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Existing resources, tools, information, and partnerships available to achieve results <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 />Missing resources, tools, information and partnerships <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 (land, 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 />Possible actions to achieve desired results <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 />Additional Comments <br />• A state law currently exists to conserve native species, namely, the Nongame <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 />iArobotham \native.c <br />14 <br />