NOAA 1996 effects of actions on watershed properly functioning condition

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NOAA. 1996. Making Endangered Species Act determinations of effect for individual or grouped actions at the watershed scale. Prepared by the National Marine Fisheries Service, Environmental and Technical Services Division, Habitat Conservation Branch. 31 pp.

Notes

  • Includes in Table 1 - Matrix of Pathways and Indicators, a description of properly functioning conditions, with general recommendations for determining properly functioning, at risk, and not properly functioning thresholds.
  • PFC includes: Water Quality, Channel Condition and Dynamics, Habitat Access -- Flow/Hydrology, Habitat Elements, and Watershed Conditions.