Tri-County ESA Response Planning Resources
This page contains to links to documents created under the Tri-County Endangered Species Act response from 1998 to 2002.

The scientific and planning documents listed/linked here cover Snohomish, King, and Pierce Counties.

These documents were part of the response of governments, businesses, environmental groups, and concerned citizens to the decline of Pacific salmon and trout. Chinook salmon and bull trout in Puget Sound were listed as "threatened" under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1999.

A number of these documents identified policies and programs that are being carried out now. Others were intermediate documents that supported the evolving response to the challenge of salmon decline.

Key documents from the Tri-County effort are listed/linked below.

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Tri-County Model 4(d) Rule Response Proposal (May 2001)
This proposal lists the draft salmon conservation program for the Tri-County area and draft biological review. The proposal addressed in detail the following "early-action responses" for:

• Land management
• Stormwater
• Regional road maintenance

It is broken into the following four sections:

Executive Summary (stand alone) (Adobe Acrobat 2.1 MB)

Volume 1 (Adobe Acrobat 26.6 MB - note that this large file will take several minutes to download even with a broadband connection)

Executive Summary

Tri-County ESA Response Coalition

Model 4(d) Response Proposal: Summary, Scientific Foundation of the Model, and Biological Review

Chapter 1: Land Management - Model Planning Policies

Chapter 2: Land Management - Development Regulations

Volume 2 (Adobe Acrobat 22 MB - note that this large file will take several minutes to download even with a broadband connection)

Chapter 3: Stormwater Management Model Program

Volume 3 (Adobe Acrobat 26 MB - note that this large file will take several minutes to download even with a broadband connection)

Chapter 4: Regional Road Maintenance ESA Program Guidelines

Chapter 5: Watershed (WRIA)-Based Salmon Conservation Planning

Chapter 6: Monitoring and Adaptive Management Program

Chapter 7: Habitat Acquisition and Restoration Funding Program

Chapter 8: Implementation of the Model 4(d) Rule Response Proposal

Appendix A: Scientific Foundation (see documents below as well)

Appendix B: Tri-County Executive Committee

Appendix C: Acknowledgements

Appendix D: Maps of Tri-County Boundaries

Appendix E: Biological Review - Scope of Work

 

Biological Review of Tri-County Model 4(d) Rule Response Proposal (April 2002)
This third-party review analyzed the expected biological results of the proposed Tri-County Model 4(d) Rule Response listed above. It includes:

Biological Review (Adobe Acrobat 3.2 MB)

Appendices A-M to the Biological Review (Adobe Acrobat 9 MB)

Final Best Available Science Resource Document
(December 2002)
This document creates a record of the technical and public process used to develop the Tri-County Model 4(d) Rule Response (listed above).

Section 1: Best Available Science Introduction (MS Word 1 MB)

Section 2: Tri-County Model Technical Development (MS Word 49 KB)

Section 3: Biological Review Technical Development (MS Word 32 KB)

Section 4: Comment Letters on Biological Review (MS Word 356 KB)

Section 5: Meeting Transcripts: Tri-County Executive Committee and General Assembly Discussion of Biological Review (MS Word 58 KB)

Section 6: Technical Bibliography (MS Word 183 KB)

Appendix A: Best Available Science WAC 365-195-900 to 925 (MS Word 46 KB)

Appendix B: Scope of Work for the Biological Review (MS Word 112 KB)

Appendix B: Parametrix, Inc. Team Resumes (MS Word 51 KB)

Appendix C: Land Management Zone Technical Committee Report (MS Word 595 KB)

Regional Road Maintenance Endangered Species Act Program
The Regional Road Maintenance ESA Program Guidelines describes physical, structural, and managerial best management practices that reduce road maintenance activities’ impacts on water and habitat. These guidelines are being followed by a number of local governments in the Puget Sound area. This Web site has links to the final version of the guidelines referred to above.

Urban Issues ESA Document Library
A list of over 600 documents relevant to the protection and restoration of salmon habitat, updated as of June 2002.

Return of the Kings (March 1999)
This proposal set forth King County's strategies for the long-term conservation and recovery of the Chinook salmon. It constituted a part of the Tri-County ESA response. A summary version also is available.

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To comment on this page, please contact Dennis Clark. Page last updated: December 2, 2008