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• <br />USFWS Instream Flow Recommendations: Proposed Definitions and Usage <br />for the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program <br />U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service <br />Mountain - Prairie Region (Region 6) <br />December 23, 2002 DRAFT <br />1. Background <br />Sever-a! paftieipapAs in the Platte River- Geopefative Agreement pr-eeess ha-ve requested addifie <br />dice ssien ielar -i fie fie of the inst e m f,ew r-eeem endat The purpose of this document is to: <br />N�' � lew✓ <br />(1) Define the terminology used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for its � <br />instreani flow recommendations and used f r the prepese' during implementation of till � <br />Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) and future Section 7 i°� y_� -1 <br />consultations; A � ��LA <br />This document attempts to: � i/bV1VIAN` <br />ii <br />Clarify f . the -ng „v....,-ieus inst. e � fl .:. o ,� ,oat; � teffns. C 5 �A* <br />ar1(' C'ea <br />(2) Clarify how these flow recommendations have been (and will continue to be) used in the context of (,6u) ref- <br />Program-related activities; and <br />(3) Provide some historical context to the origin and use of these terms. <br />2. Definition of Terms <br />This document proposes definitions for these five terms in the context of the Proposed Program: <br />• (USFWS) Instream flow recommendations <br />• Species flows <br />• Annual pulse flows <br />• Peak flows <br />• Program target flows <br />Figure 1 illustrates the relationship between these terms. The figure is followed by proposed <br />definitions. <br />C1 <br />