This annual report provides an opportunity to celebrate our successes and note where improvements are needed. Although much progress has been made, certain changes are needed to improve the Plan s effectiveness. We need to set aside our differences and work together toward our shared objectives. Stronger partnerships are needed between executive levels of government agencies and stakeholder groups.
Improved relationships are essential to foster the Plan s success.
Oregon must enlist greater support from local government and non-government partners to take the lead and develop a recovery program for the entire Willamette Basin. Somehow, the Oregon Plan has to make all Oregonians aware that they play a part in salmon decline and restoration. We can no longer single out particular user groups to bear the brunt of responsibility for the decline of fish.