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Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

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YAKAMA NEZ PERCENTIVITY COLUMBIA RIVER INTER-TRIBAL FISH COMMISSION WARM 729 N.E. Oregon, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon 97232 Telephone (503) 238-0667 Fax (503) 235-4228 SPRINGS TUMATILLA November 14, 1997 Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady OEOB Room 100 The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Ms. Verveer: Over the past year, the four Columbia River tribes with treaty-reserved fishing rights and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission raised concerns at all stages of Northwest Power Planning Council implementation of the Gorton amendment to the Northwest Power Act. Unfortunately, NWPPC's decision to condition or delay funding for tribal salmon restoration programs (ostensibly, until additional reviews take place) has forced the tribes to take legal action. The Yakama, Umatilla, Warm Springs, and Nez Perce tribes petitioned the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, asking it to review the legal aspects of NWPPC's decision and its responsibilities under the Northwest Power Act. At the same time, the tribes are asking the NWPPC to rescind its decision. The enclosed full-page advertisement, which is running this week in major newspapers in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, was prompted by NWPPC's recent actions. As the advertisement indicates, more studies are not necessary. Many of the tribes' projects have undergone fifteen years of extensive study and planning, costing hundreds of millions of dollars under NWPPC's leadership. By NWPPC's own admission, the tribal hatcheries are based on sound science. The tribal projects are also based on sound policy and law. Delay caused by NWPPC's decision to create new and shifting policies jeopardizes many salmon restoration programs, including those in the Yakima, Clearwater, Walla Walla, Grande Ronde, and Salmon basins. NWPPC's actions are keeping us from repeating the successes we have had in the Umatilla Basin. Salmon runs that had been eliminated in the Umatilla for about 70 years are beginning to flourish again. For the past two years, salmon returns have been strong enough to allow limited spring chinook fishing seasons for both Indian and non- Indian fishers, something that is still almost unthinkable in the rest of the Columbia Basin above Bonneville Dam. Printed on Recycled Paper

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