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<br />Water Management Study: Upper Rio Grande Basin <br /> <br />. Past and Current Practices Have Rendered Water and Related <br />Resources Unsuitable for Some Uses Without Corrective Action <br /> <br />. Resource-Demands that Come From Industrial Activities and Are <br />Measured in Monetary Terms Are Difficult to Reconcile with Those <br />that Are Not <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Many Groups Feel They Are Unable to Participate Effectively in <br />Resource-Management Decisionmaking <br /> <br />t~ <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />There Is Widespread Uncertainty about the Hydrosystem and <br />Ecosystem of the Upper Rio Grande Basin <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Relationship Between the Resources and the Economy Is Poorly <br />Understood <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />. There Is Pervasive Distrust Among Stakeholders <br /> <br />C. Conclusions and Recommendations <br /> <br />We make three major recommendations regarding federal <br />resource-management policies and activities in the Upper Rio Grande Basin. <br />Each embraces several components. <br /> <br />V <br />I;. <br /> <br />'~ <br />::; <br />?,-; <br /> <br />1. Recommendation #1: Federal Policies and Actions Should Reflect the <br />Ecosystem's Complex Role in a Complex Economy <br /> <br />'. <br />;,; <br /> <br />'-. <br /> <br />We intend this recommendation to provide fundamental guidance for future <br />federal policies and actions in this Basin. It has two essential features. The <br />first is that federal policies and actions should view the Basin's water and <br />related resources as elements of an ecosystem, not as independent resources <br />separate from the ecosystem. The second is that federal policies and actions <br />should recognize the full set of competing demands for the Basin's water and <br />related resources and, wherever appropriate, strive to optimize these <br />resources' contribution to the economy. <br /> <br />t' <br /> <br />~- <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />..' <br />. <br /> <br />Federal policies and actions should account for the uncertainty surrounding <br />the quantity and availability of the Basin's water and related resources and <br />make an effort not to step beyond the bounds of current knowledge. Federal <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />S-8 <br /> <br />{: :,28 ''; 1 <br /> <br />" <br />~! <br />