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Fishing (Segments 4 and 5): a range of opportunities for fishing the existing range and quality of opportunities for fishing. Boating (Segments 4 through 7): a range of .. opportunities for floatboating the existing range and quality of opportunities for floatboating. Impairment of or a significant risk of impairment to the Provisional or final ORV Indicators would be cause for elevation of this Plan to BLM pursuant to Section IV.e. Resource Guides Streamflow-influenced ORVs may be affected by factors such as flows, temperature and water quality. This Plan establishes ranges for these factors, referred to as "Resource Guides," which are described in Part III of the Plan. Not all stakeholders endorse these Resource Guides or believe that the ranges they represent are necessary to support the ORVs. Nevertheless, the Stakeholder Group agrees to include these guides to inform decision-making and as a trigger for implementation of the cooperative measures process described in Section IV.c of the Plan. Section IV.f addresses how Resource Guides will inform decisions with respect to new projects and changes to existing projects requiring federal approvals or requesting federal funding or other federal assistance. Failure to achieve these Resource Guides may trigger the elevation procedures within the Stakeholder Group as provided in Section IV.d of the Plan but would not independently be cause for elevation of this Plan to BLM pursuant to Section IV.e. c. Context of ORVs - Existing Conditions i. Existina Flow Conditions Figure 1 (see Attachment C) compares the average annual flow at Kremmling for the 1984 —2006 period with the periods 1904 — 1919 (pre-Moffat and C-BT systems) and 1962 — 1984 (pre-1984 Operating Rules for Green Mountain Reservoir and pre-Windy Gap). Page 4 of 16