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Department of Agriculture (ODA)

Natural Resources Division

SB 1010

ODA Responsibilities include:

  • implementing the SB 1010 Program
  • managing confined animal feeding operations
  • assisting and educating farm operators

Senate Bill 1010, approved by the 1993 State Legislature requires the ODA to help reduce water pollution from agricultural sources and to improve overall conditions in a watershed.

Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)

Water quality standards

Water Quality Limited Streams 303(d) List

1998 TMDL Factsheet

DEQ Responsibilities include:

  • enforcing provisions of the Clean Water Act
  • development of water quality standards
  • monitoring water quality and identifying streams that do not meat standards (303 list)
  • development of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) to guide the process of improving stream water quality

Department of Forestry(ODF)

Forest Practices Administrative Rules

Oregon Forest Atlas

ODF Regulates timber harvist pratices to insure that :

  • adiquate riparian buffers are left on streams to keep the cool,
  • runoff from roads does not polute streams,
  • culverts under roads alow for fish passage.

Department of Fish and Wildlife(ODFW)

North Coast Watersheds

wetlands

hatcheries

ODFW Responsibilities include:

  • conducting physical habitat surveys (including streams and wetlands) assessments and improvements
  • providing technical assistance to agencies and citizens
  • managing hatcheries
  • managing fisheries

The ODFW has one of the largest roles in implementing the Oregon Plan for Salmon.

Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD)

Coastal/Ocean Web Pages

DLCD Responsibilities include:

  • implementing the Coastal Non-point Pollution Control Program (CNPCP)
  • identifying estuarine restoration opportunities
  • creating (statewide planning) regulations for riparian and wetland protection

Department of Water Resources

Water Rights booklet

Responsibilities include:

  • monitoring, reporting, and protecting stream flow
  • improving and maintaining fish passage
  • managing in-stream water rights

 Division of State Lands (DSL)

Wetlands Removal-Fill Law

DSL Responsibilities include:

  • establishing removal-fill permitting requirements
  • reducing in-stream gravel removal activities
  • revising essential salmonid habitat standards
  • coordinating restoration, education, and planning activities with other agenciess.

Oregon Marine Board (OMB)

OMB Responsibilities include:

  • enforcement of marine and aquatic habitat-related laws

Department of Transportation (ODOT)

ODOT Responsibilities include:

  • improving roads and culverts
  • implementing habitat enhancement projects

Water Resources Department (WRD)

Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB)

Grants

Publications

OWEB provides guidance for the implementation of the Oregon Plan for restoration and enhancement of watersheds. They are the primary source of funding for implementation of the Oregon Plan.

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