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Go to First Page <br />Wetland name or number B <br />CATEGORIZATION BASED ON SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS <br />Wetland Type <br />Category <br />Check off any criteria that apply to the wetland. Circle the category when the appropriate criteria are met. <br />SC 1.0. Estuarine wetlands <br />Does the wetland meet the following criteria for Estuarine wetlands? <br />=The dominant water regime is tidal, <br />=Vegetated, and <br />With a salinity greater than 0.5 ppt Yes -Go to SC 1.1 INo= Not an estuarine wetland <br />SC 1.1. Is the wetland within a National Wildlife Refuge, National Park, National Estuary Reserve, Natural Area <br />Preserve, State Park or Educational, Environmental, or Scientific Reserve designated under WAC 332-30-151? <br />Yes = Category I No - Go to SC 1.2 <br />Cat. <br />SC 1.2. Is the wetland unit at least 1 ac in size and meets at least two of the following three conditions? <br />=The wetland is relatively undisturbed (has no diking, ditching, filling, cultivation, grazing, and has less <br />than 10%cover of non-native plant species. (If non-native species are Sportina, see page 25) <br />Cat. <br />=At least'/ of the landward edge of the wetland has a 100 ft buffer of shrub, forest, or un-grazed or un- <br />mowed grassland. <br />=The wetland has at least two of the following features: tidal channels, depressions with open water, or <br />Cat. II <br />contiguous freshwater wetlands. Yes = Category I No = Category 11 <br />SC 2.0. Wetlands of High Conservation Value (WHCV) <br />SC 2.1. Has the WA Department of Natural Resources updated their website to include the list of Wetlands of High <br />Conservation Value? Yes - Go to SC2.2 No -Go to SC2. <br />Cat.I <br />SC 2.2. Is the wetland listed on the WDNR database as a Wetland of High Conservation Value? <br />Yes = Category I No= Nat aWHCV <br />SC 2.3. Is the wetland in a Section/Township/Range that contains a Natural Heritage wetland? <br />http://wwwl.dnr.wa.gov/nhp/refdesk/datasearch/wnhpwetlands.pdf <br />Yes - Contact WNHP/WDNR and go to SC 2.4 o = Not a WHCV <br />SC 2.4. Has WDNR identified the wetland within the S/T/R as a Wetland of High Conservation Value and listedit on <br />their website? Yes = Category I No = Not a WHCV <br />SC 3.0. Bogs <br />Does the wetland (or any part of the unit) meet both the criteria for soils and vegetation in bogs? Use the key <br />below. If you answer YES you will still need to rate the wetland based on its functions. <br />SC 3.1. Does an area within the wetland unit have organic soil horizons, either peats or mucks, that compose 16 in or <br />more of the first 32 in of the soil profile? Yes - Go to SC 3.3 No -Go to SC3.2 <br />SC 3.2. Does an area within the wetland unit have organic soils, either peats or mucks, that are less than 16 in deep <br />over bedrock, or an impermeable hardpan such as clay or volcanic ash, or that are floating on top of a lake or <br />pond? Yes - Go to SC 3.3 No = Is not a bog <br />SC 3.3. Does an area with peats or mucks have more than 70%cover of mosses at ground level, AND at least a 30% <br />cover of plant species listed in Table 4? Yes = Is a Category I bog No - Go to SC 3.4 <br />NOTE: If you are uncertain about the extent of mosses in the understory, you may substitute that criterion by <br />measuring the pH of the water that seeps into a hole dug at least 16 in deep. If the pH is less than 5.0 and the <br />plant species in Table 4 are present, the wetland is a bog. <br />Cat. <br />SC 3.4. Is an area with peats or mucks forested (> 30%cover) with Sitka spruce, subalpine fir, western red cedar, <br />western hemlock, lodgepole pine, quaking aspen, Engelmann spruce, or western white pine, AND any of the <br />species (or combination of species) listed in Table 4 provide more than 30%of the cover under the canopy? <br />Yes = Is a Category I bog No = Is not a bog <br />Wetland Rating System for Western WA: 2014 Update 16 <br />Raring Form - Effective January 1, 2015 <br />