Biological Opinion: Continued Recreational Use of Lands Administered by theBureau of Land Management in the Lower Deschutes River Basin, Oregon (Endangered

摘要

On June 30, 2000, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received a letterfrom the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting formal consultation on the potential effects of continuing recreational use of lands administered by the BLM in the Deschutes Resource Area (DRA) on the Middle Columbia River (MCR) steelhead and their designated critical habitat. The accompanying biological assessment (BA) described the continuing recreational use actions, the environmental baseline, and effects of those continuing recreational use activities on MCR steelhead and their designated critical habitat in the lower Deschutes River Basin and tributaries within the DRA. Most lands within the Deschutes River Basin and downstream of the Pelton Dam are included within the DRA.