Planning & Community Development

CRITICAL AREAS ORDINANCE 2005-2008 UPDATES

Critical Area Update - Status

Wetlands (effective July 1, 2008)

Fish & Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas (update in progress)

Geologically Hazardous Areas (completed April 2006)

Frequently Flooded Areas (completed August 2005)

Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas (completed July 2005)

Agriculture (completed Fall 2006) On hold pending a lawsuit filed by WEAN (Whidbey Environmental Action Network) in Thurston County.

Dr. Paul Adamus is a scientist and consultant to Island County in matters of wetlands and wildlife habitat for the the CAO Updates happening during 2005-2007. Below is a list of some of his published works:

1. Wetland/Riparian Publications

Adamus, P.R. 2004. Classification, Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation of Riverine and Palustrine Wetland Ecosystems. Chapter 12 In: M. McKinstry (ed.). Wetland and Riparian Areas of the Intermountain West. University of Texas Press. http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/mckwet.html

Adamus, P.R., J. Webster, C. Shippentower, S. O’Daniel, D.E. Williams, and S. Minthorn. 2002. Umatilla River Floodplain and Wetlands: A Quantitative Characterization, Classification, and Restoration Concept. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, OR. http://www.umatilla.nsn.us/database/wetlands

Adamus, P.R. 2001. Guidebook for Hydrogeomorphic (HGM)–based Assessment of Oregon Wetland and Riparian Sites. Statewide Classification and Profiles. Oregon Department of State Lands, Salem, OR.
http://statelands.dsl.state.or.us/hgm_guidebook.htm

Adamus, P.R. and D. Field. 2001. Guidebook for Hydrogeomorphic (HGM)–based Assessment of Oregon Wetland and Riparian Sites. I. Willamette Valley Ecoregion, Riverine Impounding and Slope/Flat Subclasses. Volume IA: Assessment Methods. Oregon Department of State Lands, Salem, OR.
http://statelands.dsl.state.or.us/hgm_guidebook.htm

Adamus, P.R. 2001. Guidebook for Hydrogeomorphic (HGM)–based Assessment of Oregon Wetland and Riparian Sites. I. Willamette Valley Ecoregion, Riverine Impounding and Slope/Flat Subclasses. Volume IB: Technical Report. Oregon Department of State Lands, Salem, OR. http://statelands.dsl.state.or.us/hgm_guidebook.htm

Adamus, P.R. and A. Gonyaw. 2001. National Database of Wetland Plant Sensitivities to Enrichment and Hydrologic Alteration. Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/bawwg/publicat.html

Adamus, P.R. and A. Gonyaw. 2001. National Database of Wetland Invertebrate Sensitivities to Enrichment and Hydrologic Alteration. Prepared for Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/bawwg/publicat.html

Adamus, P.R. 1996. Bioindicators for Assessing Ecological Integrity of Prairie Wetlands. EPA/600/R-96/082. USEPA Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/wqual/ppaindex.html

Adamus, P.R. 1993. User's manual: Avian richness evaluation method (AREM) for lowland wetlands of the Colorado Plateau. EPA/600/R-93/240. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR. http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/wqual/arem_man/

Adamus, P.R. 1993. Irrigated wetlands of the Colorado Plateau: Information synthesis and habitat evaluation method. EPA/600/R-93/071. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR. http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/wqual/wetlands_co.html

Adamus, P.R. 1992. Condition, Values, and Loss of Natural Functions of Prairie Wetlands of the North-Central United States. EPA/600/R-92/249. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR. http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/wetlands/wqual/appendixb.html

Adamus, P.R. 1992. Conceptual Process Model for Basin-type Wetlands of the Prairie Pothole Region. EPA/600/R-92/249. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/wqual/pphmodel.html

2. Biological Inventory, Assessment and Management

Adamus, P.R. 2004. Protection, Restoration, and Management of Terrestrial Habitats and Species of the Willamette Sub-Basin. Technical Appendix D. In: Willamette Subbasin Plan. Northwest Power Conservation Council, Portland, OR. http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/willamette/plan/

Adamus, P.R. 2004. Amphibians and reptiles of Green Island, Willamette River: survey data and management recommendations. McKenzie River Trust, Eugene, OR. http://www.registerguard.com/news/2004/05/30/c1.cr.greenisland.0530.html

Adamus, P.R. (contributor, with Ecotrust, Salix Associates, Winterbrook Associates, PHS Inc.). 2004. Corvallis Natural Features Inventory. Planning Dept., City of Corvallis, OR. http://www.inforain.org/corvallis/

Adamus, P.R., K. Larsen, G. Gillson, and C. Miller. 2001. Oregon Breeding Bird Atlas. Oregon Field Ornithologists, Eugene, OR.
http://thebirdguide.com/atlas/atlas.htm

Adamus, P.R. 2000. Terrestrial Vertebrate Species of the Willamette River Basin: A Species-Habitat Relationships Matrix and Spatial Modeling Approach. Report to the USEPA Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR. http://www.fsl.orst.edu/pnwerc/wrb/access.html