The National Marine Fisheries Services Northwest region since 1990
has experienced a rapid rise in both funding and staffing as a result of
Endangered Species Act listings of salmon and steelhead.
President Clinton’s initial budget proposal had asked that NMFS salmon
recovery planning efforts continue that trend with a $23 million increase
in funding for FY2000 as the agency addresses 11 new West Coast salmonid
listings this year.
But the net effect of the bill sent by Congress last …
