Or. Admin. Code § 635-430-0030

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 635-430-0030 - Wildlife Conservation and Management Practices

Conservation and management practices appropriate to ensure a conservation benefit may include, but are not limited to:

(1) Protecting existing native vegetation;

(2) Planting native trees, shrubs, grasses and other native vegetation;

(3) Removing invasive, non-native vegetation that threatens native plant communities;

(4) Controlling and/or removal of native vegetation to restore historic habitat structure;

(5) Forest stand improvement, including forest thinning;

(6) Control of invasive, non-native fish or wildlife that threaten native wildlife species;

(7) Prescribed burning to maintain fire adapted native vegetation and ecological processes;

(8) Fencing to protect wildlife habitat or plant communities;

(9) Increasing aquatic habitat diversity by practices such as placing downed, woody material, preserving or creating standing dead trees, or other methods approved by the Department;

(10) Placing boulders, logs and other appropriate materials in streams to enhance fish habitat;

(11) Removing buildings, old fencing, pavements and other man-made features;

(12) Grading altered land areas to restore original hydrology and natural topography;

(13) Restoring, enhancing or creating wetlands;

(14) Establishing vegetative buffers or structural setbacks adjacent to wildlife habitats;

(15) Amending or allowing farming, prescribed grazing and forestry management practices that preserve, enhance or improve the structure or function of wildlife habitat;

(16) Locating new dwellings or structural improvements to minimize conflict with existing or proposed habitat for native wildlife species;

(17) Planting new riparian vegetation or protecting existing riparian vegetation through fencing or other means;

(18) Leasing or selling in-stream water rights as an integral part of the wildlife habitat conservation and management practices; or

(19) Other efforts that improve water quality, protect and restore native fish and wildlife habitats, recover threatened or endangered species, enhance stream flows or maintain or restore long-term ecological health, diversity, climate resilience, and productivity on a broad geographic scale.

Or. Admin. Code § 635-430-0030

FWC 23-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-29-94; DFW 11-1998, f. & cert. ef. 2-5-98; DFW 115-2004, f. & cert. ef. 11-26-04; DFW 68-2024, amend filed 08/14/2024, effective 8/14/2024

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162 & 308A.400-308A.430

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012 & 308A.400-308A.430