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modification, or curtailment of a 

species’ habitat or range; (B) 

overutilization for commercial, 

recreational, scientific or educational 

purposes; (C) disease or predation; (D) 

the inadequacy of existing regulatory 

mechanisms; and (E) other natural or 

man-made factors affecting the species’

continued existence. These may or may 

not still be limiting recovery when in 

the future NMFS reevaluates the status 

of the species to determine whether the 

protections of the ESA are no longer 

warranted and the species could be 

‘‘delisted.’’ In its Final Supplement to 

the Shared Strategy Plan, NMFS 

provides specific criteria for each of the 

relevant listing/delisting factors to help 

ensure that underlying causes of decline 

have been addressed and mitigated prior 

to considering the species for delisting. 

Site-Specific Actions 

The Recovery Plan recognizes that 

recovery actions must be implemented 

at both the regional, or ESU, and 

watershed, or population, levels, and it 

proposes both types of site specific 

actions. Watershed-level actions are 

detailed in the individual watershed 

plans contained in Volume II of the 

Shared Strategy Plan, and regional 

actions are described in Volume I. The 

Recovery Plan states that recovery will 

depend on integrating actions that 

address habitat (including hydropower 

effects), harvest, and hatchery 

operations. An adaptive management 

program is under development in 

coordination with NMFS and regional 

stakeholders involved in 

implementation of the Recovery Plan. 

Time and Cost Estimates 

The ESA section 4(f)(1) requires that 

a recovery plan include ‘‘estimates of 

the time required and the cost to carry 

out those measures needed to achieve 

the Plan’s goal and to achieve 

intermediate steps toward that goal’’ (16 

U.S.C. 1533[f][1]). The Shared Strategy 

Plan estimates that recovery of Puget 

Sound Chinook salmon will take 

‘‘several decades,’’ or 50 to 100 years. 

Chapter 8 of the Shared Strategy Plan 

summarizes cost estimates for the 

measures needed to achieve the plan’s 

goal and to achieve intermediate steps 

toward that goal. The Shared Strategy 

Plan (Volume I and the individual 

watershed chapters in Volume II) 

provides cost estimates to carry out 

specific recovery actions for the first 10 

years of plan implementation, as well as 

cost estimates for programs that span 

multiple watersheds: hatchery 

improvements, nearshore and marine 

habitat protection and restoration, and 

incentive programs for habitat 

restoration and conservation on farm 

and small forest lands. The total cost is 

estimated at an average of $120 million 

per year for the first 10 years. 

Implementing this first phase is 

expected to result in improved 

conditions for all Puget Sound Chinook 

populations and to put the ESU on a 

trajectory toward recovery. 

NMFS supports the policy 

determination to focus on the first 10 

years of implementation, with the 

proviso that before the end of this first 

implementation period, specific actions 

and costs to achieve long-term goals will 

be estimated for subsequent years, to 

proceed until a determination is made 

that listing is no longer necessary. 

NMFS agrees that 10 years is a 

reasonable period of time during which 

to implement and evaluate the actions 

identified in the Recovery Plan. NMFS 

strongly supports the Shared Strategy 

Plan’s intention to conduct additional 

economic analyses through the adaptive 

management process over time and to 

use these in realigning priorities as 

appropriate. 

Conclusion 

NMFS concludes that the Recovery 

Plan meets the requirements of ESA 

section 4(f) and thus is adopting it as the 

Recovery Plan for Puget Sound Chinook 

Salmon. 

Literature Cited 

McElhany, P., M.H. Ruckelshaus, M.J. 

Ford, T.C. Wainwright, and E.P. 

Bjorkstedt. 2000. Viable salmon 

populations and the recovery of 

evolutionarily significant units. U.S. 

Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Tech. 

Memo., NMFS-NWFSC–42, 156p. 

Ruckelshaus, M.H., K. Currens, R. 

Furstenberg, W. Graeber, K. Rawson, 

N.J. Sands, and K.J. Scott. 2002. 

Planning ranges and preliminary 

guideline for the delisting and recovery 

of the Puget Sound Chinook salmon 

Evolutionarily Significant Unit. Puget 

Sound Technical Recovery Team. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: January 10, 2007. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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