NS-1-4. Map and protect areas that provide ecosystem services, such as remnant spring, wetland, and late successional forest habitats, through improved public lands management/ownership and promotion of conservation easements and private open spaces. This action focuses on identifying and prior - itizing the protection of the most important elements of the local ecosystem through public ownership and conservation easements. The 2016 Ashland Forest Plan provides a variety of maps that could be used to begin prioritizing areas for protection. OTHER ACTIONS • Update the City’s approved street tree guide and landscape design standards for new development for tree species appropriate for a future local climate. • Assess the deployment of ecosystem market approaches as a means to protect and restore ecosystems efficiently and effectively, such as by paying upstream landowners for water- friendly management of their lands. • Complete a carbon inventory/assessment of the watershed area to support decision making on forest management.NS-1-3. Undertake restoration efforts to retain and restore native fish and riparian species, including enhancement of fish- friendly operations and habitat at Reeder Reservoir and in Ashland and Bear Creeks. The fish and riparian species that call southern Oregon home will likely be increasingly stressed by water scarcity and other climate-driven impacts on the health of local waterways. Undertaking habitat restoration and protec - tion efforts not only supports healthy stocks of these species, but can provide co-benefits to residents and visitors by creating beautiful natural environments for visitors to enjoy and educational opportunities for residents to understand and appreciate native ecosystems and species. The City delineates Riparian Man - agement Areas (RMAs), and the City’s Stream and Wetland Enhancement Guide provides a resource for learning to control erosion, manage invasive plants, and cultivate a healthy, native landscape. The 2016 Ashland Forest Plan lays out ecosystem service-driven management priorities within the over 5 miles of stream and 96 acres of riparian areas, as well as calls out specific opportunities for fisheries enhance - ment along Bear and Ashland Creek.C AdC Mi Ad 85 ASHLAND CLIMATE & ENERGY ACTION PLANNATURAL SYSTEMS

Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP)