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program. <br /> BC. Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas Mapping.The approximate location and extent of fish <br /> and wildlife habitat conservation areas within the city of Everett's planning area are shown on maps <br /> compiled and maintained by the city planning and community development department.These maps <br /> shall be used as a general guide only for the assistance of property owners, project applicants, and other <br /> interested parties; boundaries are generalized.The actual type, extent and boundaries of fish and <br /> wildlife habitat conservation areas shall be determined by a qualified scientific professional according to <br /> the procedures, definitions and criteria established by this chapter. In the event of any conflict between <br /> the habitat location or type shown on the city's fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas maps and <br /> the criteria or standards of this chapter,the criteria and standards resulting from the field investigation <br /> shall control. <br /> CD. Other mapping sources include the <br /> 4,---Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife priority habitat and species maps. <br /> 3. Anadromous and resident salmonid distribution maps contained in the habitat limiting factors <br /> reports published by the Washington Conservation Commission. <br /> . - - _ _ - !-_. ••-- - - - . •- e. - ate natural area preserves and natural <br /> resources conservation area maps. (Ord. 2909 06 § 14, 2006) <br /> Definitions. <br /> . - • . - " - - , • -- , -- - <br /> "priority habitats" listed by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife: <br /> 2. "Continuous vegetative corridors linking watersheds" means areas that link larger habitat blocks. <br /> The corridors can provide wildlife habitat and allow for relatively free movement of animals among <br /> larger habitat blocks that would otherwise be isolated.This allows use of habitat patches that are not <br /> to move from a habitat area used for one activity, such as feeding,to a habitat area used for another <br /> activity, such as nesting. <br /> 3. "Significant biological areas" means the following areas of the city: <br /> a. Plant associations of infrequent occurrence; <br /> b. Commercial and recreational shellfish areas; <br /> c. Kelp and eelgrass beds; <br /> d. Herring, sand lance, and smelt spawning ares; <br /> f. Significant biological areas of local importance: <br /> i. Maulsby Swamp, <br /> ii. Bomarc Bog, <br /> iii. Simpson site, category I wetlands, <br /> iv. Narbeck Swamp, <br /> Planning Commission Resolution 19-04 Page 58 <br /> Critical Areas March 19, 2019 <br />