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
Miller,
K., C.R. Hazel. 1977. Wetland Habitat Evaluation: Vancouver Lake, Washington.
Seattle, WA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (Jones & Stokes Associates,
Inc.)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with the assistance of Wilsey & Ham (1977), has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the proposed restoration of Vancouver Lake, which is presently in the 45-day review and comment period. The EIS evaluates the impacts of lake dredging and spoil disposal among other impacts. Areas to be used as spoil disposal sites as well as the lake itself have been identified as important wildlife habitat with varying degrees of wildlife resource value. Up to this time no quantitative information was reported concerning the quality of the impacted sites as wildlife habitat. To meet the requirements of the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and the President's Executive Order No. 11990, EPA decided to evaluate the nonmonetary wildlife value of the wetlands and surrounding lowlands.
This report identifies and describes wetland and lowland wildlife habitats surrounding Vancouver Lake and estimates the value of these habitats to the dominant faunal species. An attempt is made to rank habitat types in order of their value to wildlife. The value of these habitats to the fishes of Vancouver Lake is not evaluated. The seasonally and semi-permanently flooded wildlife habitats are of considerable but undefined value to fishes in the lake.
The impact of lake dredging and spoil disposal on wildlife habitats are compared and evaluated for each proposed disposal site. Alternative plans of spoil disposal designed to avoid or minimize adverse impacts on the most valuable wildlife habitats are suggested as mitigation measures. The impacts of these alternatives are compared to those of the proposed project. Mitigation measures in the form of like-kind or trade-off compensation are discussed.
A glossary is included to aid the reader in understanding terms used in the identification of habitat types and the analysis of their value to wildlife.
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April 27, 2010
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