completed, a vegetation planting plan, repair actions, if needed, shall comply with maintenance requirements, and monitoring state and federal guidelines for protecting guidelines for evaluating the effectiveness of spawning, incubation and rearing times of the conservation actions. The plan shall aquatic species and breeding and nesting specify; times of terrestrial species (a) location and extent of modification of the stream reach to accomplish the planned purpose, Bureau of Land Management. 1998. Riparian Area Management: A User to Assessing (b) riparian plant species and stocking rates if Proper Functioning Condition and the needed to accomplish the planned purpose, Supporting Science for Lotic Areas. (c) planting dates, as well as the care and handling of seed or other planted materials to Federal Interagency Stream Restoration ensure an acceptable rate of survival, Working Group (FISRWG). 1998. National (d) site protection and preparation Engineering Handbook 653 Corridor –Stream requirements for establishment or recruitment Restoration: Principles, Processes and of riparian vegetation if needed, Practices. (e) drawings to illustrate installation or NRCS. 1998. . implementation requirements. NRCS. 2002. . OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE NRCS. 2005. National Biology Handbook A detailed operation and maintenance plan Part 620. Aquatic and Terrestrial Habitat shall be developed for all applications. The Resources. plan shall provide for periodic inspection and NRCS. 2006. National Engineering Handbook prompt repair or modification of any structures Part 654. Stream Restoration Design that are found to cause excessive streambank Handbook. or streambed instability. All structural measures shall be evaluated on an annual NRCS. 2009. National Biology Handbook Part basis. Post-project monitoring and evaluation 614, Subpart B. Stream Visual Assessment of stream and riparian habitat conditions shall Protocol. Version 2. be conducted to determine if actions Roni, P. 2005. Monitoring stream and implemented are providing for management of watershed restoration. American Fisheries the stream corridor habitats as planned. Any Society, Bethesda, MD.
completed, a vegetation planting plan, maintenance requirements, and monitoring guidelines for evaluating the effectiveness of the conservation actions. The plan shall specify; (a) location and extent of modification of the stream reach to accomplish the planned purpose, (b) riparian plant species and stocking rates if needed to accomplish the planned purpose, (c) planting dates, as well as the care and handling of seed or other planted materials to ensure an acceptable rate of survival, (d) site protection and preparation requirements for establishment or recruitment of riparian vegetation if needed, (e) drawings to illustrate installation or implementation requirements. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE A detailed operation and maintenance plan shall be developed for all applications. The plan shall provide for periodic inspection and prompt repair or modification of any structures that are found to cause excessive streambank or streambed instability. All structural measures shall be evaluated on an annual basis. Post-project monitoring and evaluation of stream and riparian habitat conditions shall be conducted to determine if actions implemented are providing for management of the stream corridor habitats as planned. Any repair actions, if needed, shall comply with state and federal guidelines for protecting spawning, incubation and rearing times of aquatic species and breeding and nesting times of terrestrial species Bureau of Land Management. 1998. Riparian Area Management: A User to Assessing Proper Functioning Condition and the Supporting Science for Lotic Areas. Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group (FISRWG). 1998. National Engineering Handbook 653 –Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes and Practices. NRCS. 1998. . NRCS. 2002. . NRCS. 2005. National Biology Handbook Part 620. Aquatic and Terrestrial Habitat Resources. NRCS. 2006. National Engineering Handbook Part 654. Stream Restoration Design Handbook. NRCS. 2009. National Biology Handbook Part 614, Subpart B. Stream Visual Assessment Protocol. Version 2. Roni, P. 2005. Monitoring stream and watershed restoration. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.