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Print-friendlyIn-Channel Stream Restoration
Agencies involved:
- ACOE: US Army Corps of Engineers
- DEQ: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- ODF: Oregon Department of Forestry
- ODFW: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
- DSL: Oregon Department of State Lands
- OWRD: Oregon Water Resources Department
| Restoration Activity | Concerns about impacts of the activity | Permits or approval that may be required |
| Beaver management | Beaver may dam culverts causing flooding or erosion | Beaver trapping and transportation requires approval from ODFW |
| Instream transfer and leases | Concern about effect on other water users | Instream water right transfers and leases require a permit from OWRD |
| Concern about the ability to manage the water to keep it in-stream | ||
| Whole channel alterations | Sediment may be lost from raw banks, old channels, or newly constructed channels | State Removal-Fill Permits are required from DSL for channel alterations |
| Geomorphic conditions must be evaluated to ensure the new channel is stable | A Section 404 Permit is required from ACOE for channel alterations | |
| Backfill or blockage of the "old" channel is often controversial | ||
| Habitat construction projects | Sediment may be lost from raw banks, old channels, or newly constructed channels | State Removal-Fill Permits are required from DSL for channel and bank alterations |
| Geomorphic conditions must be evaluated to ensure channel stability is not disturbed | A Section 404 Permit is required from ACOE for channel and bank alterations | |
| Backfill or blockage of the "old" channel is often controversial | Blasting to create pools requires permits from ODFW | |
| Large wood placement | Wood should be large enough to affect stream processes, and the stream should have been determined to be in need of large wood | Work on forest lands requires ODF approval |
| Wood should meet the dimension criteria in the Oregon Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Guide | Work on other lands or on a navigable waterway requires a Removal-Fill Permit or General Authorization from DSL | |
| Concern may exist for downstream structuresthat could be damaged by addition of wood | A Section 404 Permit is required from ACOE but a Regional General Permit may be available soon as an alternative to an individual permit | |
| Instream boulder placement | Project should consider whether boulder placement would alter stream stability | Work on forest lands requires ODF approval |
| Boulder placement should mimic naturally occurring boulders | Work on non-forest lands or on a navigable waterway requires a Removal-Fill Permit or General Authorization from DSL | |
| A Section 404 Permit is required from ACOE but a Regional General Permit may be available soon as an alternative to an individual permit | ||
| Fish passage structures (excluding road crossings) | Project should consider whether the barrier is a natural barrier or artificial barrier, and whether removal of the barrier would create predation problems or other problems | Fishways should meet ODFW guidelines |
| State Removal-Fill Permits are required from DSL for channel and bank alterations | ||
| A Section 404 Permit may be required from ACOE channel and bank alterations | ||
| Alternatives to push-up dams | Project should consider whether alternatives improve fish passage and/or saves water | Infiltration galleries may need OWRD approval as a transfer from surface water to ground water |
| Project may involve a change in the point of diversion of a water right | State Removal-Fill Permits are required from DSL for channel and bank alterations | |
| A Section 404 Permit is required from ACOE channel and bank alterations | ||
| Salmonid carcass placement | Introduction of disease organisms | DEQ regulates the placement of carcasses instream as a discharge |
| Nutrient loading into the stream |
Additional terms:
- ASC: Application for Site Certificate
- CAFO: the concentrated confined feeding or holding of animals in buildings or pens where the surface has been prepared with concrete, rock or fibrous material to support animals in wet weather
- CWRE: Certified Water Right Examiner
- EFSC: Energy Facility Siting Council
- FPF: Forest Practice Forester
- HCP: Habitat Conservation Plan
- NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act
- NOI: Notice of Intent
- NPDES: National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
- RCRA: the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act that establishes waste management standards
- SWCD: Soil and Water Conservation District
- UIC: Underground Injection Control
- WPCF: Water Pollution Control Facility
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