- United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10. February 22, 2017.
EPA Region 10 Comments on Oregon Board of Forestry’s Proposed Riparian Rule Changes Attachment 1— Shade loss and temperature increases resulting from the Implementation of Option A and Option B of the proposed Oregon Forest Practices Rule for SSBT streams in sections of Western Oregon. (P. Leinenbach Memo to A. Henning, January 27, 2016, 11 pages).Attachment 2 — Estimating the stream temperature response associated with Relief Prescription 1 for small and medium streams in Western Oregon. (P. Leinenbach Memo to A. Henning, February 17, 2017, 1 page).
Attachment 3 — Leinenbach, P. 2015. Testimony of Peter Leinenbach, Aquatic and Landscape Ecologist, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, Before the Oregon Board of Forestry, July 23, 2015.
Attachment 4— The EPA’s analysis of South-sided Buffers. (P. Leinenbach Memo to A. Henning, July 13, 2015, 3 pages.)
Attachment 5 — Comparison of stream miles associated with designated SSBT streams. (p. Leinenbach Memo to A. Henning, April 10, 2015, 4 pages).
Attachment 6 — Henning, A, 2015. Testimony of Alan Henning, Environmental Protection Specialist, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, Before the Oregon Board of Forestry, June 3, 2015.
- US EPA. November 5, 2015
Testimony in Support of Stronger Riparian Rules, presented at the Nov. 5, 2015, Board of Forestry Meeting - National Marine Fisheries Service. July 21, 2015
Input from the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center on Oregon’s Riparian Rule Development - US EPA and NOAA Fisheries. January 30, 2015
Federal Determinations Regarding the Adequacy of the Oregon Forest Practices Act - National Marine Fisheries Service. 2014.
Final Recovery Plan for the Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit of Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). National Marine Fisheries Service. Arcata, CA.
(discussing Oregon Forest Practices in Chapters 1 through 6 at pages 3-56 and 3-57)
(read more about the findings related to forest practices)