Kristine Lee, US Forest Service, National Hydropower
Assistance Team Leader, Federal Building, P.O. Box 7669, Missoula, Montana 59807; Voice
406-329-3647; FAX 406-329-3411; E-Mail klee/r1@fs.fed.us
or brewerlee@aol.com
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.
