These are links collected by individuals involved in the Aquatic Habitat Guidelines program that you might find useful. The agencies involved in this project do not necessarily endorse any of the information provided by these links. This page also includes documents (in pdf format) and links to websites containing documents that are referenced on this website or that are contained within individual guidelines. These documents may not be readily available to the public.

Upland erosion control:

• Controlling erosion using vegetation – Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pubs/93-30/intro.html
• Managing drainage on coastal bluffs – Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pubs/95-107/intro.html
• Managing vegetation on coastal slopes - Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pubs/93-31/intro.html
• Pictorial dictionary of terms relating to soil stabilization, slope and bank protection -- Erosion Technology Consulting: http://www.constr.com/tx/terms.htm#top
• Road construction and maintenance (includes road abandonment) — Washington Department of Natural Resources Forest Practice Rules: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/htdocs/fp/fpb/222-24.html
• Bioengineering for hillslope, streambank, and lakeshore erosion control – University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension: http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/Soil/g1307.htm

Upstream Fish Passage, Culverts:

• Designing highway culverts that do not impede the movements of resident fish species – U.S. Roads Road Engineering Journal: http://www.usroads.com/journals/p/rej/9711/re971102.htm
• Stream crossing guidebook for fish streams – British Columbia Ministry of Forests, B.C. Ministry of Employment and Investment, B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Department of Fisheries and Oceans: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/tasb/legsregs/fpc/fpcguide/stream/str-toc.htm
• Juvenile and resident salmonid movement and passage through culverts – Washington State Department of Transportation: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ppsc/research/completereports/WARD457_1SalmonPassage.pdf
• Equilibrium geomorphological conditions for high gradient bed streams—Stream simulation in culverts -- Washington State Department of Transportation: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ppsc/research/completereports/WARD479_1streambeds.pdf
• FishXing: Software and learning systems for the analysis of fish migration through culverts – USDA Forest Service, Federal Highway Administration, Humboldt State University Foundation, National Marine Fisheries, Americorps: http://www.stream.fs.fed.us/fishxing/
• FISHPASS program for culvert installations – Alaska Department of Fish and Game: http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/habitat/geninfo/specialprojects/fishpass.htm
• Fish Passage: Culvert inspection manuals – British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks: http://www.elp.gov.bc.ca/car/frbc/wrp/wrp_manuals.htm
• Juvenile and resident salmonid movement and passage through culverts – Fisheries Research Institute, University of Washington: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ppsc/research/salmonpassage.pdf
• Critter crossings: Linking habitats and reducing roadkill – U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/wildlifecrossings/main.htm

Fish Protection Screens:

• Hydraulic testing of static self-cleaning inclined screens – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Water Resources Research Laboratory: http://www.usbr.gov/wrrl/twahl/coanda.html
• Juvenile fish screen criteria for pump intakes –National Marine Fisheries Service, Portland, Oregon: http://swr.ucsd.edu/hcd/pumpcrit.htm

Habitat Restoration:

• Stream corridor restoration: Principles, processes, and practices – Federal Interagency Stream Corridor Restoration Working Group: http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/
• Riparian Ecosystem Creation and Restoration: A Literature Summary – US Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/ripareco/ripareco.htm
• Principles for the Ecological Restoration of Aquatic Resources – US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/restore/principles.html#4
• Ecological restoration: A tool to manage stream quality – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/Ecology/
• National handbook of conservation practices -- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service: http://www.ncg.nrcs.usda.gov/nhcp_2.html
• Guidelines for stream and wetland protection in Kentucky – Kentucky Division of Water: http://water.nr.state.ky.us/dow/guide.htm
• Stream Channelization: Bibliography of literature regarding the effects of channelization and recovery and restoration techniques – Wittenberg University, Geology Department: http://www4.wittenberg.edu/academics/geol/progcrs/geol220/mcgarvey/index.shtml
• River corridor and wetland restoration – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/restore/

Bank Protection:

