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Tier 1 Implementation of Lona-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 IV.d 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 /> i. 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 8 of 16 <br />