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 98 STAT. 2722

PUBLIC LAW 98-541—OCT. 24, 1984 TRINITY RIVER BASIN FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

SEC. 2. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall formulate and implement a fish and wildlife management program for the Trinity River Basin designed to restore the fish and wildlife populations in such basin to the levels approximating those which existed immediately before the start of the construction referred to in section 1(1) and to maintain such levels. The program shall include the following activities: (1) The design, construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities to— (A) rehabilitate fish habitats in the Trinity River between Lewiston Dam and Weitchpec; (B) rehabilitate fish habitats in tributaries of such river below Lewiston Dam and in the south fork of such river; and (C) modernize and otherwise increase the effectiveness of the Trinity River Fish Hatchery. (2) The establishment of a procedure to monitor (A) the fish and wildlife stock on a continuing basis, and (B) the effectiveness of the rehabilitation work. (3) Such other activities as the Secretary determines to be necessary to achieve the long-term goal of the program. (b)(1) The Secretary shall use the program described in section 1(5) of this Act as a basis for the management program to be formulated under subsection (a) of this section. In formulating and implementing such management program, the Secretary shall be assisted by an advisory group called the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Task Force established under section 3. (2) In order to facilitate the implementation of those activities under the management program over which the Secretary does not have jurisdiction, the Secretary shall undertake to enter into a memorandum of agreement with those Federal, State, and local agencies, and the Indian tribe, represented on the Task Force established under section 3. The memorandum of agreement should specify those management program activities for which the respective signatories to the agreement are primarily responsible and should contain such commitments and arrangements between and among the signatories as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure the coordinated implementation of the program. (3) To the extent not provided for under a memorandum of agreement entered into under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall coordinate the activities undertaken under such management program with the activities of State and local agencies, and the activities of other Federal agencies, which have responsibilities for managing public lands and natural resources within the Trinity River Basin. Establishment.

TRINITY RIVER BASIN FISH AND WILDLIFE TASK FORCE

SEC. 3. (a) There is established the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Task Force (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Task Force") which shall be composed of fourteen members as follows: (1) One officer or employee of the California Department of Fish and Game to be appointed by the administrative head of such department.

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