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    Encourage and promote the use of vegetative buffers around streams, channels and water sources to absorb and manage runoff. Optimize the use of salt and sand to reduce impacts on natural areas and roadway maintenance. Consider how graywater could be implemented as a solution for outdoor irrigation. (Opportunity 17: Water Conservation) Provide private landowners with incentives for forest protection through easements and working forests that can return revenue from timber harvesting to cover taxes and other expenses of maintaining forest Plant dense vegetation along riparian corridors to create a buffer from intensely flowing waters during floods. Increase water infrastructure diversion to reduce the likelihood of sanitary sewer overflow. Involve fire protection agencies in setting development guidelines and standards. Proactively create, protect and restore native vegetation communities and species habitat to provide ecosystem services on local government properties Adopt planning and land-use policies that support clean air, clean drinking water and pollution-free waterways. Increase efforts and funding towards pollution prevention programs at wastewater facilities. The programs ensure that facilities adhere to available treatment capacity. Use nature-based solutions to improve resilience while promoting biodiversity. Consider using the US Forest Service's monitoring tools, including the Design and Analysis Toolkit for Inventory and Monitoring among others, for planning, Consider the use of streamside buffers and beaver support initiatives to increase watershed resilience to fire. Increase and improve stream buffers with cross-community collaboration and watershed plans. Develop a monitoring program for insect infestation and disease outbreaks. Consider becoming a Firewise Community, a process that will prompt the development of a wildfire risk assessment, an action plan, educational outreach and more steps toward fire-readiness. Jurisdictions Plant native vegetation in the buffer around lakes to help maintain their ecological health and water quality. Create a new, permanent staff position for outreach and education related to forest health. Monitor and track current water conditions and create a baseline report. Compile an expert panel to analyze and identify key stressors on lakes and how to address them to improve the quality. Develop and regularly update a coastal erosion assessment to track conditions of coastline bluffs, beaches, access stairs, ramps, outfalls, seawalls or other related infrastructure.

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