One recommendation we have is that the federal government could create this strategy, but there is also a need to ensure that we are still gaining the kind of long-term data that we need to inform these predictions. One piece is around continuing to capture the historical data, which is one role the federal government can play. Of the many hydrometric stations that were active in this watershed up to 1990, 44% have since been removed from service, so we're finding there is actually a decrease in how much we're measuring. I can't speak to how that compares with the meteorological services, but we know for a fact that there is a decrease of measuring in this watershed of those flow levels. That is one area where we would recommend seeing an improvement, and that could inform the strategy.
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