Or. Admin. Code § 635-900-0010 - Statewide Coordination of a Climate and Ocean Change Response

(1) The Department should exhibit leadership in facilitating a coordinated statewide response to minimizing the impacts of the changing climate and ocean conditions on Oregon's natural resources and the people who depend on those resources.

(2) The Department should work with other executive branch natural resource agencies and appropriate federal, tribal, and local partners to complete inventories of the State's natural resource assets. The inventories should also evaluate the vulnerability of our assets and/or their utility in improving preparedness to changing climate and ocean conditions, and identify areas for priority investment of resources.

(3) The Department should work with other state, federal, and tribal natural resource agencies, academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations to ensure research and monitoring related to changing climate and ocean conditions is conducted efficiently by:

(a) Identifying existing and new foundational data that are needed by multiple agencies to adequately monitor and project the impacts of changing climate and ocean conditions;

(b) Coordinating the collection, storage, and analysis of this data; and

(c) Ensuring there is appropriate consistency in the use of climate models and emissions scenarios.

(4) The Department should work with other executive branch agencies, to the extent possible, to determine clear priorities for vulnerable natural resources within and across geographical areas of the state then coordinate implementation of regulatory and non-regulatory authorities consistent with these priorities. This collective effort should seek to address legacy impacts to fish and wildlife in priority areas and avoid or minimize further negative outcomes for fish and wildlife populations statewide. This collective effort should include collaboration with local, regional and tribal jurisdictions.

(5) The Department should work with other state and federal agencies and local governments, to the extent possible, to review incentives and regulations that relate to the protection, enhancement, and management of fish and wildlife habitat with the goal of ensuring that the appropriate mechanisms exist to:

(a) Achieve protections and enhancement in priority areas for fish and wildlife;

(b) Encourage economic development that sustains essential ecosystems while providing preparedness for the impacts of the changing climate and ocean; and

(c) Ensure that voluntary and regulatory actions are coordinated among agencies.

(6) The Department should work with the public and landowners to encourage or incentivize habitat management that protects and enhances priority areas for fish and wildlife as well as increasing carbon sequestration.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 635-900-0010

DFW 90-2020, adopt filed 07/14/2020, effective 7/14/2020

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, ORS 506.036, ORS 506.109 & ORS 496.138

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, ORS 506.036 & ORS 506.109