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<br />000473 <br /> <br />Existing resources. tools. information. and partnerships available to achieve results: <br /> <br />. Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). <br />. State non-game laws, including state endangered species act. <br />. Existing efforts to overcome water quality/water quantity integration hurdles. <br />. State Water Quality laws (anti-degradation). <br />. Other federal programs (i.e. Natural Resources Conservation Service, <br />Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Clean Water Act Section 519 <br />Non-Point Source Programs, Clean Water Act Section 104 (b)(3) Grants to states <br />for wetlands conservation, etc.). <br />. Workshops. <br /> <br />Missing resources. tools. information and partnerships: <br /> <br />. Incentive-based programs. <br />. Information and technical assistance clearinghouse. <br />. Measures to designate criteria for declining species. <br />. State wetlands protection policy. <br />. Regulations that internalize costs. <br />. Compensate for conservation Oand, water...). <br />. Commitment to public values. <br />. Information about chemical applications. <br />. Emphasis on anti-degradation of water quality and habitat. <br />. Mitigation banking. <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Possible actions to achieve desired results: <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. Develop and implement Best Management Practices (BMP) for all resource <br />activities. <br />. Limit introduction of competing species. <br />. Initiate native aquatic species program in state law with some state funding. <br />. Implement agency-sanctioned demonstration projects. <br />. Modify water law to promote water conservation. <br />. Initiate state wetland conservation program. <br />. Change property valuation rules to remove incentives to develop in critical <br />resource areas. <br /> <br />Additional Comments: <br /> <br />. A state law currently exists to conserve native species, namely, the Nongame I <br />Threatened and Endangered Species Conservation Act. The Act requires the Division of <br />Wildlife to devise management plans to conserve/recover native species. This Act has <br />not been implemented and no regulations promulgated. <br /> <br />i:\robotham\oative.c <br /> <br />14 <br />