Interim Report on Viability Criteria for Willamette and Lower Columbia Basin Pacific Salmonids

"To obtain advice on technical issues related to recovery planning, NOAA Fisheries convened technical recovery teams (TRTs) in each recovery domain. The TRTs are composed of scientists from NOAA Fisheries; other federal, tribal, state and local agencies; academic institutions; and private consulting firms. A complete description of the TRT composition, tasks, relationship to ESA recovery planning, and operating principles can be found in the NMFS document Recovery Planning Guidance for Technical Recovery Teams (TRTs) (http://research.nwfsc.noaa.gov/cbd/ trt/about.htm). The Willamette/Lower Columbia Technical Recovery Team (WLC-TRT) was established in May 2000. One of its first tasks was to provide technical information to support the development of delisting criteria. This report is a response to that task. The main text of this report is a consensus product of the TRT. The report contains a number of appendices in support of the main text, which are not TRT consensus products. The appendix authors are identified at the beginning of each appendix. Most of the appendices include individual TRT members as authors; the appendices were produced in coordination with and in support of the TRT"--Introduction. 2003 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) NWFSC (Northwest Fisheries Science Center) Submitted Public Domain 1861