Wetland Program 5 



Program Type 



State 



Name of Program 



Administering Agency 



Implementation Method 



Legal Authority 



Resources (Funds and Staff) 



Lands Covered 



Inventory and Classification 



Activities Regulated 

 Compliance 



Education 

 Problems 



Success 

 EPA Role 



Needed from EPA 

 Taking Issues 



Mitigation 

 Cumulative Impacts 



Taxation Programs 



Idaho 



Idaho Natural Heritage Program (nongame checkoff 



funds ) 



Cooperative effort between Nature Conservancy, 



Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and the Idaho 



Department of Parks and Recreation 



Acquisition 



Work with Federal agencies for conservation of 



resources on Federal land 



No specific legislation 



Nongame checkoff 



The Nature Conservancy 



Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund 



Criteria for areas of significant natural value: 



-system relatively unimpacted by human 



development, -rarity, -degree of threat 



Have computer data base and computerized map 



which stores information on specific natural area 



sites 



Not applicable - not a regulatory program 



Only have compliance activities on their 



preserves. Control access and some activities 



Waterfowl hunting and fishing is allowed, as 



water in state is owned by the state 



Slide presentations each year oriented toward 



specific agencies 



Public information presentations 



Funding 



Public lands policy and open range concept 



conflict with wetland protection 



Need good quality water as input to wetlands 



Not sure how successful. No discrete wetlands 



program. Passive - not active program 



Significant EPA role through funding for NW 



River Study 



Informal exchange of information fairly good 



Not sure 



Not had to deal with taking. Conservative 



government - not concerned with wetlands on 



private property 



No formal mitigation plan 



No method for evaluating 



No method for evaluating 



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