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Wetland name or number F <br />.4 Wetland Landscaoc (choose the one description ofthe landscape around the wetland that <br />bes{Tts) (seep. 84) <br />There arc at least 3 other wetlands within %= mile, and the connections between them are <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 wetland is Lake -fringe on a lake with little disturbance and there are 3 other lake-fi•ingc <br />wetlands within''/: mile points = 5 <br />There arc at least 3 other wetlands within A mile, BUT the connections between them arc <br />disturbed points = 3 <br />The wetland is Lake -fringe on a lake with disturbance and there are 3 other lake fringe <br />wetland within '/2 mile points = 3 <br />There is at least I wetland within''/: mile. points = 2 <br />There are no wetlands within %, mile. points = 0 <br />H 2. TOTAL Score - opportunity for providing habitat r 11 <br />Add the scares fi-om H2.1,H2.2, H2.3, <br />TOTAL for H I from page 14 ` 4 <br />Total Score for Habitat Functions — add the points for H 1, H 2 and record the result on 15 .. <br />Wetland Rating Form—westem Washington <br />version 2 <br />August 2004 <br />Wetland name or number F <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 />Wetland Type <br />Category <br />Check off any criteria that apply to the Welland. Circle the Categmy when the <br />appropriate criteria 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 />0 With a salinity greater than 0.5 ppt. <br />DYES = Go to SC 1.1 NO EZI = 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 />0 <br />Environmental, or Scientific Reserve designated under WAC 332-30-151? <br />DYES = Category I E]NO 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 I❑NO = Category II <br />❑ Cat. I <br />=The wetland is relatively undisturbed (has no diking, ditching, filling, <br />[]Cat. II <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 II while the <br />rating <br />relatively undisturbed upper marsh with native species would be a <br />lilt <br />Category I. 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 wetland has a 100 ft buffer of <br />shrub, forest, or un-grazed or un-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 />