1 The use of the term "spring-run" to describe the chinook salmon returning to the Dungeness River has been discontinued by state, tribal, and federal agencies. It has been replaced with the term "native," but in this report the term "spring-run" has been retained for the purpose of maintaining consistency with older references to the stock.
2 Mid-Columbia was used by the petitioners to refer to the Columbia River Basin between Priest Rapids and Chief Joseph Dams.
3 The term dams includes the physical presence of mainstem dams, the operation of the hydropower system, reservoir storage, and water withdrawal associated with dams.
4 Logging activities include tree-cutting, road building, and splash-damming (historically).
5 J.D. Hubble, Biologist, Yakama Tribal Fisheries, P.O. Box 151, Toppenish, WA 98948. Pers. Commun., April 1996.
6 B. Beckman, Fisheries Biologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2725 Montlake Blvd. E., Seattle, Washington, 98122. Pers. Commun., July 1996.
7 B.D. Watson, Yakama Fisheries Project, 771 Pence Rd, Yakima WA 98902. Pers. commun., February 1996.
8 "Mixed" is defined by Washington co-managers as: "A stock whose individuals originated from commingled native and non-native parents, and/or by mating between native and non-native fish (hybridization); or a previously native stock that has undergone substantial genetic alteration" (WDF et al. 1993, p. 6).
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