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        <idAbs>&lt;p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem; font-family:&amp;quot;Avenir Next W01&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Avenir Next W00&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Avenir, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'&gt;A Lead Entity Area is the watershed-based area with common stocks of salmonids managed by a lead entity for local salmon recovery plans in Washington State (WA). Lead entities develop local recovery strategies for salmon and their habitat, and then recruit organizations to implement supporting habitat protection and restoration projects. The legislature provided direction through law in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) on lead entity function and membership (&lt;a href='https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.85.050' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'&gt;RCW 77.85.050&lt;/a&gt;). Lead entities have a lead entity coordinator (usually from a county, conservation district, or tribe), a committee of local, technical experts, a committee of local citizens, and lead entity grant administrator (usually county, conservation district, tribe, or regional organization). The Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office (GSRO) administers grant funds to lead entities for local planning and coordination work. The legislature expects watersheds to be Watershed Resource Inventory Areas (WRIAs) or sub-basins defined by the Washington State Department of Ecology (ECY) unless otherwise agreed in writing by GSRO, regional recovery organizations, and lead entities. Washington State has twenty-five lead entities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:&amp;quot;Avenir Next W01&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Avenir Next W00&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Avenir, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:&amp;quot;Avenir Next W01&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Avenir Next W00&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Avenir, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'&gt;Per &lt;a href='https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.85.050' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'&gt;RCW 77.85.050&lt;/a&gt;, regional and local planning is to be by watershed, explicitly by WA ECY WRIA. WA ECY WRIA documentation indicates that administrative boundaries such as counties were considered for the development of WRIA boundaries, and also that WA Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Watershed Administrative Units) WAUs are intended to be sub-basins of watersheds. The salmon recovery regions and lead entity areas are defined using the following priorities:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;'&gt;RCW.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;'&gt;Current or historical presence of salmon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;'&gt;WRIA watersheds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;'&gt;WAU watershed sub-basins.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;'&gt;County boundaries.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;'&gt;Drainages where no watershed designation exists.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;</idAbs>
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        <idPurp>The Spokane Lead Entity Area (WRIA 54, 55, 56, and 57) help GSRO administer salmon recovery plans at the local level (RCW 77.85.030). The legislature expected local plans based on state Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIAs) and sub-basins having salmonids.</idPurp>
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