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departments; will complement the State SCORP wetlands planning 

 documentation; and will constitute the feeder list of wetland sites proposed 

 for acquisition by the Fish and Wildlife Service. 



STATE WETLANDS PRIORITY PLAN - The planning document which 

 is required by section 303 of the Act as an addendum to a Statewide 

 Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan in lieu of revising the Statewide 

 Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan to include a wetlands 

 component. 



STATEWIDE COMPREHENSIVE OUTDOOR RECREATION PLAN 

 (SCORP) - The State planning process required by the Land and Water 

 Conservation Fund Act for State participation in the grant program 

 administered by the National Park Service. 



THREAT - The likelihood that a wetland site, or portion thereof, will be 

 destroyed or degraded, directly or indirectly, through human actions In 

 establishing the threat threshold for the NWPCP in Appendix 1, a wetland 

 site is considered to be threatened if an estimated > 10 percent of the site s 

 functions and values are likely to be destroyed or adversely affected 

 through direct, indirect, or cumulative impacts over the next ten years 

 considering: 



1. the array of potential wetland threats; and 



2. the probable degree of protection provided by the various relevant 

 laws, ordinances and regulations. 



TYPES OF WETLANDS - Those classifications of wetlands based on 

 physical, botanical and hydrological characteristics. The classification 

 system described by Cowardin et al. (1979) will serve as the basis for 

 determining types of wetlands within any given region. 



WETLANDS ASSESSMENT THRESHOLD CRITERLV (Threshold 

 Criteria) - A series of questions or statements provided to help NWFOF 

 users determine if a wetland site qualifies for acquisition consideration 

 based on wetland loss trends by type, threat of loss or degradation of the 

 wetland site and the importance or significance of the wetland s functions 

 and values. 



WETLAND FUNCTIONS AND VALUES - The various products, 

 services functions and values which wetlands provide to society, 

 including fish and wildlife habitat, water supply, improvement of water 

 quality, flood control, erosion and shoreline protection, outdoor recreation 

 opportunities and education and research. 



WETLAND LISTS - As used in the NWPCP, lists of wetlands will be 

 included, as appropriate, in both State SCORP documents and Service 

 Regional Wetlands Concept Plans. These lists will indicate wetlands 

 which meet the Threshold Criteria set forth in the NWPCP. They are not 



National Wetlands Priority Conservation Plan 



