Skip to Main content

News & Publications

News & Publications
Home / News & Publications / Riparian Taskforce Final Report Appendices

Riparian Taskforce Final Report Appendices

Appendix D

  1. PDF 1: PowerPoint presentation titled “WDFW’s Riparian Science Synthesis and Management Recommendations” by Kara Whittaker, Ph.D., Land Use Conservation and Policy Section Manger, Ecosystem Services Division, Habitat Program, WDFW, and presented at the second Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 1 on September 22, 2023.
  2. PDF 2: PowerPoint presentation titled “WA State Conservation Commission Voluntary Riparian Programs” by Alison Halpern, Scientific Policy Advisor and Acting Policy Director, SCC, and presented at the third Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 1 on October 2, 2023.
  3. PDF 3: Fact sheet titled “Commodity Buffer Program” (2020) by the Spokane Conservation District, and provided by Alison Halpern, Scientific Policy Advisor and Acting Policy Director, SCC, for the third Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 1 on October 2, 2023.
  4. PDF 4: Handout titled “Asotin County Project Tour Handout” (September 2023) by the Asotin County Conservation District, and provided by Alison Halpern, Scientific Policy Advisor and Acting Policy Director, SCC, for the third Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 1 on October 2, 2023.
  5. PDF 5: Report titled “Targeted Riparian Buffer Incentives Pilot Project: Summary Report” (June 2023) by the Skagit Watershed Council, the Washington State Conservation Commission, Skagit Conservation District, and PEAK Sustainability, and provided by Alison Halpern, Scientific Policy Advisor and Acting Policy Director, SCC, for the third Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 1 on October 2, 2023.
  6. PDF 6: PowerPoint presentation titled “Spokane Conservation District: Riparian Restoration and Conservation programs” by Walt Edelen, Water Resources Program Manager, Spokane Conservation District, and presented at the third Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 1 on October 2, 2023.
  7. PDF 7: PowerPoint presentation titled “Mason County Conservation District: Riparian Restoration Program Overview” by Evan Bauder, Executive Director, Mason Conservation District, and presented at the third Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 1 on October 2, 2023.
  8. PDF 8: PowerPoint presentation titled “Water Quality Grants and Loans” by Melissa Gildersleeve, Water Quality Program Section Manager, Department of Ecology, and presented at the third Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 1 on October 2, 2023.
  9. PDF 9: Providing the RCO Riparian Policy Summary as of September 19, 2023 provided by Brock Milliern, Policy and Legislative Director, RCO, and discussed at the third Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 1 on October 2, 2023.

Appendix E

  1. PDF 1: PowerPoint presentation titled “Nonpoint Plan and Voluntary Clean Water Guidance for Agriculture” by Ben Rau, Watershed Planning Unit Supervisor, Water Quality Program, Department of Ecology, and presented at the first Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 2 on November 6, 2023.
  2. PDF 2: PowerPoint presentation titled “Critical Areas and the GMA: Riparian Working Group” by Scott Kuhta, Senior Planner, Growth Management Services, DOC, and presented at the second Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 2 on November 13, 2023.
  3. PDF 3: PowerPoint presentation titled “Riparian Roundtable – Shoreline Management Act” by Tim Gates, Policy Manager, and Misty Blair, Shoreline Management Policy Lead, Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program, Department of Ecology, and presented at the second Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 2 on November 13, 2023.
  4. PDF 4: PowerPoint presentation titled “Riparian Roundtable: Regulatory Takings in WA” by Courtney Kaylor, Partner, McCullough Hill PLLC, and presented at the third Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 2 on November 20, 2023.
  5. PDF 5: PowerPoint presentation titled “Tribal Treaty Rights” by Monte Mills, Charles I. Stone Professor and Native American Law Center Director, University of Washington School of Law, and presented at the fourth Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 2 on December 1, 2023.
  6. PDF 6: Handout materials prepared by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe for the Series 2 Riparian Roundtable site visits on December 11, 2023, including a field trip route map, and ten maps using satellite imagery depicting Bell Creek and Highland Ditch in 2023 and 2005, River’s Edge in 2023 and 2005, Mariotti Creek in 2023 and 2005, Railroad Bridge Park in 2023 and 2005, and Serenity Lane in 2023 and 2011.
  7. PDF 7: Handout materials prepared by the Clallam Conservation District for the Series 2 Riparian Roundtable site visits on December 11, 2023, including a handout titled “Success Using Voluntary Conservation,” four maps using satellite imagery depicting the Northern Conservation Farm in 1990, 2006, 2013, and 2007, a handout titled “River’s Edge Revegetation Project,” and two maps using satellite imagery depicting River’s Edge planting plots (2022).

