Consider energy flow, hydrologic cycles, nutrient cycles, biotic interactions, rare species, as well as the connectivity, location, and configuration of habitat and successional stages. Implementation Form a conservation delivery mechanism for those actions that need to be implemented. On private lands, encourage land management practices that enhance the ecosystem values of riparian habitat. This can be accomplished through outreach as well as measures such as cooperative management agreements, protective zoning, and taxes and other types of private landowner incentives. Monitoring should be an ongoing process so that progress can be successfully tracked.
Evaluation Critically evaluate traditional paradigms.
Encourage public input through meetings and participation in the decision-making process. Where necessary, cooperate across state and international jurisdictional boundaries. These acts focus on the recovery of species and habitats and supersede mandates of multiple-use management. Riparian ecosystems are uniquely sensitive habitats and should be managed as such, not as part of upland or other adjacent habitats. Merge traditional game and nongame programs to achieve a holistic and ecological management approach for the benefit of riparian habitats and all riparian-dependent species.