Fish Friendly Farming® Environmental Certification Program

THE FARM CONSERVATION PLAN

The farmer, working with technical experts from the FFF program, completes a Farm Conservation Plan: a comprehensive inventory and assessment of natural resources, agricultural lands and management practices. The Farm Conservation Plan is a strategy for implementing Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) and guides the improvement of land management practices The Fish Friendly Farming® (FFF) Environmental Certifcation program is an and the implementation of projects for a specific property. Each Plan is incentive-based method for creating and sustaining water quality and habitat unique, addressing the features and conditions of a particular property. on private land. Landowners and managers enroll in the program, learn and apply environmentally beneficial management practices and carry out restora­ tion and erosion control projects. The FFF program integrates economic use of land with the production of envi­ ronmental benefits. The program focuses on the land manager to achieve and sustain environmental quality. This approach ensures long-term environ­ mental improvements and sustainable agriculture. Fish Friendly Farming pro­ vides for voluntary, self-directed compliance with state and federal clean water laws, federal Endangered Species Act and pesticide and local regulations. Three resource agencies - the Regional Water Quality Control Board, National Marine Fisheries Service, and County Agricultural Commissioner - provide an objective third-party certification of each site. A Fish Friendly Farm FFF represents a new model for collaborative efforts between government The Plan documents all sediment sources and evaluates stream and river and private landowners. Since 1999, over 100,000 acres have been enrolled riparian corridors and water sources. Various projects such as creek restora­ in the FFF program in Sonoma, Mendocino, Solano and Napa Counties. tion and revegetation, water supply facility retrofit, water conservation meth­ Additional areas have asked to be included in the program, and there is a ods, road repair, and erosion site repair are identified in the Plan as well as waiting list for FFF workshops in several areas. changes needed in management practices to produce environmental benefits. When the Farm Conservation Plan is completed, the site is certified through WHY FISH FRIENDLY? a third party review of the property and the Plan. Implementation of the Farm Conservation Plan and photo-monitoring of the condition of the property con­ The Coho salmon and steelhead trout in northern and central California rivers tinues with re-certification every 5-7 years. The FFF program continues to are listed under the federal Endangered Species Act. Many different land work with the owner to cost-share implementation of major projects. uses - urban sprawl, reservoirs, gravel mining, roads and highways, water diversions, grazing and logging as well as agriculture - have caused the decline of steelhead trout and salmon in California. Fish Friendly Farming (FFF) provides a comprehensive approach for farmers to restore habitat for these endangered species. Many farmers are avid fisherman and interested in implementing practices that will recover salmon and steelhead populations.

Steelhead trout and Coho salmon have a complex lifecycle involving freshwa­ ter streams and rivers and the ocean. These fish species are sensitive indica­ tors of ecosystem health. Their recovery and conservation requires that human activities meet high environmental standards. The lifecycle and habi­ tat needs of the salmon and steelhead trout form the basis for the Fish Friendly Farming program.

The fish's habitat requirements are met when farmers use the FFF pro- Farmer Plants Willows to Benefit River, Fish, and Wildlife gram's fastidious Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) for: s soil and water conservation The Fish Friendly Farming Program is a project of the s restoration and revegetation of riparian corridors along both major creeks and small hillside creeks California Land Stewardship Institute. Contact us at 707­ s repair and careful management of roads to reduce sediment 253-1226 or by e-mail: [email protected] s limited chemical use www.FishFriendlyFarming.org Properties Enrolled in the Fish Friendly Farming Program in Napa, Mendocino, Solano, Sonoma and El Dorado Counties

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