Wetlands and Riparian Areas High Priority Management measures for the protection and restoration of riparian areas are partially in place. Strategies to strengthen protection and restoration are linked to TMDL development and restoration efforts pursued through the Oregon Plan. At this time, the need for additional management measures has only been identified for forestry activities. The process for developing these management measures is well underway through a process to establish a limitation for take of threatened evolutionary significant units of salmonids. Oregon Department of Forestry and the National Marine Fisheries Service are close to consensus on this issue.
Implementation is described in the five-year plan .
Watershed Assessments sponsored by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. As all of these evaluations will be carried out at the watershed level, additional management measures will be identified that meet the specific watershed limitations. Identification and implementation of additional management measures are expected to span the full fifteen year planning period. Both of these listings bring stringent federal requirements for recovery and protection. These monitoring activities exhaust the resources of the state resource agencies.