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<br />Final Report <br /> <br />April 2004 <br /> <br />14. Seek voluntary agreement with new applicants to develop operational plans <br />to meet Forest Service and applicants' objectives. <br /> <br />Issue: Intention in annlviDl! the tool: <br />Conditioning a water related The Forest Service should seek to <br />special-use permit with develop water diversion or water <br />unilaterally imposed operating release operational plans with the <br />schedules may provide for applicants in a coordinated fashion, <br />instream flow needs, but does using input from other interested and <br />not provide for coordinated input knowledgeable persons. The Forest <br />from the water user or other Service would attempt to attain <br />interested parties. voluntary agreement from the water <br /> user on how best to operate the water <br /> facility to benefit or provide instream <br /> flows while still achieving the <br /> beneficia! uses of the water facility. <br /> <br />15. Consider new and expanded storage with participation by the Forest Service <br />for instream flow purposes (which include the Forest Service appropriating <br />. or acquiring an interest in the water rights). <br /> <br />Issue: Intention in applvinl! the tool: <br />Water storage and reserVoir The Forest Service should evaluate <br />releases may optimize stream new and existing reservoir storage <br />flows to meet Forest Plan facilities to determine if additional <br />obj ectives. storage could provide instream flow <br /> benefits on streams on National <br /> Forest lands. If such benefits could <br /> be derived from such projects, the <br /> Forest Service could participate in <br /> the development of the facilities both <br /> in terms of acquiring water rights to <br /> be used for storage water and later <br /> release or as a partner in reservoir <br /> construction and operation. <br /> <br />- 22- <br />