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River Harvest Module (NMFS 2014a) as
Appendix G.
The Public Draft Recovery Plan
The Proposed Plan contains biological
background and contextual information
that includes description of the ESU, the
planning area, and the context of the
plan’s development. It presents relevant
information on ESU structure,
guidelines for assessing salmonid
population and ESU status, and a brief
summary of Interior Columbia
Technical Recovery Team products on
population structure and species status.
It also presents NMFS’ proposed
biological viability criteria and threats
criteria for delisting.
As described in Chapter 2 of the
Proposed Plan, the historical Snake
River fall Chinook salmon ESU
consisted of two populations. The
population above the Hells Canyon Dam
Complex is extirpated, leaving only one
extant population—the Lower Mainstem
Snake River population. An ESU with a
single population would be at greater
extinction risk than an ESU with
multiple populations. This is a key
consideration in the proposed Snake
River fall Chinook salmon biological
viability criteria, since there is more
than one possible scenario for achieving
the criteria. The proposed viability
criteria include two possible scenarios
and a placeholder for developing
additional scenarios that would be
consistent with delisting. Scenario A
focuses on achieving ESA delisting with
two populations (i.e., the extant Lower
Mainstem Snake River population and a
recovered Middle Snake population
above the Hells Canyon Complex).
Scenario B illustrates a singlepopulation pathway to delisting. The
placeholder scenario describes a
framework under which additional
single-population scenarios could be
developed that would involve
developing natural production emphasis
areas that would have a low percentage
of hatchery-origin spawners. NMFS is
interested in comments on how such
additional scenarios might be
developed, potentially for inclusion in
the final recovery plan.
The Proposed Plan also describes
specific information on the following:
current status of Snake River Fall
Chinook Salmon; limiting factors and
threats throughout the life cycle that
have contributed to the species decline;
recovery strategies and actions
addressing these limiting factors and
threats; and a proposed research,
monitoring, and evaluation program for
adaptive management. For recovery
actions, the Proposed Plan includes a
table summarizing each proposed
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action, life stage affected, estimated
costs, timing, and potential
implementing entities. It also describes
how implementation, prioritization of
actions, and adaptive management will
proceed. The Proposed Plan also
summarizes time and costs (Chapter 9)
required to implement recovery actions.
In some cases, costs of implementing
actions could not be determined at this
time and NMFS is interested in
additional information regarding scale,
scope, and costs of these actions. We are
also particularly interested in comments
on establishing appropriate forums to
coordinate implementation of the
recovery plan.
Public Comments Solicited
We are soliciting written comments
on the Proposed Plan. All substantive
comments received by the date specified
above will be considered and
incorporated, as appropriate, prior to
our decision whether to approve the
plan. While we invite comments on all
aspects of the Proposed Plan, we are
particularly interested in comments on
developing specific scenarios to address
the placeholder recovery scenario,
comments on the cost of recovery
actions for which we have not yet
determined implementation costs, and
comments on establishing an
appropriate implementation forum for
the plan. We will issue a news release
announcing the adoption and
availability of the final plan. We will
post on the NMFS West Coast Region
Web site (www.wcr.noaa.gov) a
summary of, and responses to, the
comments received, along with
electronic copies of the final plan and
its appendices.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: December 14, 2015.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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Federal Register citation of previous announcement: 80 FR 76948, Dec.
11, 2015.
Previously announced time and date of the meeting: 10:00 a.m., Friday,
December 18, 2015.
Changes in the meeting: The time of the meeting has changed. This
meeting will now be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, December 18, 2015.
Contact person for more information: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 202-418-
5964.
Natise Allen,
Executive Assistant.
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