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Tier 1 Implementation of Long -Term Measures. These measures, <br />described in Section IV.b below and Attachment A to this Plan, are <br />supported by the Stakeholder Group and will be pursued pursuant <br />to identified Milestones in Attachment B to this Plan. <br />Tier 2 Implementation of additional Cooperative Measures. These will <br />complement the Tier 1 measures. These may serve to maintain or <br />enhance the ORVs, assist in achieving Provisional or Refined <br />Resource Guides, and /or address Changed Circumstances. <br />Section IV.c of this Plan mandates a specific process to ensure <br />timely and periodic consideration of data pertaining to the ORV <br />Indicators and Resource Guides and to assess the need and <br />available opportunities for implementing additional measures. <br />Tier 3 SG Elevation Process. This Plan incorporates an elevation process <br />to the full Stakeholder Group for purposes of addressing <br />unresolved concerns of SG members material to implementation of <br />the Plan or the status of the Provisional or Refined Resource <br />Guides or ORV Indicators. That elevation process is summarized <br />in Section IVA below. <br />Tier 4 Elevation to BLM. The Plan specifies an elevation process to BLM <br />as may be warranted in the event material unresolved concerns <br />arise under the Plan as set forth in Section IV.e that are not being <br />addressed by adaptive management responses under the Plan. <br />b. Tier 1 Long -Term Protection Measures <br />These are measures that are expected to result in ongoing protection of <br />the ORVs, unless a material change in circumstances occurs. <br />The long -term protective measures are summarized below. Additional <br />detail on the long -term protective measures is provided in Attachment A. <br />The long -term protective measures will be pursued in accordance with the <br />Milestones in Attachment B. <br />Appropriation of CWCB instream flow (ISF) right: The Stakeholder <br />Group has expressed support for a CWCB ISF right or water rights <br />for base flows in the subject stream segments. An ISF water right <br />can protect stream flows between two points on a stream from <br />future water rights appropriations in accordance with the State's <br />prior appropriation system. ISF water rights are held exclusively by <br />the CWCB for minimum stream flows to preserve the natural <br />Page 8of16 <br />