On January 12, 2000, the Council released a Notice of Request for Recommendations to amend the Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. That notice began a comprehensive revision of the Fish and Wildlife Program, to be accomplished in two phases. The recommendations called for in the January 12 notice concern the first phase — restructuring the program around an explicit framework to include a statement of the vision or long-term goal, biological objectives, a scientific foundation, strategies, standards and procedures. The notice stated that these recommendations were due by April 18, 2000. In the second phase, the Council intends to call for recommendations for more specific objectives and action measures, to be adopted into the program as integrated subbasin plans that are consistent with the program framework elements developed in the first phase