Contact: Chris Drivdahl, 753-3188 



7. Serve Ecology Advisory Committee 

 Completion Date: Ongoing 



Contact: Hal Beecher/Bob Zeigler, 753-3188 



8. Adopt in Policy: 



a) Wetland definition: US Fish and Wildlife 

 Service with wetland upland edge defined 

 using adopted Federal methodology. 

 Regulations on wetlands cover differing 

 subsets of that. For example, HFA covers 

 waters of the state. It includes streams, 

 lakes, ponds to their ordinary high water mark 

 while Clean Water Act includes vegetated 

 wetlands in its definition. The 

 wetland/upland boundary will be defined 

 using the agreed Federal Methodology. 



b) Mitigation sequencing as defined in Executive 

 Order 90-04. 



c) Future mitigation policies and standards 

 at least as stringent as those developed 

 under Section 13 of E.O. 90-04. 



Note; Success of mitigation will be monitored for 

 5 years and requiring or performing 

 restoration to meet stated mitigation 

 objectives (as funding allows). 



c) Develop a Wetland Buffer Policy to protect 

 wetland function and values and provide 

 vegetated connectors between wetlands that 

 are sufficient in depth to maintain primary 

 breeding and feeding habitat for wetland/ 

 riparian species and priority habitat for 

 priority species. Once buffer standards are 

 developed under Section 13 of E.O. 90-04, 

 agency's buffer standards will be reviewed 

 and revised, if need be, to be at least as 

 stringent. 



d) Once Department of Ecology has adopted rating 

 system policies and standards, agency will 

 review policies and revise, if necessary, to 

 ensure agency's policies are at least as 

 stringent. 



Initiation Date; August 1, 1990 

 Completion Date; Ongoing 

 Contact: Bob Zeigler, 753-3188 



