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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I cycle of a population class or species, as in requesting a flow adequate for spawning of salmonids or cutthroat trout. The biological target of recommendations have been the preservation of fishery or wildlife hab- itats, and are rarely directed at population classes or life cycles. Of course, the more general category predominates because it incurs less effort and cost in field investigation and is easier to implement. After the biologist has developed a fish and wildlife recommendation, he then recommends that measure in a report to the sponsoring agency. The "outfl ow-shoul d equal-the-infl ow" request ill ustrates the speci ficity re- quired when requesting fish and wildlife measures. This request simply states that an outflow from a reservoir up to a certain amount should be equal to the inflow. This type of recommendation is usually requested on smaller projects such as Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management permit projects. However, a request of this nature requires that there be an in- flow gage below the reservoir. Any combination of the preceding is required, so that the operator of the dam can compute the amount of water that should be released to comply with the recommended flow. Bargaining Status of Recommendations Bargaining for the adoption of a fish and wildlife recommendation is a process whereby the fish and game and the sponsoring agencies interact in determining the measures to be implemented at a particular dam, diversion, or project. This process might occur before, during, or after the formulative process. Table 1 displays an overview of the status of recommended measures for 146 water resource projects by sponsoring agency. Status is presented in terms of percent of measures rejected, modified or accepted by the sponsoring agency. One out of four measures requested by fish and wil dl i fe interests are rejected by the sponsori.ng agency. However, for every five measures requested, 8