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<br />~ Trle iYl;.}E Pt.i)'3t"am, t.) be irnplerner!~erj (In t-epr-e-=.entative fat-rt1.s arpj crl:'ps
<br />:{~ the at"ea., ....; II mQn i tc.t" surfa.ce I rlf \ (IW, ~It-ec j ~I i tat j on and surface outf I (IW
<br />..~';":I deter-rn I ne the arnQurrt of water. t.,at I nt' j I tr-"ates I nt-) the so I I. Wea.ther
<br />data. l.Ni II be 'Evaluated tl:\ estimate Evapott"arISpit"atil)f! (ET) r-e':Juit-ements of
<br />the Cr"(lps. The d j ffer-ence between i rlt' i \ .tt-at \l:lrl and. ET wi II j.-ef' I ect deep
<br />r-,er.co I at Ion. ;::,3.1 t load t-educt i on d."ttt" t buted t.:, i t-r- i ~.3at i (In "",ater- rnanagernent
<br />w, I I be bas€(j l)n t"educed deep per.c (, I a.t i _:'1".. 5,) i \ me' i sture I..J i II be rnon I tored
<br />to assess the ufrlf.:rr-rnity with l,...'llicrr ir"t-j'3ation water" is appl ied. and to
<br />check the validity (If applyirlg ET '?'/aluation act.-oss the pt-iot"ity at"ea. To
<br />. d ate e '~ u i P Tf) err 't rl a s bee n ins t a. I I e ,j ':' rl t "..1 C Tn 1) nit 1) t- i n ~3 sit e S I".J i t h a. t h i r lj 5 i t e
<br />schedu.led, and une '..Jeathet- stati,:.r,. Also. '..;etland and wi IdJ ife rlabitat
<br />w i I I be m') n ; t \) t" e Ij t (. est a t. lis h bas E i I n e d a t a, t ':' de t e t- rn I f. e c h an 9 e sin
<br />habitat quality a.nd quantity with ~'~-('.ject irnplernenta.ti':ln, and to asseSs the
<br />e f fee t (, f the v 0 I u rl t a t~ y p"" 0 9 r a rn f ,) t- r e p I ace men t (t f '..J i I d I i f e val u e 5
<br />fot"eg(lne.
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<br />1. ~('c3.1 C,)(.t-dinai:;l,:rr, '~r-':rup:',LCr.3)
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<br />Local coordination groups have been (Irgani=ed both in
<br />Delta and Montt-,:,se c,)unties tNith d :5Uppot-tlve t-(tle in the salInIty pro3rarn.
<br />The gt"OUPS '..Jj II keep all asencie5 a..nd othet"s abt~east ,:,f what IS beIng
<br />accornpl ished in the sat inity Pt-03r-am t..Jithin t-espective counties. Orle
<br />~etjn8 a year wi I I be devoted to evaluating/assessing the ~revi.aus year's
<br />6~~ camp Ii shments and sett i ns goa.l s, budgets and pr i Qt- j.t i es f':lt". the com i ng
<br />'.@ive years c,or,te,"nir':3 the oOn-fann .,,-,0'3,-arn. The LeG .....i II rneet quat-te,-Iy
<br />the .....eek before the LSCC meets.
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<br />Salinity Coordinatin:3 Cornrnittee:(LSCCI
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<br />The I,:.cal salinity c':r.:tt(~inatin8 c,:rrnrnittee has been
<br />,:.r'3an\ze1j by ('.,~flbinin3 the two 1(,co.l (,).:tt-dinatit)rJ gt-OUps o.nd all (,thet-
<br />a3encies an,j ,:rthers involved in (''let-all salinity pro:3rarn. This c,:rmmittee
<br />'.,oJi II meet t,) cc,nsol idate the LeG's activities and t-epc.t-ts ce'ncet-nirlg the
<br />.overall functi(,n oOf the L,).....er Gunnise,n Sal inity Pt-e':3rarn. The LSCC .....i II
<br />meet ~uarterly on the first Thursday of the quarter.
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<br />:3. The U.S. Fish ," Wi Idl ife Servite and the CoOlo,-a,jo
<br />Divisic,n of Wi Idl ife a'-e toordinatrn:3 .....it~, the LSCC on all monit.orirl3 ar,d
<br />structu,-al implementations .....here .....etlands and/ot" '....ildlife habitat rnay t.e
<br />iflvoived.
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<br />4. See attachment #5 for the respective membership 0' the
<br />above tommittee.
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