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Wetland name or number E <br />H 2.4 Wetland Landscape (choose the one description of the landscape around the wetland that <br />best fits) (seep. 84) <br />71 There arc at least 3 other wetlands within % mile, and the connections between them arc <br />relatively undisturbed (light grazing between wetlands OK, as is lake shore with some <br />boating, but connections should NOT be bisected by paved roads, fill, fields, or other <br />development. points = 5 <br />The wctland is Lakc-fringe on a lake with little disturbance and there arc 3 other lake -fringe <br />wetlands within %z mile points = 5 <br />There arc at least 3 other wetlands within '/•_ mile, BUT the connections between them are <br />disturbed points = 3 <br />The wctland is Lake -fringe on a lake with disturbance and there arc 3 other lake -fringe <br />wetland within %n mile points = 3 <br />There is at least I wctland within Y mile. points = 2 <br />There are no wetlands within '/2 mile. points = 0 <br />H 2. TOTAL Score - opportunity for providing habitat m <br />Add the scorer from H2. 1, H2.2, H2.3, H2.4 0 11 <br />TOTAL for I from page 14 <br />Total Score for Ilabitat Functions — add the points for H 1, H 2 and record the result on ® � <br />P. I <br />Wetland Rating Forin— western Washington 17 <br />version 2 <br />August 2004 <br />Wetland name or number E <br />CATEGORTZATION BASED ON SPECTAL CHARACTERISTICS <br />Please determine if the wetland meets the attributes described below and circle the <br />appropriate answers and Category. <br />Wetland Type <br />Category <br />Checkoff any criteria that apply to the Welland Circle the Category when the <br />appropriate criteria are met <br />SC 1.0 Estuarine wetlands (seep. 80) <br />Does the wctland unit 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. <br />DYES = Go to SC 1.1 NO [ = 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 />=YES = Category I =NO 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?❑YES = Category I❑NO = Category 11 <br />❑ Cat. I <br />=The wetland is relatively undisturbed (has no diking, ditching, filling, <br />❑Cat. n <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 (I/II). The area of Spartina would be rated a Category 1I while the <br />rating <br />relatively undisturbed upper marsh with native species would be a <br />1/11 <br />Category L Do not, however, exclude the area of Spartina in <br />determining the size threshold of I acre. <br />=At least''% of the landward edge of the wctland has a 100 ft buffer of <br />shrub, forest, or un-grazed or tut -mowed grassland. <br />=The 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 <br />version 2 <br />August 2004 <br />