Wetland Programs 8 



Program Type 

 State 



Name of Program 

 Administering Agency. 

 Implementation Method 

 Legal Authority- 

 Resource's (Funds- atnd 'S 

 Lands Cbv^red- 



Inven'tary' and Clas-sif i'catidn 

 Activities Regulated 



Exemptions 



Needed from- EPA' 

 Other Functions 





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Inland Law _ ,. „..■.. . -. 



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State Hydi^iilil:^!;' Code ^ ^ ^ .. , . "". ;,■■,: ': 



'■'b^psAmefctift Fish and Game , ,_,^'\ ;',^ ..''\"' "!" 

 -Permits reguited: ''-■'"' ~ "" 



Wash-.' 'Rev/ Code. Ann. Chapter 75 .20 . 100 . , , _^ .,_. 

 taf f)-,': Game fund , (sale^ of hunting and" fishing licenses) 

 Waters of the state - in ordinary high water mark 

 of _ state; waters ' 

 No inventory?mapping 



Any use'^wMch" Would use, divert flow, or change 

 ^wat^ts of "tiiS_ state or stream beds 

 '-"ArekB not in; waters of the state 



IrrigatioH''ditShes which were not natural 

 streams -•-=-•■■ .... _,,, . - 



"'All. coirpietely artificial structures ' "" ' " 



Fish; ■ habitat; Water quality 

 -''•Violltion" is a misdemeanor . Can have up to 1 year 

 -■■in-Ta^l 3nd' $1, '6'00 fine ^.^^ . . .- ,, -.:; • 



•' ^rK-'with •couiity:planning departmehtS "and large 

 ' landowners ''"' _' 



* Not - enough- staff .makes monitoring difficult 

 ■^ $ourt enforcement cases given low priority by 

 ''judges When compared to other court cases 

 '. ''State" has "^no cohesive wetland^program 

 - Yes"'^ sficcessful;program althSugh hot 



specif icallyfdr .wetlands . Try and help local 

 ■^--agencies in ^r<pte,cting wetlands 



No role "' '■ ~ 

 '^"-'■Nflmber' of "EPA "Staff people is very lim^tec^ „.. 



~ More- specif ic 'water quality standards " 



Comments : ~ Lots of unprotected wetlands - many 

 ■ -■still lost .' Greatest gains recently have been 

 ' made -at'!^ the _ local level. Good county programs 

 include: -i) "Island County Zoning, 2) King County 

 - development planned around wetlands, 3) City of 

 Bellevue - wetland protection agency, 4) 

 Snohomish County - 4 biologists ^are dQing_HetJ,.and 

 inventory, and 5) Thurston County {Olympia) '- " ' 

 ordinance calling for restoration of , wetlands^.. . 

 Also, Iiidian- Tribes working on wetland protection 

 include ^-the'tliickleshoot and Suquamish Indian . 

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