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Habitat Protection and Restoration Guidelines

Category:  Submerged, Intertidal, Wetland, and Upland

Cost:  Unknown

Description:   Habitat protection and restoration guidelines for salmon are currently being developed. The series of guidelines documents produced in this effort will facilitate the consistent application of good science and practice for resource and habitat management; project design, construction, and operation in, near, or affecting aquatic systems. Topics addressed through the guidelines include:
Design, operation and evaluation of fishways; fish passage barrier removal, stream bank protection, over water structures, shoreline modifications and dredging and gravel removal.

Outcome:  Consistent habitat restoration and protection.

Contact:  Department of Fish and Wildlife

Citation:  http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/hab/salguide/salguide.htm