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STATE INSTREAM FLOW PROGRAMS COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS .(< , \ ~ /,,^, /V"- - -- - - - - ---- -- Record Keeping . The DWR has a database which they describe as follows: "The new WRIS (Water Rights Information System) is a warehouse of information pertaining to water right applications, permits, certificates, transfers, leases and related information. What we hope to provide is a relatively straightforward interface to very complex information." Includes mapped information. htto:llwww.wrd.state.or.us/waterrights/wris.shtml . (Note, it is difficult to navi ate this site to determine instream flow water ri t5. . . Oregon Water Trust, founded in 1993 Federal ri hts determined throu h ad'udication roceedin s - Stats Include: . # of rights: over 1400 instream flow water rights (Rice 2004) . Year created: Most authors think Oregon was the first to protect ISF uses. In 1915 they took measures to protect waterfalls along Columbia River Gorge (Gillilan and Brown 1997). Administrative process for minimal flows created in 1955 statutes, 1970 Scenic Waterways program, ISF water right recognized as a beneficial use in 1987 (Mattick 1993). . Number of FTE: Approximately I (French 2004) - - - -- -- --- QtJ!~L _ . Water availability not a factor when reviewing applications for ISF, if the minimum flow exceeds available quantity of water, it is seen as a goal rather than mandate (Gillilan and Brown 1997 P 130) . ISF rights can be subordinated to multipurpose storage projects, municipal uses by municipal applicants, hydroelectric projects can take precedence. However does not apply to ISF rights obtained by conversion of minimum erennial stream flows or ri hts obtained b conversion of other ri hts Covell 1998 . Web Sites of tnterest . htto:/lwww.wrd.state.or.us/Water Resources Department htto:llwww.wrd.state.or.us/orograms/stewardshio/index.shtml Instream Flow Programs htto:/ /www.wrd.state.or.us/orm!:rams/stewardshio/instream s.shtm I In stream Leasing Program htto:/lwww.wrd.state.or.us/oro1!rams/stewardshio/conserved.shtml Conserved Water Program htto:llwww.wrd.state.or.us/oublication/aauabook02/aauabook02.odfWater Rights Book from 2002 htto:llwww.dfw.state.or.us/Department of Fish and Wildlife htto:/lwww.dea.state.or.us/Department of Environmental Equality htto://www.ord.state.or.us/Parks and Recreation Department htto:llwww.oweb.state.or.us/oublications/brochure.shtml Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board htto:llwww.owt.Org Oregon Water Trust htt :llarcweb.sos.state.or.us/rules/OARS 600/0AR 690/690 On.html Instream Water Ri hts . . . . . . . . . . Sources . Covell, Cynthia F. (Summer 1998) "A survey of state in stream flow programs in the western United States," University of Denver Water Law Review, vol. I, no. 2, pp. 177-205. . French, Dwight (September 2004) Oregon Water Resources Department. Personal Communication. . Gillilan, David M. and Thomas C. Brown. (1997) Instream Flow Protection: Seeking a Balance in Western Water Use. Island Press, Washington, D.C. . Mattick, Michael J. (1993) "Instream Flow Protection in Oregon" in Instreom Flow Protection in the West. Revised Edition 1993. Lawrence J. MacDonnell, Teresa A. Rice and Steven J. Shupe, eds, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder. . Kaufman, Joseph Q. (Spring 1992) "An analysis of developing instream water rights in Oregon," Willamette Law Review, vol. 28, no. 2 pp. 285-332. . Rice, Robert D. (September 2004) Oregon Water Resources Department. Personal Communication. . Above listed websites . Oregon DRAFT 4