How will the Fish and Wildlife Service integrate the bull trout recovery plan with subbasin plans?
In November 2002, we released the draft recovery plan for bull trout in the Columbia Basin for public review and comment. The draft recovery plan includes one chapter for each recovery unit in the Columbia Basin (plus the Klamath Basin). The recovery plan will provide important information for subbasin plans in those tributaries with bull trout. In addition, review of the draft recovery plan will be an important opportunity for us to get stakeholder input on the adequacy of the plan and to revise it as necessary based on input from the recovery teams, scientific peer review, existing planning processes, local/regional interest groups, and the public. The final recovery plan should be completed in spring 2004. The bull trout recovery plan will be of considerable importance to subbasin planners since many of the recovery unit chapters are specific to individual watersheds which the Council has identified for subbasin planning. The bull trout recovery plan includes the most recent technic
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