Recreation Monitoring Program. 31 32 Within 12 months of license issuance, the Licensee, in consultation with the FS, Plumas, 33 and other interested Parties, shall complete a Recreation Monitoring Program. The 34 Licensee shall submit the portion of the Recreation Monitoring Program pertaining to FS 35 facilities to the FS for its approval. Licensee shall adopt a modified Limits-of- 36 Acceptable Change (LAC)-based monitoring approach as described in the Draft RRMP 37 contained in the Final License Application. This approach includes Recreation 38 Monitoring Indicators and Standards that shall initiate management action to help 39 maintain desired recreation experiences and resource conditions at Project recreation 40 areas over the license term. Specific recreation areas to be monitored by the Licensee 41 shall include at a minimum the water surface of Project reservoirs, Licensee and FS 42 recreation facilities, and shoreline areas within the Project boundary. The Program shall 43 include a schedule of information to be collected annually, every six years, or every 12 44 years. Licensee shall conduct more in-depth monitoring, such as visitor questionnaire 45 surveys and general assessment of regional recreation trends at 12-year intervals. As part 46 of the Recreation Monitoring Program, Licensee shall conduct annual recreation planning
Recreation Monitoring Program. Within 12 months of license issuance, the Licensee, in consultation with the FS, Plumas, and other interested Parties, shall complete a Recreation Monitoring Program. The Licensee shall submit the portion of the Recreation Monitoring Program pertaining to FS facilities to the FS for its approval. Licensee shall adopt a modified Limits-of- Acceptable Change (LAC)-based monitoring approach as described in the Draft RRMP contained in the Final License Application. This approach includes Recreation Monitoring Indicators and Standards that shall initiate management action to help maintain desired recreation experiences and resource conditions at Project recreation areas over the license term. Specific recreation areas to be monitored by the Licensee shall include at a minimum the water surface of Project reservoirs, Licensee and FS recreation facilities, and shoreline areas within the Project boundary. The Program shall include a schedule of information to be collected annually, every six years, or every 12 years. Licensee shall conduct more in-depth monitoring, such as visitor questionnaire surveys and general assessment of regional recreation trends at 12-year intervals. As part of the Recreation Monitoring Program, Licensee shall conduct annual recreation planning and coordination meetings with other recreation providers in the Project area to discuss recreation resource management decisions for the Project area, implementation of Project recreation enhancements, recreation monitoring results, potential grant applications and other pertinent Project-related recreation issues that may arise over the term of the New Project License. The Licensee shall prepare periodic monitoring reports every 6 years in conjunction with FERC Form 80 recreation facility and use monitoring requirements. Prior to submitting such reports to FERC, Licensee shall submit the portions of the report pertaining to FS facilities to the FS for its approval. These reports shall include but not be limited to changes in kinds of use and use patterns both on water surfaces and land, amount and types of recreational activities, kinds and sizes of recreational vehicles including boats, amount of day use versus overnight use, and recreation user trends within the Project area as well as summaries of annual monitoring. More in-depth questionnaire surveys and regional assessment results shall be incorporated into these reports at 12-year intervals. If recreation river test flow releases are conduc...
