Over 290 hydroelectric facilities were licensed and constructed on National Forest system lands with over 180 of these scheduled for re-licensing within the next decade. The Forest Service has mandatory authority to stipulate license articles for licensing these facilities. This work has received priority support and funding and the agency is committed to working cooperatively with other federal and state agencies to identify resource issues. The agency is in support of license conditions that assure protection of resources while allowing some flexibility to licensees and management agencies in hydropower facility operation.