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June 30, 2008 <br />• Coordination of water releases to support and enhance the recreational floatboating <br />and fishing ORVs. <br />• Voluntary curtailment of exchanges through the river segment during periods of peak <br />recreation. <br />• Coordination of water releases for temperature moderation. <br />• Flow ramping schedules and guidelines for daily streamflow fluctuations. <br />• Annual operating plans and stakeholder meetings to establish reasonable and <br />achievable flow targets based on anticipated weather, streamflow, and operational <br />considerations. <br />• Preservation or support of operations and agreements that is protective of maintaining <br />the status quo conditions. <br />• Adaptive management to address changing future conditions: As uses and conditions <br />change, parties find new ways to meet target flow goals. <br />• The establishment of CWCB instream flow rights. <br />One concept being considered is an FMP built on the premise that present -day conditions <br />may be sustaining, protective and potentially enhancing of ORVs. The concepts <br />described above could offer protection of the status quo and provide enhancements to <br />ORVs. <br />Permanence and reliability for voluntary flow programs can be achieved by entering into <br />agreements that bind parties to the terms and conditions of the flow management plan. <br />2. Tier 2 Concepts under Consideration by the Stakeholder Group: <br />a. Federal Legislation. <br />Several legislative mechanisms including special legislation, Natural Recreation Areas, <br />and National Conservation Areas are described below. These strategies have similar <br />qualities. <br />(1) National Recreation Areas require federal legislation to protect areas on federal <br />lands that are extraordinary in quality and recreation. They are intended for <br />recreational use and recognize recreation as the dominant purpose. <br />(2) National Conservation Areas require federal legislation to protect areas on federal <br />lands to conserve and protect a range of natural and other values in an area. <br />(3) Special legislation can be tailored to meet the protection needs of a particular <br />situation, and can be designed to protect a broad suite of resource values, (as is the <br />case for the Rio Grande Natural Area), or it can be very narrowly focused. <br />All three legislative options require Congressional designation. National Conservation <br />Areas and National Recreation Areas also establish federal management. While the <br />legislative options could provide permanent flow protection consistent with state law, it is <br />not a requirement for the designations. <br />-22- <br />