Documents and Programs to Protect and Restore Salmon and Bull Trout

Contents

Introduction

This page contains a subject listing of guidelines, polices, and programs to protect and restore the endangered salmon and bull trout. The topics are selected from those listed in the state's plan, Extinction Is Not An Option: Statewide Strategy to Recover Salmon and the National Marine Fisheries Service's A Citizen's Guide to the 4(d) Rule for Threatened Salmon and Steelhead on the West Coast ( 869 KB) 

Agricultural Practices - Protecting Water Quality

• Agricultural Strategy to Improve Fish Habitat, ( 333 KB) Sec. IV.A.1, Extinction is Not an Option: A Statewide Strategy to Recover Salmon
• Washington State Field Office Technical Guide (EFOTG) - Click on Washington County Map,  National Resource Conservation Service
  • Agriculture, Fish, and Water (AFW) - Washington State Conservation Commission, the process for negotiating changes to Field Office Technical Guide and development of guidelines for irrigation districts
• Water Quality Guide: Recommended Pollution Control Practices for Homeowners and Small Farm Operators, Washington State Department of Ecology, Water Quality Program, revised 1999

Farm Wastes

• Dairy Permits - Water Quality Permits (Scroll to Dairy), Washington State Department of Ecology
• National Farm *A*Syst - University of Wisconsin Extension (National Program Web Host)
• Washington Home *A* Syst - Washington State University, Water Quality Management Team
• Animal Agriculture: Waste Management Practices ( 212 KB), United States Accounting Office RCED-99-205, July 1, 1999.

Conservation Buffers

• Management Recommendations for Washington's Priority Habitats: Riparian - Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife

Critical Areas

See Also Shorelines, Wetlands

• Best Available Science - MRSC Critical Areas Page
• Critical Areas, Sensitive Areas - MRSC
• Priority Habitats and Species (PHS) Program - Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife
• See Critical Areas Ordinances for Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Area Provisions

Development

• Linking Land Use Decisions to Salmon Recovery, ( 88 KB) Sec. IV.A.3, Extinction is Not an Option: A Statewide Strategy to Recover Salmon
• Best Management Practices for Stormwater Control - MRSC
• Development Regulations - MRSC
• Portland Urban Development and its Effects on Salmon and Trout ( 281 KB), City of Portland Endangered Species Program

Erosion and Sediment Control - Stream Banks

• Erosion and Sediment Control - MRSC
• Landscaping Provisions - MRSC
• Stream Bank Protection, Aquatic Habitat Guidelines: An Integrated Approach to Marine, Freshwater, and Riparian Habitat Protection and Restoration, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Integrated Streambank Protection Guidelines 2003 - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Upland Erosion Control Reference Links - Aquatic Habitat Guidelines: An Integrated Approach to Marine, Freshwater, and Riparian Habitat Protection and Restoration, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife

Fish Screens

• Juvenile Fish Screening Criteria ( 41 KB), Developed by National Marine Fisheries Service, 1995
• Fish Protection Screens -  Aquatic Habitat Guidelines: An Integrated Approach to Marine, Freshwater, and Riparian Habitat Protection and Restoration, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 
• Fish Screen Reference List - Aquatic Habitat Guidelines: An Integrated Approach to Marine, Freshwater, and Riparian Habitat Protection and Restoration, Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife

Forest Practices

• Forest Lands in Washington Counties - MRSC 
• Forests and Fish ( 50 KB), Sec. IV.A.2, Extinction is Not an Option: A Statewide Strategy to Recover Salmon
• Department of Natural Resources Forest Practices Page
• Forests and Fish Report ( 987 KB) - Department of Natural Resources, April 29, 1999
• Forest Practices Manual - Forest Practices Board
• King County Forestry Program

Habitat Conservation and Restoration - MRSC

Pesticides and Integrated Pest Management - MRSC

Public Works - Construction

• Biological Assessments - MRSC
• Fish Passage Program - Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife

