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Tables and Charts <br />Directory of Documents . ............................................................................... v <br />1.4. Chronology of Events ........................................................................... 1-4 <br />3.3.2. Process for Resolving Compact Entitlement Conflicts .................. ... 3-9a <br />3.4.2.1. Priority Strategies for Water Acquisition . ............................................. 3-13 <br />Disclaimer <br />While this report addresses a number of legal concepts, it is not meant to be a legal document and does <br />not bind any participant in these discussions to any legal position or interpretation. Instead this report is <br />a working document developed by amulti-disciplinary group that expresses general views, organizes <br />issues, and offers a process for the development of cooperative solutions to the problem of the timely <br />acquisition of the water needed to recover the endangered Colorado River fishes. <br />Definition <br />Unless a more specific term is used in this report, the terms "water acquisition", "acquisition of water", <br />acquisition of an instream flow right", "protection of instream flows or flows", "flow protection or <br />instream flow protection", "protecting flows", or "legal protection of flows" refer to one or more of the <br />strategies listed in Table 3.4.2.1 of this report to be pursued in accordance with Colorado water law and <br />the procedures of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, including appropriation, acquisition and <br />conversion of existing rights and modification of federal reservoir operations. <br />