Wetlands and Streams
 

Policy, Procedures, Tools and Aids

Wetland Conservation Compliance

• National Food Security Act Manual (NFSAM), 4th Edition
• Oregon Wetland Mapping Conventions  (Word document)
• NRCS Hydric Soils
• National List of Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands
• Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Guidebook for the Willamette Valley
• Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Guidebook for Tidal Wetlands of the Oregon Coast

Wetland and Stream  Restoration

• NRCS Wetland Restoration, Enhancement, or Creation Design Handbook  (PDF)
• NRCS Stream Restoration Design Handbook (PDF)
• Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices
• NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center – Publications
• NRCS Corvallis Plant Materials Center – Publications
• NRCS Pullman Plant Materials Center - Publications

National NRCS Links

• NRCS Wetland Science
• Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation Compliance Provisions | NRCS
• NRCS Wetland Protection Policy
• National NRCS Wildlife Biology Website
• National NRCS Environmental Compliance Website

State of Oregon Links

• Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Inwater Timing/Blasting - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Directory: Local Offices - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Threatened and Endangered Species List - ODFW
• ODA Natural Resources Division
• Oregon Department of State Lands
• State of Oregon:  Wetlands/Waterways Removal-Fill
• Wetlands/Waterways Removal-Fill Essential Salmon Habitat
• Wetlands/Waterways Removal-Fill Water Permits User Guide

Army Corps of Engineers

• Regulatory Program - Portland District - US Army Corps of Engineers
• 1987 COE Wetland Delineation Manual  (PDF)
• Arid West Supplement (PDF)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

• National Wetlands Inventory (NWI)

Bureau of Land Management

• National Riparian Service Team – Proper Functioning Condition (PFC) references

Information Links

• StreamNet
• ODA Pesticides Division Pesticide buffer zones around water
• EPA Surf Your Watershed
• Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center
• Oregon State of the Environment Report - Oregon Progress Board

Contact

Jeremy Maestas
State Habitat Biologist
Phone: 541-923-4358, ext. 109
Email: Jeremy.Maestas

Deborah Virgovic
State Fisheries Biologist (OR & WA)
Phone: 360-428-7684 x143
Email: Deborah.Virgovic

Last Modified:  01/14/2009

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