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3 <br />~~~• <br />(2) Provide fish ladders for the fish to migrate upstream as before. <br />Capture and truck fish downstream after spawning is complete. <br />(3) During spawning season, capture fish below the dam and truck <br />them upstream above the dam for spawning. Capture and truck <br />fish downstream after spawning is complete. _ <br />If one of these or other suitable alternatives are selected and there <br />are no other local major impacts, then the analysis moves on to part 2 <br />j ~p,c M <br />~, - of the jeopardy question. If the project sponsors refuse to select a <br />~ E, <br />r, r.: suitable alternative, a jeopardy opinion should be rendered. It is <br />~ ,; <br />~~, <br />quite likely that eventually this will occur, so it is my recommendation <br />that in every consultation meeting, it is emphasized by Fish and L~Jild- <br />life personnel that projects are analyzed on an individual basis and <br />that the Service's new strategy does not guarantee a non-jeopardy opinion. <br />By establishing a high degree of"professionalism and objectivity and by <br />standing firm when the real survival of the fish are at stake, the <br />Service can probably weather any public criticism. It would be more <br />detrimental to have the public believing that any project can "buy" its <br />way out of a jeopardy opinion, regardless of the true consequences to <br />the endangered species. <br />PART II. Basin-Wide Management Plan <br />Once the local major impacts are corrected, the second question of <br />jeopardy should be answered, namely "Will the project significantly <br />decrease the liklihood of recovery of the species?" .This question <br />encompasses the overall basin-wide manage~~~ent objectives of the Service, <br />aimed at recovering the species <br />One point should be emphasized over <br />. _~ <br />