RESTORATION ECOLOGY:
SELECTED REFERENCES
BACKGROUND RESTORATION BOOKS / REPORTS / ARTICLES
Doppelt, B., M. Scurlock, C. Frissell, and J. Karr. 1993. Entering the Watershed. Island Press,
Washington, D.C. and Covelo, California.
Hammer, D. A. 1997. Creating Freshwater Wetlands. CRC Press. Inc. 406 pp.
Hammer, D. A. 1989. Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment. Municipal, Industrial and
Agricultural. Lewis Publishers, Inc. Chelsea, Michigan. 831 pp.
Heyer, R. W., M.A. Donnelly, R.W. McDiarmid, L.C. Hayek and M.S. Foster (Eds.). 1994. Measuring and
Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Amphibians. Smithsonian Institute Press,
Biological Diversity Handbook Series.
Hunter, C. J. 1991. Better Trout Habitat: A Guide to Stream Restoration and Management. Island Press,
Washington, D.C. and Covelo, California.
Hruby, T. and C. Brower. 1994. Guidelines for Developing Freshwater Wetland Mitigation Plans and
Proposals. Washington Departments of Ecology, Department of Fisheries, Department of
Wildlife, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corps of Engineers, and Fish and Wildlife
Service. WADOE Publication No. 94-29.
Josselyn, M., M. Martindale, and J. Duffield. 1989. Public Access and Wetlands: Impacts of Recreational
Use. Romberg Tiburon Centers, Center for Environmental Studies, P.O. Box 855, Tiburon, CA
94920. Technical Report No. 9, 56 pp.
Jordan, W. R. III, M. E. Gilpin. and J. D. Aber (eds.) 1987. Restoration Ecology: A Synthetic Approach to
Ecological Restoration. Cambridge University Press, New York. 342 pp.
Kusler, J. A. and M. E. Kentula (Eds.). 1990. Wetland Creation and Restoration: The Status of the
Science. Island Press, Washington, D.C. and Covelo, California.
Leopold, L. B., M. G. Wolman, and J. P. Miller. 1964. Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology. W.H.
Freeman and Co., San Francisco. 522 pp. [a classic; reprinted by Dover Publications, 1994].
Mitsch, W. J. and J. G. Gosselink. 1993. Wetlands. 2nd Edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
Moshiri, G.A. (ed.) 1993. Constructed Wetlands for Water Quality Improvement.. CRC Press, Inc. 632
pp.
National Research Council. 1995. Wetlands: Characteristics and Boundaries. Committee on
Characterization of Wetlands, Water Science and Technology Board. 268 pp. [Prepublication
draft; now also available in final form].
National Research Council. 1992. Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems. Committe on Restoration of
Aquatic Ecosystems: Science, Technology, and Public Policy. 552 pp.
Noss, R. F. and A. Y. Cooperrider. 1994. Saving Nature’s Legacy: Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity.
Island Press, Washington, D.C. and Covelo, California. 416 pp.
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Pickart, A.J. and J.O. Sawyer, 1998. Ecology and restoration of northern California coastal dunes.
California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, CA.
Richter, K. O. and A. L. Azous. 1995. Amphibian occurrence and wetland characteristics in the Puget
Sound Basin. Wetlands 15: 305-312.
Salvesen, D. 1990. Wetlands: Mitigating and Regulating Development Impacts. The Urban Land
Institute, Washington, D.C.
Stevens, M. L. and Vanbianchi, R. Restoring Wetlands In Washington: A guidebook for wetland
restoration, planning and implementation. Washington State Department of Ecology. Publication
#93-17. April, 1993.
Washington Department of Natural Resources. 1995. State of Washington Natural Heritage Plan,
1993/1995 Update. WADNR, Forest Resources, Olympia, WA, 156 pp. plus appendices.
Zedler, Joy B., Principal Author. 1996. Tidal Wetland Restoration: A Scientific Perspective and Southern
California Focus. Published by the California Sea Grant College System, University of California.
Report No. T-038.
RESTORATION JOURNALS
Applied Ecology, published by the Endangered Species Act.
Conservation Biology, published by Blackwell Science, Inc. 2388 Main St., Cambridge, MA 02142, Tel.
617-876-7000. $55/year; 6 issues a year.
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, published by the Soil and Water Conservation Society, 7515 NE
Ankeny Road, Ankeny, Iowa 50021-9764, Tel. 515-289-2331. $49/year includes membership in
the Society; 6 issues a year.
National Wetlands Newsletter, published by the Environmental Law Institute, 1616 P Street NW, Suite
200, Washington, DC 20036. Tel. 202-939-3800. Subscription is $48/year; 6 issues a year.
Restoration Ecology, published by the Society for Ecological Restoration, [as above]. Membership is
$69/year; 4 issues a year.
Restoration and Management Notes, published by the Society of Ecological Restoration, University of
Wisconsin, Madison Arboretum, 1207 Seminole Highway, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, Tel. 608262-9547. $17/year; 2 issues a year.
Wetlands, published by the Society of Wetlands Scientists, 810 E. Tenth St., P.O. Box 1897, Lawrence,
Kansas 66044, Tel. 913-843-1221. Membership is $40/year; 4 issues a year.
PLANT-RELATED REFERENCES
Douglasia, Newsletter of the Washington Native Plant Society, 2214 Camas Ave., Richland, Washington
99352, Tel. 509-375-0875. Membership is $20/year; 4 issues a year.
 Information on native plants including workshops, restoration projects, and information on species
habitat and occurrence.
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Fremontia, Newsletter of the California Native Plant Society, 1722 J Street, Suite 17, Sacramento, CA
95814, Tel. 916-447-2677.
 Information on native plants including workshops, restoration projects, and information on species
habitat and occurrence.
