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REIN activities
Here is an overview of the various activities that are tracked by REIN.
Enhance conservation status
Non-regulatory activities such as habitat acquisition, wildlife easements, organic farming, market-based conservation incentives and more.
Private property transactions
- conservation easements
- land acquisitions for conservation (parks and greenspaces)
- acquisition of natural resource rights
- other
Stewardship certification
- Organic food alliance
- Salmon safe forest stewardship council
- Sustainable forestry initiative
- Forest Stewardship Council certification
- Northwest golf course environmental alliance certification
- Audubon golf course certification
- other
Natural area designation and zoning
- federal
- state
- local
- private
- other
Conservation payments and incentive programs
- federal
- state
- local
- private
- other
Marketing conservation credits
- greenhouse gasses
- wetlands
- endangered species habitat
- water quality
- storm water
- natural resource hazards
- other
Education
Educational signage, demonstration sites, guided nature hikes, tours and classes (both field- and non-field based).
In-field, non-staffed visual
- signs or markers
- brochure or educational kiosks
- demonstration site
- other
In-field, staffed interpretation
- hikes, field trips or guided tours
- demonstration site
- other
Environmental training
- businesses
- community groups
- project volunteers
- technical assistance (staffing, best management practices handbooks, etc.)
- other
Environmental education
- K-12
- summer camp groups
- outdoor school
- other
Monitoring, research and inventory
Field- or Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based activities. Examples include water quality or wildlife monitoring, wildlife research sites, natural resource inventories and more.
Water quality
- water chemistry
- algae, plankton, periphyton
- physical habitat or substrate
- other
Plants
- vegetation inventory
- habitat quality
- riparian condition
- floodplain condition
- sensitive, threatened or endangered species
- invasives
- other
Soil
- soil chemistry or conditions
- soil delineation
- soil properties
- other
Invertebrates
- aquatic invertebrates
- terrestrial invertebrates
- sensitive, threatened or endangered species
- invasives
- other
Vertebrates
- fish
- reptiles or amphibians
- birds
- mammals
- sensitive, threatened or endangered species
- invasives
- other
Habitat restoration and management
Native plantings, stream bank stabilization, non-native plant or animal removal, re-introductions of native plants and animals, and habitat-friendly development practices such as rainwater gardens or “green streets” implementation. Fish and wildlife habitat mitigation efforts also are included here.
Aquatic restoration and management
- control aquatic invasive species
- plant native riparian vegetation
- control or stabilize streambank
- reconstruct stream meander
- improve culverts and other fish passage barriers
- enrich nutrient, place carcasses
- manage sediment inputs
- improve or increase stream flow
- remove fill and drainage structures
- place large woody debris, boulders
- maintain or create buffers
- add suitable spawning gravel
- construct pool, ponds and alcove habitat
- remove litter from water
- contamination clean up
- other
Native vegetation restoration
- plant native herb or forb species
- plant native shrub or tree species
- conduct prescribed burns
- control encroaching species (native or non-native; e.g., control Douglas-fir in native oak habitat)
- other
Invasive species control
- prevention
- early detection
- cultural control
- ecological control
- biological control
- mechanical removal
- fire control
- chemical control
- other
Species conservation and management
- reintroduce native species
- captive breeding
- create suitable spawning habitat
- establish artificial dens or nests
- create wildlife crossings
- other
Clean-ups and remediation
- litter clean up
- toxic remediation
- contamination clean up
- other
Enhance stewardship of urban lands
- install stormwater runoff treatments (e.g., create bioswales, green roofs, rain garden)
- create off-channel flood storage
- reduce impervious area
- plant street trees or backyard trees
- implement "green streets" design
- conserve water
- design site to conserve wildlife habitat
- other
Enhance stewardship of crop lands
- protect aquatic habitat buffers or fence aquatic habitat
- conserve patches or strips of native habitat
- re-establish native vegetation
- adjust harvest timing, grazing, etc. to benefit fish and wildlife
- prevent disturbance near nesting or rearing grounds
- reduce pesticide, herbicide use; wildlife- and habitat-safe pest control
- improve fish passage
- control invasive species
- reduce soil loss and compaction (or erosion control)
- conserve water
- improve manure management
- other
Weed information management system (WIMS)
- invasive knotweeds (Japanese, Himalayan, giant)
- garlic mustard
- shiny geranium
- butterfly bush
- false brome
- yellow flag iris
- other