The Forest Service's Regions 1, 4, 6 and Bureau of Land Management's Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington have made commitments through the PACFISH and INFISH Management Strategies to improve aquatic resources found in the Interior Columbia River Basin. Since the Region began implementing these strategies, and in some cases even before, there has been marked improvement in management of aquatic resources. This effort is recognized and commended.

In order to meet the terms of the 1998 PIBO BiOps, implementation monitoring is required with respect to livestock grazing. It is expected that FS line officers will continue to work with their staffs and grazing permittees to ensure that IM requirements are met for 2010.

Compliance with this requirement is being monitored and will be presented to the Deputy Team during their annual review. We greatly appreciate the work that was accomplished throughout the Region. A new web based IM database will be used in 2010.