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Guiding Principles
1. Manage the water’s resources for economic
sustainability, quality of life, and protection of private and public
property rights.
2. Acknowledge and respect the watershed’s natural
processes in land use decisions.
3. Maintain or improve the quality of the water to
support a variety of beneficial uses.
4. Protect the headwaters region as the system’s
principal water source.
5. Recognize and respect the interests of all
stakeholders upstream and downstream by fostering collaborative and
mutual respectful relationships.
6. Maintain the riverine and alluvial fan
floodplains of the Carson River Watershed to accommodate flood events.
7. Protect and manage uplands, mountain ranges,
wetlands, and riparian areas to enhance the quality of surface flow,
groundwater recharge, and wildlife habitat.
8. Promote conservation of water from all sectors
of the community’s water users for the benefit of municipal,
industrial, agricultural, domestic, recreational, and natural
resources.
9. Encourage management of growth that considers
water quality and quantity, open space preservation, and maintenance
of agriculture in floodplains.
10.Protect and support opportunities for public
recreational access to natural areas throughout the watershed –
including the river corridor – where appropriate.
11. Promote understanding and awareness of
watershed resources and issues through cooperative education efforts
throughout the watershed.
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