By rule, DSL is required to coordinate with ODFW to update our GIS maps of the Essential Salmon Habitat (ESH) areas. DSL is currently working with ODFW to update the GIS layers for the ESH map within Oregon.
The Department has held two rule advisory committee (RAC) meetings to date (see below); the third RAC meeting will be held on November 4, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Join the meeting via Zoom using this link, or call in using the information below. An agenda and meeting materials will be uploaded upon availability.
Dial: (253) 215-8782
Meeting ID: 872 4968 3997
Passcode: ESH_RAC3!
The first rule advisory committee (RAC) meeting was held on September 22, 2020 from 1:30-3:30 PM. Watch the meeting recording on Zoom (note: the meeting begins at minute 19). View the meeting materials, including the RAC roster, the meeting agenda, a presentation on the
project purpose and scope, and an ODFW presentation on
Oregon Fish Habitat Distribution and ESH. The
meeting summary is available here.
The second RAC meeting was held on October 7, 2020, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Watch the meeting recording on Zoom. View the
meeting agenda, a 2014 informational handout, a presentation on current ESH map updates, and a presentation on
future ESH map updates. A meeting summary will be added upon availability.
The Department anticiptaes holding three or four RAC meetings in total before finalizing the rule draft and filing the notice of proposed rulemaking with the Secretary of State.