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INSTREAM FLOW PROTECTION IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: A PRACTICAL SYMPOSIUM . Thursday, March 31 8:30 Registration and coffee 9:00 Welcome and Introduction, Lawrence J. MacDonnell, Director, Natural Resources Law Center . 9:15 An Overview of In stream Flow Programs and Strategies As the economic, recreational, and aesthetic values of free-flowing waters gain increased recognition in the West, more states, federal agencies, Indian tribes, and private organizations are working to protect instream flows. The speaker will provide an overview of the various strategies taken in the western states for maintaining water levels in natural streambeds, and the controversies that are arising as a result of these efforts. Speaker: Steven J. Shupe, Shupe & Associates, Santa Fe 10:30 Break 10:50 Establishing the Quantity of Necessary Flow Stream transects, computer models, and judgment calls typically go into estimating the amount of flow needed to protect fish, recreation, and other benefits supported by free-flowing waters. The speaker and panelists will discuss the criteria used for establishing instream flow levels, and the strengths and weaknesses of the quantification methodologies currently used in western states. Speaker: Berton L. Lamb, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Fort Collins, Colorado Panelists: Bill Horton, Idaho Dept of Fish & Game Tom Annear, Wyoming Game & Fish Dept. Jay Skinner, Colorado Division of Wildlife Clair Stalnaker, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service John L. Turner, California Dept. of Fish & Game Christopher C. Estes, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game 12:15 Lunch 1 :30 Practical Aspects of Enforcement Establishing instream flow rights merely on paper does little to help protect free- flowing waters from new diversions and changes in water use along the rivers. The speakers and panelists will discuss attempts to translate paper rights into effective protection of instream flows through various enforcement strategies. Speakers: Kenneth Slattery and Bob Barwln, Washington Dept. of Ecology Eugene Jencsok and Randy Seaholm, Colorado Water Conservati()n Board Panelists: John Borden, Oregon Dept. of Water Resources Cindy Deacon Williams, Chief of Staff for Assemblyman Robert Campbell, Calif- ornia Legislature Bob Tuck, Consultant to the Yakima Indian Nation, Washington Liter E. Spence, Montana Fisheries Division 5:00 Reception .