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Molalla/Pudding, Yamhill, Tualatin, <strong>and</strong> Lower Willamette (NMFS 2005b). The critical<br />

habitat designation for this DPS identifies PCEs that include sites necessary to support<br />

one or more steelhead life stages. Specific sites include: (1) Freshwater spawning, (2)<br />

freshwater rearing, (3) freshwater migration, (4) estuarine areas free of obstruction, (5)<br />

nearshore marine areas free of obstructions, <strong>and</strong> (6) offshore marine areas with good<br />

water quality. The physical or biological features that characterize these sites include<br />

water quality <strong>and</strong> quantity, natural cover, forage, adequate passage conditions, <strong>and</strong><br />

floodplain connectivity. Anthropogenic l<strong>and</strong> uses introduce sediment, nutrients, biocides,<br />

metals, <strong>and</strong> other pollutants into surface <strong>and</strong> ground water <strong>and</strong> degrade water quality in<br />

the freshwater, estuarine, <strong>and</strong> coastal ecosystems throughout the Pacific Northwest.<br />

These human impacts affect the essential feature requirements for this DPS.<br />

Of 43 subbasins reviewed in NMFS’ assessment of critical habitat for the UWR<br />

steelhead, 20 subbasins were rated as having a high conservation value, while six were<br />

rated as having a medium value <strong>and</strong> 17 were rated as having a low value to the<br />

conservation of the DPS.<br />

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