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March 26, 1990 W::I T . p;!D T l_ MAR 2 6 1990 Mr. Elmer Johnston Stream Keepers of Everett and Snohomish County 3411 Oakes Everett, NA 98201 Dear Mr. Johnston: '• 0 The Smith Tower Suite 1400 506 Second Avenue $cattle Washinzon 95104 Tc1: 2061624 - 9190 Fax: 2061624. 1901 Shapiro and Associates, Inc. (SHAPIRO) has conducted a field reconnaissance for stlaams, seeps and wetlands on the Farrar property located at the southwest corner of the intersection of 27th Avenue West and Mukilteo Boulevard. The property is located in Section 34 and 366, T29N, R 4E (Figure 1). The site visit for the field reconnaissance was conducted on March 9, 1990. The field reconnaissanct identified one seep -associated emergent wetland. Soils in the wetland were saturated, mottled, and contained lenses of gley soil. Vegetation in the wetland consisted of creeping buttercup, lady fern, and soft rush. 1 DEFINITIONS Wetlands are defined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as "those areas that are saturated or inundated by ground or surface water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation adapted for live in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. METHODS For this analysis, wetlands were identified as those areas where the vegetation community is dominated by hydropytic plants and where hydric soils are present. Current hydrology and/or indicators of past hydrology were also investigated. The following paragraphs briefly describe the criteria used in this field reconnaissance. Vegetation Plants must be specifically adapted for life under saturated or anaerobic conditions to grow in wetlands. Such plants are commonly "eferred to as hydrophytic. The Corps and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have determined i the estimated probability of each plant species occurrence in wetlands and have assigned an "indicator status" to each species which reflects wetland their findings. Plants are categorized as obligate (OBL), indicatorystatus facultatie )offOBL,tFACW, o ative upland areCconsideredaadaptednd )forslifeeinwith an { saturated or anaerobic soil conditions. A wetland vegetation community is detrmined to FACe epresentedcgreater cur rthabne50% aerial tation hcoverage an cof the ator ttotal atus ovegetaor vegetation.