Road Maintenance

• WSDOT - Stormwater - Environmental Quality Program
• Regional Road Maintenance Endangered Species Act Program Guidelines, Washington State Department of Transportation, 2003
• ODOT's Transportation Maintenance Management System Water Quality and Habitat Guide (1.2 MB), July 1999 via National Transportation Library Digital Collection
• Fish Passage at Culverts, Aquatic Habitat Guidelines: An Integrated Approach to Marine, Freshwater, and Riparian Habitat Protection and Restoration, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
• WSDOT Best Management Practices Field Guide for ESA § 4 (d) Habitat Protection ( 250 KB), 2004
• Highway Runoff Manual - Washington State Department of Transportation, 2006 Revision. 
• Regional Road Maintenance Endangered Species Act Program Guidelines "Final Draft," Regional Road Maintenance Group (King, Pierce, Snohomish Counties)
• Upstream Fish Passage, Culverts Reference Links - Aquatic Habitat Guidelines: An Integrated Approach to Marine, Freshwater, and Riparian Habitat Protection and Restoration, Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife

Shorelines

See Also Wetlands

• Marine and Estuarine Shoreline Modification Issues Reference Links - Aquatic Habitat Guidelines: An Integrated Approach to Marine, Freshwater, and Riparian Habitat Protection and Restoration, Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife
• Shoreline Master Plan Guidelines - Washington State Department of Ecology, USFW & NMFS Letter to Department of Ecology
• Shoreline Master Program Guidelines - Department of Ecology
• Shoreline Management - Department of Ecology
• Shoreline Management - MRSC

Storm and Surface Water Management - MRSC

Water

Adequate Water

• Ensuring Adequate Water in Streams for Fish ( 91 KB), Section IV. A.5., Extinction is Not an Option: Statewide Strategy to Recover Salmon
• Guidelines for Preparation of Comprehensive Irrigation District Management Plans -  Agriculture, Fish, Water Working Group, May 2001
• Instream Flows - Washington State Department of Ecology
• Instream Flow Reference Links -  Aquatic Habitat Guidelines: An Integrated Approach to Marine, Freshwater, and Riparian Habitat Protection and Restoration, Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife
• Water Rights - MRSC
• Water Resources Program - Washington State Department of Ecology
• Water Resources - MRSC

Water Conservation

• Municipal Water Conservation Analysis and Recommendations (Washington State Department of Health, Word Document), Cited in Section IV.A.5., Extinction is Not an Option: Statewide Strategy to Recover Salmon, Department of Health
• Water Conservation -  MRSC

Water Quality, Water Pollution, Clean Water

• Clean Water for Fish: Integrating Key Tools, ( 76 KB) Section IV.A.6, Extinction is Not an Option: Statewide Strategy to Recover Salmon, Department of Health
• Lake and Beach Management Districts - MRSC
• Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program -  Environmental Protection Agency
• Pharmaceutical Contaminants in Water
  • Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: An Overview ( 590 KB), Pipeline, Winter 2007
  • Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) as Environmental Pollutants - Environmental Protection Agency
  • The Mystery Behind PPCPs,  by Nikki Stiles,  Small Flows Quarterly, Winter 2004
  • What's in Our Wastewaters and Where Does it Go? U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
  • Counties Protect Environment by Collecting Unwanted Medication, by Dan Miller, County News,  November 27, 2006
• Water Quality Program - Department of Ecology
  • Surface Water Quality Standards (2003) -  DOE
• Water Quality Trading Initiative - EPA Region 10
• Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan - Puget Sound Partnership (Formerly Puget Sound  Action Team) 
• Chehalis River Council

Watersheds and Watershed Plans - MRSC

Wetlands

• Wetland Management -  Washington State Department of Ecology
• Wetland Reference Links - Aquatic Habitat Guidelines: An Integrated Approach to Marine, Freshwater, and Riparian Habitat Protection and Restoration, Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife
• Exploring Wetlands Stewardship: A Reference Guide for Assisting Washington Landowners and Communities, Principal Author Jane Rubey,  3rd Revision Author Jeanne Koenings, Washington State Department of Ecology, Revised July 2006