Hortus Northwest, published by Pacific Habitat Services, Inc. 3000 Market Street NE, Suite 521, Salem,
Oregon 97301, Tel. 503-399-9601.
 Resource guide for which supplier has what native plant in stock, and in what form. Also includes
various articles on restoration techniques.
PLANT IDENTIFICATION / HABITAT MANUALS FOR THE PUGET SOUND AND BEYOND
Adams, Lowell W. Urban Wildlife Habitats. A Landscape Perspective. University of Minnesota Press,
Minneapolis, MN. 186 pp.
Guard, B. J. 1996. Wetland Plants of Oregon and Washington. Lone Pine Publishing, 16149 Redmond
Way, #180, Redmond, Washington 98052. $19.95.
Hitchcock, C. L. and A. Cronquist. 1973. Flora of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated Manual.
University of Washington Press, Seattle. 730 pp.
Pojar, J. and A. Mackinnon. 1994. Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British
Columbia and Alaska. Lone Pine Publishing, 16149 Redmond Way, #180, Redmond,
Washington 98052. $19.95.
 An excellent field guide; easy to use, well illustrated, great natural history and ethnobotany, even
includes mosses, liverworts and lichens.
Franklin, J. F. and Dyrness. 1973. Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. U.S. Department of
Agriculture Forest Service, Gen. Tech. Report PNW-8.
 To review and summarize the local vegetation in reports; a regional classic.
GROWING NATIVE PLANTS
Baskin, C.C. and J.M. Baskin. 1998. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and
Germination. Academic Press, New York, NY.
Emery, D.E. 1988. Seed Propagation of Native California Plants. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, CA.
115 pp.
 Easy-to-use reference designed for the layman as well as the professional gardener.
Kruckeberg, A.R. 1982. Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated Guide.
University of Washington Press, Seattle. 252 pp.
 Lots of information on what plants will grow where, and how to collect and propagate them; abundant
information on the Puget Sound.
Schmidt, M.G. 1980. Growing California Native Plants. University of California Press, Berkeley. 366 pp.
 Good reference book like Kruckeberg with additional information on native plant requirements that still
apply to the Puget Sound.
FISH & WILDLIFE
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Adams, L.W. 1994. Urban Wildlife Habitats: A landscape perspective. Regents of the University of
Minnesota. 186 pp.
Burt, W. H. and R.P. Grossenheider. 1976. Third Edition. A Field Guide to the Mammals. The Peterson
Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company Boston.
Harris, Larry D. 1984. The Fragmented Forest. Island biogeography theory and the preservation of biotic
diversity. The University of Chicago Press. Chicago, IL. 211 pp.
Hunn, E.S. 1982. Birding in Seattle and King County: Site Guide and Annotated List. Seattle Audubon
Society. The Trailside Series. Seattle, WA.
Knight, R.L. and K.J. Gutzwiller, eds. 1995. Wildlife and Recreationists: Coexistence through
management and research. Island Press, Washington D.C. 372 pp.
Larsen, E.M., E. Rodrick and R. Milner, eds. 1995. Management Recommendations for Washington’s
Priority Species. Volume 1: Invertebrates. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife,
Olympia. December 1995. 82 pp.
Marzluff, J.M. and R. Sallabanks, eds. 1998. Avian Conservation: Research and Management.. Island
Press. Washington D.C. 563 pp.
Murie, O.J. 1954. A Field Guide to Animal Tracks. The Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin
Company Boston.
Peterson, R.T. 1990. A Field Guide to Western Birds. Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company Boston.
Rodrick, E. and R. Milner. (Eds.). 1991. Management Recommendations for Washington’s Priority
Habitats and Species. Washington Department of Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Fish
Management, and Habitat Management Divisions. May 1991.
Stebbins, R.C. 1966. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. The Peterson Field Guide
Series. Houghton Mifflin Company Boston.
Storm, R.M. and W.P. Leonard. 1995. Reptiles of Washington and Oregon. Seattle Audubon Society.
The Trailside Series. Seattle, WA.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. 1996. Priority Habitats and Species List. Habitat
Program, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. January 1996.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. 1996. Endangered Species Act Listings of Washington
Anadromous Salmonid Populations and the Potential Effects on Regional Resource Use
Activities. Briefing Paper. October 31, 1996.
Washington State Department of Natural Resources. Draft 1993 Update. State of Washington Natural
Heritage Plan. WSDNR, Land and Water Conservation. 156 pp. plus appendices.
WATER QUALITY/ HYDROLOGY
Rosgen D. 1996. Applied River Morphology. Wildland Hydrology, CO.
Washington Code (WAC). Chapter 173-201A WAC. Water Quality Standards for Surface Waters of the
State of Washington. (Sections 173-201A-010 to 173-201A-180).
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Washington State Department of Ecology. 1996. 1996 Washington State Water Quality Assessment:
Section 305(b) Report. WSDOE, Water Division, Water Quality Program. Publication No. WQ96-04.
USEFUL CONTACTS
To request database search for priority habitats and species in an area of interest (Section, Township,
Range):
Ms. Lori Guggenmos, Cartographer
Priority Habitats and Species
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
600 Capitol Way N.
Olympia, WA 98501-1091
Tel: (360) 902-2200
To request database search for significant natural features (i.e. rare plants and high quality ecosystems) in
an area of interest (Section, Township, Range):
Ms. Sandy Swope Moody
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Washington Natural Heritage Program
Division of Forest Resources
P.O. Box 47016
Olympia, WA 98504-7016
Tel: (360) 902-1667
To request National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) maps:
Washington Department of Natural Resources
Photo & Map Sales Unit
P.O. Box 47031
Olympia, WA 98504-7031
Tel: (360) 902-1234
Fax: (360) 902-1779
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