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" ER 1105-2-100 28 Dec 90 SECTION VIII - FISH AND II'ILDLIFE IMPROVEMENT 1/ 4-34. Federal Interest. Congress, in the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958, as antended, and the Federal Water Project Recreation Act of 1965, as amended, declare it national policy that in inVestigating and planning any Federal navigation, flood control, or mu~tipurpose water resource project, full consideration shall be given to the opportunities, if any, which the project affords for fish and wildlife conservation and improvement. The Corps may recommend fish and/or wildlife conservation and improvement as a proj ect purpo!,e in reports to Congress when certain conditions concerning resource significance, constraints on allocated costs, and requirements for non-Federal participation are met. 4-35. !yues of Improvements. The types of actions that fall within the intent of fish and wildlife conservation and improvement are those structural and nonstructural measures that contribute to increasing the quantity of identified species and/or improving the quality of their habitat. ' Exantples are proteetive fencing, land cover manipulation, water diversion channels, sub impoundment dams, selective clear, cutting, planting of food. and cover vegetation, species relocation, wetland restoration . and creation, low flow augmentation, land acquisition, and the enforcement of protective regulations. It is necessary to first establish fish and wildlife improvement planning objectives to be able to measure and evaluate the contributions of proposed management measures. ,In this regard, key definitions, planning and evaluation procedures, significance and justification criteria, constraints, and report requirements are provided in Chapter 7, Section VI, of this regulation. If a water resources plan or project causes adverse impacts to fish and wildlife resources, 'improvements may not be considered as enhancem..nt until all losses 'to these same resources have been mitigated. 4-36. Specific Policies. a. Public Involvement. District commanders shall initiate general public participation procedures, for fish and wildlife resource improvement purposes, consistent with guidance set forth in Chapter 5, Section III of this regulation. Such public involvement shall include government' entities at the Federal, regional, State, and local levels and national ,and local public and private organizations, including Indfan :ribes. b. Coordination. District commanders shall comply with the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. by giving full consideration to reports and recommendations furnished by theFYS and NMFS, and the appropriate head of th~ State agency exercising administration ~ver ~efish and wildlife resources. 11 For the purpose of this Section fish and wildlife improvelllent shall include non-~itigation restoration activities. " .---';'" il ~, ;V 4-61 ~