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<br />Final Report <br /> <br />April 2004 <br /> <br />S. Consider other forest practices that influence stream flows, such as <br />vegetation management. <br /> <br />Issue: Intention in aonlvinl! the tool: <br />The Forest Service has been The Forest Service would consider <br />reluctant to cODsider other watershed management techniques in <br />practices such as vegetation its management plans to Increase <br />manipulation to increase water water yield In watersheds where <br />yield. additional instream flow is needed to <br /> meet Forest Service objectives. <br /> <br />6. Use land and water acquisition programs and water right purchases to <br />obtain water rights or interests in water that could be converted to instream <br />flow rights. <br /> <br />Issue: Intention in anDlvinl!. the tool: <br />There are funding mechanisms The Forest Service could, directly or <br />and programs to acquire existing indirectly, acquire water for instream <br />water rights that could be used to flows for subsequent inclusion into the <br />meet Forest Service needs for Colorado ISF Program. This would be <br />instream flows, including on a willing seller basis or could be part <br />interruptible-supply of a larger land acquisition action. <br />arrangements (e.g., drought year <br />leasing). <br /> <br />7. Ensure that water rights acquired as part of an Forest Service acquisition or <br />exchange are incorporated into the GMUG National Forests water rights <br />inventory. <br /> <br />Issue: <br />Concern that the Forest Service had <br />acquired water rights as part of its land <br />acquisition program and those water <br />rights were not part of the its water <br />resource management rogram. <br /> <br />Intention in a I in the tool: <br />Provide for coordinated management of <br />water resources within the Forest Service <br />between the lands program and the water <br />resources/aquatics program. <br /> <br />8. Protect water rights held by USFS. <br /> <br />Issue: Intention in annlvinl!. the tool: <br />Concern that the Forest Service was not Ensure the Forest Service does not allow <br />maintaining and/or documenting existing water rights to lapse into non-use <br />beneficial use of water rights filed by so that those water rights do not become <br />the United States on National Forest unavailable for future use, change in use, <br />lands. or transfer. <br /> <br />- 19 - <br />