WS-4. Identify, quantify, and secure legal entitlement to all existing water sources on the public lands and seek to acquire water rights, when possible, to ensure water availability to meet multiple-resource needs.

WS-5. Assert Federal reserved water rights, where applicable, in designated wilderness areas to secure water for the purposes of the reservations.

WS-6. Water quality in streams and springs will be monitored and protected to meet Federal and State standards and to ensure that the needs of fish and wildlife are met along with the needs of people.

WS-7. Catchment systems, spring developments, and other projects affecting water resources will be designed to protect ecological functions and processes and to continue to provide habitat at the source for endemic invertebrates, native fishes, and other native aquatic species that may be present.

WS-8. Ensure that all land tenure decisions are reviewed for their impacts to water resources, including protection of instream flows.