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103 A P P E N D I X B Wildlife and Ecosystems Self-Assessment Tool (ESAT)
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Queson ID Queson 0 Points 1 Point 2 Points 3 Points Examples of Best Pracce 01 Construcon guidance and manuals include specific biological resource conservaon/migaon pracces? None 1 pracce 2 pracces 3 or more pracces Ohio DOT, "Construcon Administraon Manual of Procedures" 2013: contains criteria for screening borrow and waste sites for environmental resources 02 Operaons and maintenance guidance and manuals include specific biological resource conservaon/migaon pracces?
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Queson ID Queson 0 Points 1 Point 2 Points 3 Points Examples of Best Pracce 06 Culvert designs that mi
gate impacts to aqua
c species are used during new construc
on or retrofits? Rarely or never As required on a projectspecific basis Frequently (i.e., more than half of projects)
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11 A system exists for planners, maintenance crews, and construc on crews to communicate regarding environmental sensi vi es? (e.g., restricted ac vity zone mapping, standardized data sheets)
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Queson ID Queson 0 Points 1 Point 2 Points 3 Points Examples of Best Pracce 15 Wildlife corridor migaon planning conducted with partner agencies at state level? None As required on a projectspecific basis Frequently (i.e., more than half of projects)
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20 DOT guidelines in place for noise/vibraons effects on aquac life? No In process Yes California DOT aquac noise guidelines 21 Percentage of projects that quantavely assessed the impacts of noise or vibraon on adjacent wildlife habitats in the last 5 years?
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Queson ID Queson 0 Points 1 Point 2 Points 3 Points Examples of Best Pracce 26 Average statewide rao of acres of wetlands migated per area of wetland impact over the last 5 years? Less than 1:1 1.1 to 1.5:1 1.5 to 3:1 Greater than 3:1 Oregon state law requires 3:1 27 Conservaon/migaon banks have been proacvely established in advance of foreseen impacts to streams and wetlands?
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32 Percentage of wildlife collision hazard sites with crossing structures or other mi ga on? None 1-50% 50-75% 75-100% Planners in New Mexico, with data from their Department of Game and Fish, used corridor studies to iden fy areas of high poten al for animalvehicle crashes.
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Queson ID Queson 0 Points 1 Point 2 Points 3 Points Examples of Best Pracce 36 New methods for biological resource conservaon and migaon deployed in last 5 years? No examples Few examples Some examples Many examples Ohio DOT: full delivery, in-lieu fee program, pooled sites, conservaon areas, installaon of bat houses 37 Average share of annual research budget allocated to ecosystem-focused research over the last 5 years?
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Queson ID Queson DOT Funconal Area DOT Planning Level Ecological Focus Area Wetlands Aquac, Streams Wildlife Movement/ Corridors Invasive Species T&E/ Sensive Species Data and Research 01 Construcon guidance and manuals include specific biological resource conservaon/migaon pracces? Manuals Policy X X X X 02 Operaons and maintenance guidance and manuals include specific biological resource conservaon/migaon pracces?
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Queson ID Queson DOT Funconal Area DOT Planning Level Ecological Focus Area Wetlands Aquac, Streams Wildlife Movement/ Corridors Invasive Species T&E/ Sensive Species Data and Research 08 Work periods are set to minimize disrup
on to fish and wildlife? Planning and Construc
on Policy X X X 09 Number of Memoranda of Agreement with state or federal resource agencies to improve biological resource impact analyses, mi
ga
on, conserva
on ac
ons?
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16 System is in place to track biological resource commitments compliance? Informaon Tracking Statewide Data/Strategy X X X X 17 Department mapping system is updated with threatened and endangered species occurrence and/or habitat informaon?
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Queson ID Queson DOT Funconal Area DOT Planning Level Ecological Focus Area Wetlands Aquac, Streams Wildlife Movement/ Corridors Invasive Species T&E/ Sensive Species Data and Research 21 Percentage of projects that quantavely assessed the impacts of noise or vibraon on adjacent wildlife habitats in the last 5 years? Noise Migaon Project Implementaon X X 22 Percentage of projects that quantavely assessed the impacts of noise or vibraon on aqua c life in last 5 years?
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28 Conservaon/migaon banks have been proacvely established in advance of foreseen impacts to threatened and endangered species? Habitat Migaon Project Implementaon X 29 Proporon of sites meeng migaon goal in me period determined in the migaon and monitoring plan?
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Queson ID Queson DOT Funconal Area DOT Planning Level Ecological Focus Area Wetlands Aquac, Streams Wildlife Movement/ Corridors Invasive Species T&E/ Sensive Species Data and Research 35 Percentage of water crossings affected by DOT road construcon or improvement projects within the last 5 years that were installed or retrofied to improve biological/physical habitat connuity? Wildlife Movement Planning Project Implementaon X 36 New methods for biological resource conservaon and migaon deployed in last 5 years?
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State Score Measures Ecological Focus Area General Wetlands Aquac, Streams Wildlife Movement/ Corridors Invasive Species T&E/ Sensive Species Illinois Points Scored 3 15 16 18 1 17 Percentage Scored 21% 31% 29% 25% 7% 26% Score Category needs improvement needs improvement needs improvement needs improvement needs improvement needs improvement Georgia Points Scored 4 23 25 28 5 25 Percentage Scored 29% 48% 45% 39% 36% 38% Score Category needs improvement good good good good good Maryland Points Scored 11 36 39 37 9 36 Percentage Scored 79% 75% 70% 52% 64% 55% Score Category outstanding outstanding outstanding good good good Ohio Points Scored 12 33 38 40 7 40 Percentage Scored 86% 69% 68% 56% 50% 62% Score Category outstanding outstanding outstanding good good good Oregon Points Scored 11 35 41 47 14 42 Percentage Scored 79% 73% 73% 66% 100% 65% Score Category outstanding outstanding outstanding good outstanding good Texas Points Scored 8 13 13 22 1 23 Percentage Scored 57% 27% 23% 31% 7% 35% Percentage of Quesons Answered1 79% 94% 95% 97% 86% 100% Score Category good needs improvement needs improvement needs improvement needs improvement good Totals Score Range 3 - 12 13 - 36 13 - 41 18 - 47 1 - 14 17 - 42 Mean Score 8.2 25.8 28.7 32.0 6.2 30.5 Mean Percentage Scored 58% 54% 51% 45% 44% 47% Mean Score Category good good good good good good 1 All other states completed all quesons. Note: The maximum possible points, both overall and within each category, vary from the current version of the ESAT because of revisions in quesons and scoring.
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