Topic: Strategies to limit temperature increase in freshwater systems (View All Topics in the Plan)
Protect and restore processes and habitats in tributaries, which are cooler.
Increase large wood recruitment, installation of large wood where appropriate.
Remove barriers to fish passage in tributaries (culverts, dams, ect.) to expand spawning habitat in cool reaches.
Protect and Restore wetlands and beaver habitat.
Identify and protect cold-water sources and the habitats and hydrologic processes that produce them.
Restoration and protection of riverine habitat heterogeneity – deep pools, riffles, large wood, riparian forests.
Reconnection of floodplains, removal of shoreline armoring and levees, and restoration of edge habitat.
Protect and Restore riparian forests.