Columbia River Fisheries Development Program annual report - F.Y. 1982

For FY 1982 of the almost $7.9 million budget, by far the largest portion is distributed to the state fishery agencies and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service to be used to operate hatcheries and for stream improvement activities, etc. (Figure 1), with the majority of the expenditures (Figure 2) for hatchery O&M. Almost 4 out of every 5 dollars are spent in this category. As most of the stream improvement and irrigation diversion screening was completed in the early days of the Program, annual expenditures are now used to maintain and operate the structures. Through FY 1982 almost $130 million has been spent by the Program, again with the largest portion in the recent past being concentrated on hatchery O&M and studies (Table 1).