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Weiland name or number A <br />CATEGORIZATION BASED ON SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS <br />Please determine if the wetland meets the attributes described below and circle the <br />appropriate answers and Category. <br />W01111 <br />when the <br />off any crzterta that apply to, the wetland ,Circle the: Category h <br />. . . . . . . . . . j <br />2perco,cp <br />SC 1.0 Estuarine wetlands (seep, 86) <br />Does the wetland unit meet the following criteria for Estuarine wetlands? <br />[71 The dominant water regime is tidal, <br />U Vegetated, and <br />E:1 With a salinity greater than 0.5 ppt. <br />DYES = Go to SC 1.1 NOM GotoSC2,0 <br />SC 1.1 Is the wetland unit within a National Wildlife Refuge, National Park, <br />National Estuary Reserve, Natural Area Preserve, State Park or Educational, <br />Cat. I <br />Environmental, or Scientific Reserve designated under WAC 332-30-151? <br />EIYES = Category I Elm go to sc 1.2 <br />SC 1.2 Is the wetland unit at least I acre in size and meets at least two of the <br />following three conditions? []YES = Category IONO � Category 11 <br />E]Cat. I <br />(The wetland is relatively undisturbed (has no diking, ditching, filling, <br />E]Cat. 11 <br />cultivation, grazing, and has less than 10% cover of non-native plant <br />species. If the non-native Sparthia slip. are the only species that cover <br />more than 10% of the wetland, then the wetland should be given a dual <br />P Dual <br />rating (f/11). The, area of Spartma would be rated a Category 11 while the <br />rating <br />relatively undisturbed upper marsh with native species would be a <br />I/H <br />Category I. Do not, however, exclude the area of Spartilia in <br />determining the size threshold of I acre. <br />(�At least '/4of the landward edge of the wetland has a 100 ft buffer of <br />shrub, forest, or un-grazed or un-mowed grassland. <br />L_]The wetland has at least 2 of the following features: tidal channels, <br />depressions with open water, or contiguous freshwater wetlands. <br />Weiland Rating Fonn — western Washington 19 August 2004 <br />version 2 Updated with now WDFW definitions Oct. 2008 <br />