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• Board Meeting Date: 5/21/2008
• Description: ISF Section - Injury with Mitigation - Case No. 5-07CW210; Application of Vail Associates, Inc. and the U.S. Forest Service
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

vegetation co~7zrnur7ity, ~r~ degraded systems, progress toward
desired corzditiorz witl~irz t12e next plan period
• N~anagenlent N~easuz~e 7: ll~anage stz~eazn flows undez appropz~ate
authoz~ities to minimize damage to scenic and aestlaet~c values, fish and
wildlife habitat, and to othezwise pzotect the enviz~onment,.
a.. Cooperate wide water users and other interested parties to
evaluate h.ow to operate existing water' use, facilities to r~~eet
resaur~ce goals„
b. Qbtair2 stream flows under appropriate, f ederal and state, legal and
re ulator~y authorities to protect stream processes, aquatic arzd
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riparian habitats and communities, and recreation arzd aesthetic
values„ Top priority is to protect ir~~periled native species,
Generally, this will include a range of flows to support desired
uses and values.
c. Upon issuance of special use authorization, for new or e.xistirzg
water use facilities, include permit conditions at t1~e poznt of
diversion or storage, if needed, to minimize ira2pacts to water
de endant resources arzd values, Dne or more of the, following
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circumstances r72ay be present in any given project. ~Yater
endent resources and values not included on this list may
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require additional consideration
• (2) Wlien managing,for aquatac biota and their habitat,
evaluate each stYeam upon which a project is planned to
ascertain what, flows repYesent the amounts and timiiZg
needed to sustain viability of existing populations of
native and desiYed non-native vei°tebrate specaes.
Essential flow Yelated attributes of sustainable habitat
should achieve the following:
a. Maintain the physical, biological, and
chemical p~~ocesses necessary for ull life-
I~isto~y stages of identified species and
communities.
d. obtain water rights under, federal and state law to protect stream
racesses, a uatic and riparian habitats and communities, and
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recreation and aesthetic values. Top priority is to protect
imperiled native species,
• Management Measure S ; Manage water~use facilities to prevent gully
erosion of slopes arzd to pzevent sediment and dank damage to stz~eaznse
c. Mitigate water ~irnporr~ts and water disposal ~includirzg reservoir
releases) so that the extent of stable banks, clianriel pattern, p°o~le
and dirrzerisions rnairitain or improve langWterr~z strear~2 health in.
each receiving stream reach
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