pumped'millions of <br />fish into tp.e Columbia systemc"and runsstiU c <br />declined., it became clear that hatcheries / <br />alone won'tprote~t or~ebuild sahnon runs. <br />Salmon that' spawn in streams, we have, <br />learned, are critical, to the ongoing su~ival <br />j , <br /> <br />, ' <br /> <br />Salinon:: . <br />The price of <br />I prosperity . <br /> <br />of the species. To safe~ <br />guard these naturally <br />,spawning salmon runs, <br />we must look beyond <br />hatcheries. We must. <br />address all of the ele- <br />I ments that'impair <br />salmon survival. <br />I - We can rebuild <br />salmol1 populations in <br />the Columbia Basin if <br />we act quickly, careful- <br />, lyand cooperatively, <br />And we can accom- <br />. plish this goal without' <br />eli,minating other1uses <br />of the river, or jeopar-' <br />dizing 'oUr efficient <br />, and economical supply <br />of electricity. - <br />What follows is <br />a comprehensive <br />frategy that calls on everyone in the North- . <br />est t6 help us double the size of salmon <br />, . , . <br />t.!ns in ways that ensure continued returns <br />for many generations. Salmon rebuild}ng <br />efforts must address every stage of the salm- <br />. on life cycle if they are tq be effective. O!her- . <br />. wise, our region ,could invest millions of . <br />dollars on a few aspects of the problem, <br />while the ~almon are killed becaJ)se of other <br />problems. . ' . <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />T <br /> <br /> <br />,. <br />I <br /> <br />iTbe'pacific NortbwestTbrougb Tim~ . <br />Evolutio:n of. a River Basi!n <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />( <br />13,D00-10,QOO B.C, <br />More than '40 floods scour much of the <br />present day Pacific Northwest. <br /> <br /> <br />