Wetlands Assessment Threshold Criteria Appendix 1-9 



Federal, State, or local agency, conservation organization, 

 institution or private group due to specific legislation, 

 designations, or management or planning documents (e.g., sole 

 source aquifer, municipal water supply)? If so, name 

 recognition: 



2. Y N Are the water quality functions (e.g., nutrient assimilation, 



sediment trapping, toxic substance uptake and transformation) 

 of the wetland site recognized, identified or listed by a Federal, 

 State, or local agency, conservation organization, institution or 

 private group due to specific legislation, designations, or 

 management or planning documents (e.g., presence of a 

 downstream dredged channel or reservoir which requires 

 periodic dredging, eutrophic waterbodies downstream, low 

 dissolved oxygen problems, fish kills)? If so, name recognition: 



3. Y N Are the flood control, erosion and/or shoreline damage 



reduction functions of the wetland site recognized, identified or 

 listed by a Federal, State, or local agency, conservation 

 organization, institution or private group due to specific 

 legislation, designations, or management or planning 

 documents (e.g., flood control project, wetland site within the 

 100-year floodplain, identified by a city as important for coastal 

 shoreline protection)? If so, name recognition: 



D. Outdoor Recreation 



1. Y N Is there a recognized or documented demand for the recreational 

 opportunities available in the wetland site? If yes, explain: 



2. Y N Is the wetland site within 50 miles of a Metropolitan Statistical 

 Area or within 50 miles of a tourist area receiving more than 

 100,000 visitors per year? If yes, name location: 



National Wetlands Priority Conservation Plan 



