INTRODUCTION - SECTION 1
1.1 Background
1.2 Outlook Without Intervention
1.3 The Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Recovery Program
1.4 Northwest Power Planning Council Fish and Wildlife Program

BIOLOGY & STATUS - SECTION 2
2.1 Species Description
2.2 Distribution & Movements
2.3 Genetics & Stock Structure
2.4 Abundance & Population Trends
2.5 Growth, Condition, Maturation & Survival
2.6 Food & Feeding
2.7 Spawning Behavior & Habitat
2.8 Early Life History & Recruitment

REASONS FOR DECLINE - SECTION 3
3.1 Exploitation & Incidental Catch
3.2 Dams & Reservoirs
3.3 Flow Regulation
3.4 Water
3.5 Contaminants
3.6 Nutrients
3.7 Habitat Diversity & Geomorpholgy
3.8 Changes in Fish Species Composition

EXISTING CONSERVATION MEASURES - SECTION 4
4.1 Inventory & Research
4.2 Listings
4.3 Cities
4.4 Fishery Regulation
4.5 Water Management
4.6 Water Quality Protection & Restoration
4.7 Pollution Control
4.8 Reservoir Fertilization
4.9 Kootenay River Sturgeon Recovery Program
4.10 Upper Columbia River Sturgeon Conservation Hatchery Program

RECOVERY - SECTION 5
5.1 Goal and Objectives
5.2 Targets
5.3 Strategy
5.4 Expected Response
5.5 Measures
5.5.1 Harvest/Bycatch
5.5.2 Entrainment
5.5.3 Culture/Stocking
5.5.4 Water Management
5.5.5 Water Quality
5.5.6 Contaminants
5.5.7 Habitat Diversity, Connectivity, & Productivity
5.5.8 Population Assessment, Monitoring, & Research
5.5.9 Information/Education
5.5.10 Planning, Coordination, & Implementation

IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE - SECTION 6
6.1.1 Short Term (within 5 years)
6.1.2 Medium Term (within 10 years)
6.1.3 Long Term (within 50 years)

LITERATURE CITED - SECTION 7

GLOSSARY - SECTION 8

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