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<br />". tlA~"~S ' <br /> <br />II. The Setting <br /> <br />A. Increasing demands for water and protection of instream flows <br /> <br />1. Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation <br />Planning Act (1981) placed a new focus on restoration of <br />Columbia River basin salmon runs. <br /> <br />2. Interest in and need for additional recreational <br /> <br /> <br />opportunities for urbanizing population is reflected in <br /> <br /> <br />changes to the state minimum streamflow program and <br /> <br /> <br />creation of many new state scenic waterways. <br /> <br />3. Pressure for reallocation of water stems from the <br />transition from an agricultural to a service economy. <br />The major emphasis is for transfer from out-of-stream to <br />instream use. <br /> <br />B. Menucha Conference <br /> <br />1. A retreat involving legislators on the Joint Water Policy <br /> <br /> <br />Committee, Water Resources Commissioners, agency <br /> <br /> <br />administrators, and interest groups was held during <br /> <br />August 1986. <br /> <br />2. Subcommittees were appointed at the Menucha <br /> <br />Conference to follow up with legislation. This resulted <br /> <br /> <br />in introduction of three bills during the 1987 legislative <br /> <br /> <br />session. <br /> <br />a. <br /> <br />Senate Bill 2.3 created the Governor's Watershed' <br />Enhancement Board to fund riparian area <br /> <br />3 <br />