Article VII Definitions

Stream. Those areas where surface waters produce a defined channel or bed. A defined channel or bed is an area which demonstrates clear evidence of the passage of water and includes, but is not limited to, bedrock, channels, gravel beds, sand and silt beds, and defined-channel swales. The channel or bed need not contain water year-round. This definition is not meant to include artificially created irrigation ditches, canals, storm, or surface water runoff devices or other entirely artificial watercourses unless they are used by salmonid or created for the purposes of stream mitigation.

Effective on: 4/16/2011