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4.54.5 YAKIMA RIVER FISH PASSAGE IMPROVEMENTS(Completion of Elements in Table 3 of 803(b)(5): December 1, 1988)(Post-Construction Evaluations)803(b)(5)Upon approval by the Council, BPA shall fund the design andconstruction of the improvements listed in Table 2. All fishscreening facilities shall meet current screening designstandards.ACTION ITEM ACTIVITY SUMMARY:Objectives:To construct Yakima River fish passage improvements.Background and Progress to Date:Plans:A network of irrigation canals diverts water from the Yakima andNaches rivers for use by various agricultural interests in the YakimaRiver Basin of Central Washington. Juvenile salmon and steelheadoften stray into these canals during their outmigration to the sea.The BPA, USBR, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA>, and Washington Stateare constructing fish screens to direct the young salmon andsteelhead back to the Yakima and Naches rivers.The Yakima Project entities will fund the construction of fishladders at various projects to facilitate the normal upstreammigration of adult salmon and steelhead.BPA plans to fund construction through to completion and to evaluateprojects as they are completed.See project summaries on following table.77