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3.4.3. Further Development of Instream Flow Issues. Although no "hard and <br />fast" rules for the choice of water acquisition strategies in specific management situations emerged <br />from this process, Table 3.4.2.1. does reflect a general tendency on the part of the group to choose <br />either the establishment of new junior absolute rights or the acquisition and conversion of existing <br />rights in instances when there is more relative certainty in terms of flow needs and conditions for <br />fish recovery; and to rely more on interim rights when there are higher levels of scientific or <br />technical uncertainty regarding instream flow requirements. Several group members pledged <br />action on specified issues by certain proposed dates in order to ensure that the momentum <br />generated by and during the Guru II process would be sustained (CPPSC, 7/20/92, p. 4). <br />There was significant issue regarding whether a junior instream flow right would provide <br />adequate protection (referencing the Smith/LJppendahl memo of 7/14/92 and its 7/20/92 revision by <br />Guru II members}. The subject of how interim and long-term instream flow rights should be used <br />in the overall water acquisition process was addressed in a summary memo prepared by a group <br />member two months after the last plenary dialogue facilitated by CPPSC (Pitts, 9/18/92); and this <br />will undoubtedly be a subject azea the group continues to develop. The substantive portion of this <br />report, however, must end with a recounting of the last actions taken by Guru II as a group prior to <br />the preparation of this account of Guru II's deliberations and actions. <br />3-12 <br />