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Wetland name or number g <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 />WetlandT�pe :. `;` <br />GatBgoxy ; <br /><Checkbff -any craterta that apply to the wetland .Circle the Cdtegory when the <br />k ra rate crtteria.are met.; ,, <br />SC 1.0 Estuarine wetlands (seep. 86) <br />Does the wetland unit meet the following criteria for Estuarine wetlands? <br />The dominant water regime is tidal, <br />[::]Vegetated, and <br />El With a salinity greater than 0.5 ppt, <br />DYES = Go to SC 1.1 NO Q✓ Go to SC 2.0 <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 />0 <br />DYES = Category I DNO go to SC 1.2 <br />SC 1.2 Is the wetland unit at least 1 acre in size and meets at least two of the <br />following three conditions? AYES = Category IONO = Category II <br />❑ Cat. I <br />QThe wetland is relatively undisturbed (has no diking, ditching, filling, <br />[JCat. Il <br />cultivation, grazing, and has less than 10% cover of non-native plant <br />species. If the non-native Spartina spp. are the only species that cover <br />more than 10% of the wetland, then the wetland should be given a dual <br />❑ Dual <br />rating 0/1I). The area of Spartina would be rated a Category if while the <br />rating <br />relatively undisturbed upper marsh with native species would be a <br />I/II <br />Category 1. Do not, however, exclude the area of Spartina in <br />determining the size threshold of I acre. <br />OAt least % of the landward edge of the wetland has a 100 ft buffer of <br />shrub, forest, or un-grazed or un-mowed grassland. <br />F-IThe wetland has at least 2 of the following features: tidal channels, <br />depressions with open water, or contiguous freshwater wetlands, <br />Wetland Rating Form --western Washington 18 August2004 <br />version 2 Updated with new WDFW definitions Oct. 2008 <br />