Memorandum of Understanding 



WATER QUALITY AND FISHERIES COOPERATIVE PROGRAM/ dated July 1988 r 

 hereinafter known as the Cooperative PrograiUf as follows: 



1. To fulfill the Specific Objectives of the Cooperative 

 Program which are to document/ evaluate/ and monitor whether 

 forest practices effect water quality and fisheries within 

 the Flathead Basin and to establish a process to utilize 

 this information/ if detrimental impacts exist/ to develop 

 criteria and administrative procedures for protecting water 

 quality and fisheries. 



2. To follow the Purpose of the Cooperative Program which is to 

 improve the management of Flathead area forested watersheds 

 through the development and application of state-of-the-art 

 information to prevent or mitigate the potential adverse 

 effects of forest practices on water quality and fisheries. 



3. To work closely and cooperatively as the Coordinating Team 

 of the Cooperative Program to review and approve study 

 elements so that the entire Cooperative Program forms a 

 coherent package of studies and monitoring directed at 

 learning if and how forestry activities affect fisheries and 

 water quality. 



4. To work closely as the Coordinating Team with the FBC on the 

 logistics of the studies/ funding and public participation. 



5. Agree to reach decisions within the Coordinating Team by 

 consensus. 



6. The Coordinating Team will serve to review progress/ offer 

 suggestions/ and facilitate appropriate assistance from 

 resource specialists from the various organizations involved 

 in timber management and oversight in the Flathead Basin. 



7. The participants of the Cooperative Program will provide 

 staff support/ technical expertise/ funding/ and/or other 

 in-kind assistance. The FNF/ State of Montana/ and PCTCI 

 tentatively will make the following funds available to 

 finance administrative studies: 



Flathead National Forest 



State of Montana/ Renewable 

 Resource Development Grant 



Plum Creek Timber Co/ Inc. 



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^ applied for 



^ estimated from other state of Montana sources 