Appendix F

  1. PDF 1: PowerPoint presentation titled “Endangered Species Act of 1973: Endangered Species Act and Habitat Conservation Plans” by Bonnie Shorin, Central Puget Sound Branch Chief, NOAA Fisheries, and presented at the first Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 3 on January 3.
  2. PDF 2: A legal timeline regarding forestry agreements in Washington State presented by Cassie Phillips, Weyerhaeuser (retired), at the first Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 3 on January 3.
  3. PDF 3: Providing the Timber/Fish/Wildlife Agreement Final Report (February 1987) discussed at the first Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 3 on January 3.
  4. PDF 4: Providing the Forests and Fish Report (April 1999) discussed at the first Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 3 on January 3.

Appendix G

  1. PDF 1: PowerPoint presentation titled “Progress Indicators and Targets: Riparian Working Group” by Larry Epstein, Deputy Director, Puget Sound Partnership, and presented at the first Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 4 on March 7.
  2. PDF 2: PowerPoint presentation titled “Riparian Restoration: Prioritize Investment – Quantify Benefit – Track Performance” by David Primozich, Vice President – Water, The Freshwater Trust, and presented at the first Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 4 on March 7.
  3. PDF 3: PowerPoint presentation titled “Follow the Money: Attracting Private Investment in Riparian Restoration” by Susan O’Neil, Senior Conservation Planner, Environmental Science Associates, and presented at the second Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 4 on March 12.
  4. PDF 4: Handout titled “Pay for Success in Washington” by Grace Edinger, Procurement Strategy Lead, Environmental Policy Innovation Center, and discussed at the second Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 4 on March 12.
  5. PDF 5: PowerPoint presentation titled “Pay for Success in Washington” by Grace Edinger, Procurement Strategy Lead, and Phoebe Higgins, Director of Markets, Environmental Policy Innovation Center, and presented at the second Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 4 on March 12.
  6. PDF 6: PowerPoint presentation titled “The Role of Land Trusts in Riparian and Farmland Preservation” by Vanessa Kritzer, Executive Director, Washington Association of Land Trusts, and Dani Madrone, Pacific Northwest Policy and Planning Manager, American Farmland Trust, and presented at the third Riparian Working Group meeting in Series 4 on March 25.
  7. PDF 7: PowerPoint presentation titled “Chelan VSP Riparian Analysis” presented by Britt Dudek, Chairman, Chelan County Voluntary Stewardship Program, and Mike Kaputa, Director of Natural Resources, Chelan County, at the Series 4 Riparian Roundtable site visits on April 18.

Appendix H

  1. PDF 1: Handout materials prepared by the Stillaguamish Tribe for the Series 5 Riparian Roundtable site visits on June 3, including a field trip schedule, site visit locations, and map, and five maps using satellite imagery depicting the Fir Island farms in 2015 and 2023, the Breum farms in 2017, and the Pilchuck floodplain in 2006 and 2023.
  2. PDF 2: Handout regarding Skagit Delta agriculture and related drainage systems prepared by the Skagit Drainage and Irrigation Districts Consortium LLC for the Series 5 Riparian Roundtable site visits on June 3.

Appendix J

  1. PDF 1: PowerPoint presentation titled “Riparian Roundtable Update” by Plauché & Carr LLP provided to key legislators by email and presented by Peter Dykstra, Partner, Plauché & Carr LLP, at briefings held on January 5 and 12.