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Summaries | Partnerships || In recent years, increased use of
ground- and surface-water supplies in watersheds of Washington
State has created concern that insufficient in-stream flows
remain for fish and other users. In response, the Washington
State legislature passed the Watershed Management Act of 1998
(ESHB 2514; see also Ch.90.82 RCW - Watershed Planning), which
encourages and provides some funding for local watershed
planning and delegates the planning to the local level. As part
of this planning, stakeholders within a Water Resources
Inventory Area (WRIA) need to assess the status of water
resources in the WRIA and, through a water-quantity analysis,
determine how much water is available for additional allocation
within the WRIA. The Watershed Management Project for WRIA 1 was
established by members of the Initiating Governments; the Lummi
Nation, the Nooksack Tribe, the City of Bell