Chapter 4 Habitats
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats • Work with partners and support development of regulations for control of aquatic nuisance species.
• Promote efforts to control stormwater management and point source pollution.
• Undertake immediate and continuing efforts to limit water quality deterioration from point sources of pollution as well as nonpoint sources. In general, the most critical conservation actions necessary to sustain populations of riverine habitat species involve protection of water quality and aquatic habitats. • Protect floodplains and riparian wetlands from development or land uses that interfere with flood control or floodwater attenuation. Changes in flood patterns (frequency and duration) and flooded lands may periodically require updating flood maps to ensure protection of life and property (Band & Salvesen, 2009) .
• Preserve forests and open space, farmland, rural landscapes, and park lands. Manage open lands and plant trees and vegetation in urban areas to aid in carbon sequestration.
• Plant riparian areas with vegetation with a broad elevational range within a particular watershed and with broad hydrologic tolerance to promote resiliency from climate change.
• Use easements and value taxation and fee simple purchase for land conservation or preservation.
• Promote efforts to control stormwater management and point source pollution.
• Land use planning and zoning laws are needed to guide development, land clearing activities, and hydrology alterations within floodplains. Planning such as this may for example route highways and other corridors that cross floodplains as closely as possible to existing corridors to avoid fragmenting large, forested areas.
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