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<br />DRAFT <br /> <br />1.0 Action Plan <br /> <br />The Action Plan is intended as a resource for technical committee members reVleWll1g <br />proposals requesting House Bill 1130 funding. <br /> <br />The Action Plan draws from the draft Forest Restoration RepOli, provided to the Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board (CWCB) in June of 2007. The draft Forest Restoration Report was <br />produced over a three-week period in response to a request to investigate hydrologic impacts <br />associated with Colorado forest-health issues, and potential repercussions for water supply. The <br />draft Forest Restoration Report did not present any original scientific results: it assimilated a large <br />amount of existing information regarding forest health impacts on water supply. The full content of <br />the draft Forest Restoration Report, with slight modifications, is included as appendices to this <br />Action Plan. <br /> <br />The Action Plan summanzes (1) BMPs that should be included in a forest-restoration <br />proposal targeting water-supply protection, and (2) available methods for prioritizing among <br />competing proposals. However, though the Action Plan and appendices provide considerable <br />information on potential water supply impacts, they are not intended as a comprehensive set of <br />forest-health or water-supply protection best management practices (BMPs). <br /> <br />1.1 Water Supply Protection Best Mana2ement Practices <br /> <br />. Prioritize Areas at Risk: identify areas and circumstances that have the <br />greatest potential risk to water supply by using GIS mapping resources from <br />a local government agency. <br /> <br />. Evaluate Treatment Risk: every treatment has the potential to make things <br />worse. Treatments that increase the risk to water supplies should not be <br />pursued or should be redesigned to reduce potential water supply impacts. <br />Risk to water supply is compounded by treatment plans that fail to address <br />issues such as soil compaction and disturbance as well as forest <br />fragmentation. <br /> <br />. Use Localized-Protection Techniques around values at risk such as stream <br />management zones. <br /> <br />o Accelerate forest transition to next phase by felling trees and creating <br />a more diverse stmcture. <br />o Promote growth and diversity of understory by opening the forested <br />canopy <br /> <br />P: l.ssp 1122 CrvCB'DoclImentslDraftActionPlanlH andollt JormafiActionP lan_ v02. doc <br />Page 2 0(6 <br />