Recommendation 50
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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
KOOTENAI TRIBE OF IDAHO
FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE
NORTHWEST POWER PLANNING COUNCIL
COLUMBIA RIVER FISH AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM

Recommending Entity:
Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
Administrative Contact:
Velma Bahe, Kootenai Tribal Council Chairperson
Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
P.O. Box 1269
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805
Phone: (208) 267-3519
FAX: (208) 267-2960

Technical Contacts:
Sue Ireland
Scott Soults

Kootenai Tribal Fish and Wildlife Department
P.O. Box 1269
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805
Phone: (208) 267-3620
FAX: (208) 267-1131
e-mail:

The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho specifically recommends that measures 10.3B11, 10.4B.1, 10.4B.2, 10.4B.3, 10.4B.4, 10.4B.5, 10.6C.1, 10.8B, 10.8B.22, 2.2G and all measures relevant to the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho Fish and Wildlife mitigation program as listed in the Northwest Power Planning Council’s existing Fish and Wildlife Program continue to be funded for implementation until explicitly modified or replaced through a sub-basin planning process in which the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho has participated as a sovereign tribal government.

The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho also asks the NWPPC to adopt the following category for implementing funding of "high priority /early actions":

• Project must be consistent with Tribal Trust responsibility

High priority/early action items the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho would like to recommend for funding include:

• Subbasin planning
• Habitat acquisition for protection of sensitive fish and wildlife species
• Long term funding for the Kootenai Tribal Hatchery operations and maintenance
• Long term funding for land acquisition operations and maintenance
• Long term funding commitment for ongoing artificial nutrification of Kootenay and Arrow Lakes as long as flow augmentation occurs for U.S. salmon recovery efforts
• Support for Key Ecological Functions analysis (including plants) in the Kootenai drainage

The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho submits the following attachments for adoption into the Fish and Wildlife Plan:

• Regional Amendment
• Blocked Area Provincial Amendment
• Kootenai Subbasin Amendment which contains recommended measures (actions), both for immediate needs and long term/on-going needs, and asks the NWPPC to adopt these measures in accordance with its duties and responsibilities under the Acts governing its authority.

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