Bibliography on Vancouver Lake Watershed, including Burnt Bridge Creek, Flushing Channel, Lake River, and Salmon Creek |
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Bibliography of Vancouver Lake watershed, including Burnt Bridge Creek, Flushing Channel, Lake River, and Salmon Creek
A history of restoration efforts for Vancouver Lake
Envirosphere
Co. 1996. Habitat Inventory and Evaluation of the Vancouver
Lake/Columbia River Lowlands. Vancouver, WA: Port of Vancouver.
Introduction: The Vancouver Lake/Columbia River lowlands area has been the focus of several studies relating to habitats, wildlife, fish, development impacts, and management planning. For example, an environmental impact statement on a comprehensive land use plan for the area was produced for Clark County (Regional Planning Council of Clark County, 1975). A wetland habitat evaluation was conducted for EPA, Region 10 (Miller and Hazel, 1977). An inventory of riparian habitats and associated wildlife along the Columbia River was conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Tabor, 1976). A reconnaissance report (USDI Fish and Wildlife Service, 1978) evaluated a Corps of Engineers flood control project for the area. Vancouver Lake underwent a major rehabilitation project, including dredging and construction of a flushing channel to increase circulation. A study was conducted (Knutzen and Cardwell, 1984) to assess the effects of the Vancouver Lake Rehabilitation Project on the fish resources of the lake and on migrating salmonids of the Columbia River.
As pointed in the existing literature, the Port of Vancouver Project Area is important to industry, recreation, agriculture and wildlife. The Project Area currently supports a number of industries that have contributed to the development of an existing rail, water, and highway transportation system that makes the Project Area particularly attractive to future development. Because the high potential for new industries and additional port development, together with a demand for increased recreational activity, the Port is concerned that any development program take all factors into account before plans are to be implemented.
The Project Area supports fish and wildlife populations. The lakes and river provide habitat for warm water fishes and, to a lesser extent, salmon. These same lakes and rivers and the adjoining wetlands provide habitat for birds, mammals, and amphibians. Prominent among these are waterfowl and great blue herons. Waterfowl inhabit the Project Area yearlong, but are particularly abundant during winter. The waterbodies and agriculture provide food and cover to geese, swans, and a variety of ducks that winter both in the Project Area and in the network of wetlands in the region. Thse habitats also provide food to great blue herons, which nest in selected stands of trees in the Project Area and the region. Species of importance [sic] raptors, including bald eagles, which are listed by the federal government as a threatened species in Washington. The mixture of habitats associated with the Project Area also supports a variety of other wildlife.
Because of the potential impacts associated with any development in the Project Area, the Port of Vancouver has developed a two-phased approach in order to evaluate those potential impacts and to minimize adverse effects. Phase One is an environmental characterization of the Project Area; Phase Two is an assessment of impacts associated with alternative development plans on fish and wildlife and identification of alternative mitigation plans to be implemented depending on the rate and extent of the proposed developments. This approach was developed in order to incorporate concerns about fish and wildlife into the Port's long-range development plans so that a process is established to account and compensate for environmental impacts, before, during and after development.
The purpose of this report is to address Phase One, Environmental Characterization. This phase includes the following three tasks: (1) habitat inventory; (2) wildlife population inventory and habitat evaluation; and (3) fishery population inventory and habitat evaluation. These tasks are each addressed in the report under three general headings: (1) Methods; (2) Results; and (3) Discussion or Synthesis. Also provided in the report is a description of the Project Area and the Conclusions of the study. All supporting materials not necessary for the reader to understand the text has been placed in the Appendices.
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Appendix D: pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4, pt.5, pt.6, pt.7, pt.8, pt.9, pt.10, pt.11, pt.12, pt.13
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April 16, 2008
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