• Draft bioengineering design manual chapter: Bioengineering details – Washington Department of Transportation: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/cae/design/roadside/bioeng.htm
• Streambank revegetation and protection: A guide for Alaska: http://www.state.ak.us/adfg/habitat/geninfo/webpage/techniques.htm
• Oregon small acreage fact sheets -- Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Small Acreage Steering Committee: http://www.or.nrcs.usda.gov/news/factsheets.htm
• Guidelines for stream and wetland protection in Kentucky – Kentucky Division of Water: http://water.nr.state.ky.us/dow/guide.htm
• Bioengineering for streambank erosion control, Report 1: Guidelines – US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station: http://www.wes.army.mil/el/wetlands/pdfs/el97-8.pdf
• Publications from the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory – Army Corps of Engineers, Waterway Experiment Station: http://libweb.wes.army.mil/index.htm
• Pictorial dictionary of terms relating to soil stabilization, slope and bank protection -- Erosion Technology Consulting: http://www.constr.com/tx/terms.htm#top
• The Practical Streambank Bioengineering Guide: User’s guide for natural streambank stability techniques in the arid and semi-arid Great Basin and Intermountain West – USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service: http://www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/BCS/PMC/pubs/IDPMCpubs-sbg.html
• Bioengineering for hillslope, streambank, and lakeshore erosion control – University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension: http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/Soil/g1307.htm
• Road construction and maintenance (includes road abandonment)—Washington Department of Natural Resources Forest Practice Rules: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/htdocs/fp/fpb/222-24.html
• Searchable bibliography from the first Wood in World Rivers conference held October 2000 in Corvallis, Oregon, USA: http://riverwood.orst.edu

Vegetation:

• Washington Native Plants: Identifying, propagating, and landscaping – WSU Cooperative Extension: http://gardening.wsu.edu/text/nwnative.htm
• National plants database -- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service: http://plants.usda.gov/plants/
• A system for mapping riparian areas in the Western United States - US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory: http://nwi.fws.gov/Riparian.htm
• King County noxious weed list brochure - King County Department of Natural Resources: http://splash.metrokc.gov/wlr/lands/pdf/0001noxiousWEEDbroch.pdf
• Streambank revegetation and protection: A guide for Alaska: http://www.state.ak.us/adfg/habitat/geninfo/webpage/techniques.htm
• Managing vegetation on coastal slopes -- Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pubs/93-31/intro.html
• Controlling erosion using vegetation – Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pubs/93-30/intro.html
• Engineering and Design - Guidelines for Landscape Planting and Vegetation Management at Floodwalls, Levees, and Embankment Dams -- US Army Corps of Engineers: http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/eng-manuals/em1110-2-301/toc.htm
• National list of plant species that occur in wetlands - US Fish and Wildlife Service: http://www.nwi.fws.gov/bha/

Wetlands:

• Washington State Wetlands Delineation Manual - Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/96094.html
• Guide for Developing Freshwater Wetlands Mitigation Plans and Proposals - Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/94029.html
• Restoring Wetlands in Washington: A Guidebook for Wetland Restoration, Planning & Implementation - Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/93017.html
• Hydric soils of the United States - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Survey Division: http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/hydric/
• Classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United States - US Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services: http://nwi.fws.gov/classifman/classmanual.htm
• Guidelines for stream and wetland protection in Kentucky - Kentucky Division of Water: http://water.nr.state.ky.us/dow/guide.htm
• National list of plant species that occur in wetlands - US Fish and Wildlife Service: http://www.nwi.fws.gov/bha/
• Wetland restoration and design publications available on line - US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water: http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/wetlands/wwater.html#Restoration
• Procedural guidance for evaluating wetland mitigation projects in California’s coastal zone - California Coastal Commission: http://www.coastal.ca.gov/web/weteval/wetitle.html
• Wetland publications – US Army Corps of Engineers: http://www.wes.army.mil/el/wetlands/wlpubs.html

Instream Flow:

• Ecology Report: Setting instream flows in Washington state – Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/981813wr.html
• Instream flow incremental methodology - US Geological Survey, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center: http://www.mesc.nbs.gov/rsm/IFIM.html
• Instream flow physical habitat simulation system PHABSIM Version 2.0 software - US Geological Survey, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center: http://webmesc.mesc.nbs.gov/asd/asdphab.html
• SALMOD - Instream Flow Salmonid Population Model Software methodology - US Geological Survey, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center: http://webmesc.mesc.nbs.gov/asd/asdsalmod.html
• Exploration of factors influencing thermal diversity in a river reach: Template for a study design - US Geological Survey, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center: http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/rsm/ifim-chron/factors_thermal/factors_thermal.htm#Discussion
• Instream flow studies in Pennsylvania and Maryland: Study findings of a new procedure for evaluating impacts of withdrawals on fishery habitat - Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection: http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/watermgt/WC/subjects/InstreamFlow.htm
• Links to other useful water-related and instream flow-related sites on the web -- US Geological Survey, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center: http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/links/other_sites.html

Marine and Estuarine Shoreline Modification Issues:

