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Recovery
Planning
NOAA
Fisheries Releases Final Middle Columbia River Steelhead Recovery Plan
On September 30, 2009, NOAA
Fisheries announced the release of the final Middle Columbia River Steelhead
Recovery Plan. This Endangered Species Act-mandated recovery plan
includes the Yakima Steelhead Recovery plan prepared by the Yakima Basin
Fish & Wildlife Board. It
represents the first time that NOAA has compiled multiple
locally-generated recovery plans into a larger NOAA Recovery Plan. We are
proud to have been a part of developing this plan, and thank NOAA for its
commitment to developing it in a cooperative manner. We believe that the
plan provides an essential road map that will guide recovery efforts for
Mid-Columbia steelhead for many years to come.
The full NOAA Fisheries plan
and associated outreach materials can be downloaded at:
http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Salmon-Recovery-Planning/Recovery-Domains/Interior-Columbia/Mid-Columbia/Mid-Col-Plan.cfm
Final
Version of Yakima Steelhead Recovery Plan Completed
The Yakima Basin Fish &
Wildlife Recovery Board has completed final edits to the Yakima Steelhead
Recovery Plan. The final version can be downloaded here:
YAKIMA STEELHEAD RECOVERY PLAN
This plan has been
incorporated into the NOAA Fisheries Middle Columbia Steelhead Recovery
Plan.
The draft response to comments
and a redline version showing edits made between August 2008 and August
2009 are also available for review. Changes in the text are redlined;
changes in the actions database tables are not redlined, but are
described in the response to comments. Typographical edits were not
tracked.
Redline of final edits to the Yakima Steelhead Recovery Plan
Draft response to comments prepared by the Board for submission
to NOAA
Steelhead
Recovery Plan Being Finalized
On September 24th, 2008 NOAA
Fisheries released
the Middle Columbia River Steelhead Recovery Plan, which is a draft
Endangered Species Act-mandated recovery plan for steelhead in southern Washington and north
central Oregon. This
non-regulatory plan sets objective goals for steelhead populations and
outlines the actions that will need to be taken to achieve those goals.
The NOAA plan incorporates the Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery
Board’s locally-drafted Yakima Steelhead Recovery Plan as the guide for
recovery actions in the Yakima Basin. It also includes a locally-developed
recovery plan for the Walla Walla and Touchet Rivers drafted by the Snake
River Salmon Recovery Board, a plan drafted by the State of Oregon for
the Umatilla, John Day, Deschutes and Hood River Basins, and plans
drafted by NOAA Fisheries for the White Salmon, Klickitat and Rock Creek
Basins. This is the first time
that NOAA has built an ESA recovery plan by combining multiple
locally-generated recovery plans, and we are proud to be a part of this
ground-breaking collaborative effort. The NOAA Plan is available
for review at:
http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Salmon-Recovery-Planning/Recovery-Domains/Interior-Columbia/Mid-Columbia/Mid-Col-Plans.cfm
The
Yakima Steelhead Recovery Plan is available
here:
8-18-08_Yakima_Steelhead_Recovery Plan.pdf
The
combined plans were open for public comment for 90 days (through Dec 23rd);
the Board is currently working with NOAA to compile and respond to
comments on the Yakima Portion of the Plan. Questions and feedback on the
plan should be directed to Alex Conley (aconley@ybfwrb.org or 509 453-4104).
Comments
Received on March 24, 2008 Yakima Steelhead Recovery Plan Review Draft
Thanks
to all who submitted comments on the previous version of the Steelhead Recovery
Plan. We reviewed all the comments
we received and responded to them as we finalized the 8-18-08 Review
Draft posted above. Your comments have helped make this a better
document. The links below show the
comments received and the changes made in response.
Overview of Comments Received and Responses
Track changes version showing changes made between
3/24/08 and 8/18/08 versions
Original 3/24/08 review draft (useful for page number references in the
overview of comments)
2005
Yakima Subbasin Salmon Recovery Plan
On October 26, 2005, the Yakima
Subbasin Fish and Wildlife Planning Board presented a completed draft
Salmon Recovery Plan for the Yakima Subbasin to the National Marine
Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the presence
of Governor Christine Gregoire.
This plan addressed the recovery needs of the two listed fish
species in the Yakima Basin, steelhead and bull trout. The National Marine Fisheries Service
reviewed the plan and issued a supplement requesting revisions to the
draft (see the Federal Register Notice).
Three comments were filed in response to NOAA’s federal register
notice. The Board used this plan and the NOAA response as the basis for
development of the 2008 Yakima Basin Steelhead Recovery Plan described
above. The Board is currently
working to update the bull trout portion of the 2005 plan.
2006 Federal Register Notice
Draft 2005 Salmon Recovery Plan
BOR Comments on 2005 Plan
Yakima Basin Joint Board Comments on 2005 Plan
American Rivers
Comments on 2005 Plan
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