Wetland Programs 3 



Program Type 

 State ■'-: -■ " 



Name of Program 

 Administering Agency 

 Implementation Method 



.n.- 



Lands Covered 



- - -f. ! 



Legal Authority 



Re s o u r c e a (f unds" 'and S-t a^f f ) 



■ - -. -M eL." 



Inventory and Classification 



Compliance 



Education 



Problems 



Success 

 EPA Role 

 Needed from EPA 



Acquisition Programs 



Washlltgton -" ^ 



Game Departrtfent -'Capital Budget Acquisition 

 ...Game Department- ' - - . : - ." 



''Fee s'iTnple "acqu~isition --.-.zTr". -r:-.--, - "i:~- 



Conservation- easements (try for easements "in 



perpetuity") " ~- ' ;-;..= • r. -r -^r.-:''"- 



Donations- '; --■ ■- ':- - '■- ■- 



:l :The -p"rocesS---f-0-Ei acquiring wetlands: 1) regional 

 .■ staff indicates at needr -f di- property, -2) landowner 

 c -indicates" desire- to sell or donate -land, -3) ■' ■' - 

 f.'JCaplt=al 3udget- Acquisition Team priortizes 

 ~'pEoperti'e's-,-and 4-) biennium *legis-l^tive approval 



of capital budge'ts, all purchases are line items 



- Wash... Rev. Cft)deS. 77.12.200 " - ~ 

 ' State game- :r-BVetiue funds 



■Fedetal' funds- ^(Pi'ttman-Robertson, 

 - 1) ingle- Johnstin , i -LWCF ) 



- State Duck Stamp (new this year) 



- Bienrtium legi-slat'ive approval of capital 

 budge'ts. Purchases are normally line '-items . '-Some 



r omnibus pro je"&ts 'are now being accepted 



Big" game habit-at '- t^^ ' -o:.,-^ 



-Waterfowl^ -■ - '~^- " '■ ^ 



■-Piatolio- fishing- areas ■ ::-r. -. . '. 



. Refcteation' aieas" . 



JlSbitati plots (pheasant release) ;iO/: .'■-■. 

 i. Small game habitat 

 ..- Natural areas '-""' ■ ■' ''■■ -"'' 



Have inventory of lands they have acquired 



Starting to inventory lands they want to acquire 



Wildlife agents regulate properties owned by the 



state 



Project wildlife 



School programs 



Public presentations 



Lack of money 



Development and encroachment on habitat 



Program just beginning 



No role 



Provide additional funding 



Wetland Programs 4 



Program Type 



State 



Name of Program 



Administering Agency 



Implementation Method 



Legal Authority 

 Lands Covered 



Activities Regulated 



Taxation Programs 



Washington 



Open Space Tax Act 



Counties 



Counties adopt open space tax programs which 



allow for reduced taxation for open space lands 



Wash. Rev. Code Chapter 8 4.36 



Open space land can include wetlands, beaches, 



tidal marshes, and shorelines 



Enrollment of lands in the program qualifies them 



for reduced taxation 



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