• Controlling erosion using vegetation – Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/program/sea/pubs/93-30/intro.html
• Managing drainage on coastal bluffs – Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/program/sea/pubs/95-107/intro.html
• Managing vegetation on coastal slopes -- Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/program/sea/pubs/93-31/intro.html
• Explore, enjoy, and help preserve our Puget Sound shorelines - Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/index.html
• Pictorial dictionary of terms relating to soil stabilization, slope and bank protection - Erosion Technology Consulting: http://www.constr.com/tx/terms.htm#top
• Low cost shore protection for protected and inland shores – US Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Section, Great Lakes Region: http://huron.lre.usace.army.mil/shore.protection/lcsphmpg.html
• Shoreline/Coastline Databases – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Data Centers: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/shorelines.html
• Shoreline Aerial Photos – Washington Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/apps/shorephotos/
• Procedural Guidance Document: Monitoring Shoreline Protection/Renovation Projects – California Coastal Commission: http://www.coastal.ca.gov/web/pgd/pgd-mon.html
• The Coastal Engineering Page: A web portal for on-line coastal engineering and oceanography – University of Delaware, Center for Applied Coastal Research: http://www.coastal.udel.edu/coastal.html
• Coastal Engineering Technical Notes -- US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station: http://bigfoot.wes.army.mil/cetn.index.html
• Internet software guide for engineers regarding coastal engineering and oceanography: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/9631/ocean.html
• Publications available on line from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory: http://chl.wes.army.mil/library/publications/
  http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/eng-manuals/cecw.htm
• Coastal Engineering Manual – US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station (in preparation): http://bigfoot.wes.army.mil/cem001.html
• Coastal Engineering Technical Notes - US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station: http://bigfoot.wes.army.mil/cetn.index.html
• Engineering and Design - Environmental Engineering for Coastal Shore Protection -- US Army Corps of Engineers: http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/eng-manuals/em1110-2-1204/toc.htm
• Engineering and Design - Design of Coastal Revetments, Seawalls, and Bulkheads -- US Army Corps of Engineers: http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/eng-manuals/em1110-2-1614/toc.htm
• Engineering and Design - Coastal Groins and Nearshore Breakwaters -- US Army Corps of Engineers: http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/eng-manuals/em1110-2-1617/toc.htm
• Engineering and Design - Design of Breakwaters and Jetties - US Army Corps of Engineers: http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/eng-manuals/em1110-2-2904/toc.htm
• Engineering and Design - Design of Beach Fills - US Army Corps of Engineers: http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/eng-manuals/em1110-2-3301/toc.htm

Dredging and Gravel Removal

• Dredging Operations Technical Support Program: Guidance Documents - US Army Corps of Engineers: http://www.wes.army.mil/el/dots/guidance.html
• Engineering and Design - Dredging and Dredged Material Disposal - US Army Corps of Engineers: http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/eng-manuals/em1110-2-5025/toc.htm
• Engineering and Design - Beneficial Uses of Dredged Material - US Army Corps of Engineers: http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/eng-manuals/em1110-2-5026/toc.htm
• Engineering and Design - Confined Disposal of Dredged Material - US Army Corps of Engineers: http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/eng-manuals/em1110-2-5027/toc.htm
• Collection of sand and gravel mining abstracts – 1997 Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Midyear Meeting, San Antonio, Texas: http://sdafs.org/meetings/97sdafs/san_grav/jacobson.htm
• Sand and gravel mining in Missouri stream systems: Aquatic resource effects and management alternatives – Missouri Department of Conservation, Conservation Research Center: http://www.mostreamteam.org/gravel/gravel.html
• Geologic and geomorphic implications for gravel supply – Proceedings from the conference Salmon-Spawning Gravel: A Renewable Resource in the Pacific Northwest?, October 1980: http://www.tubbs.com/gravel/gravel.htm

Overwater Structures

• Impacts of ferry terminals on juvenile salmon migrating along Puget Sound shorelines Phase I: Synthesis of state of knowledge – Washington Department of Transportation: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ppsc/research/completereports/WARD472_1ferry.pdf
• Impacts of ferry terminals on juvenile salmon migrating along Puget Sound shoreline Phase II: Field studies at Port Townsend ferry terminal – Washington Department of Transportation: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ppsc/research/completereports/WARD480_1FerryJuvSalmon.pdf
• Docks and boats - Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/building/docks.html

Aquatic Habitat Guidelines References

• National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 1996. Coastal salmon conservation: working guidance for comprehensive salmon restoration initiatives on the Pacific Coast. US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 60p.
• State of Washington Alternative Mitigation Policy Guidance For Aquatic Permitting Requirements From the Departments of Ecology and Fish and Wildlife. 2000. (pdf format 63kb)
• State of Washington. 1999. Statewide Strategy to Recover Salmon - Extinction is Not an Option. Governor's Salmon Recovery Office, Olympia, WA. 324 p.
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). 1997. Policy of Department of Fish and Wildlife and Western Washington Treaty Tribes Concerning Wild Salmonids (Wild Salmonid policy). adopted by Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, Olympia, WA. 46 p.
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). 1999. Policy of the Department of Fish and Wildlife for Requiring or Recommending Mitigation (POL - M5002). 1999.