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Wetland-habitat staff explain buffers, predeterminations and higher mitigation for forestry conversions
Summary
Clark County Wetland Habitat Review staff urged landowners to use maps-online and predeterminations to find unmapped wetlands, explained buffer and planting-density differences between state and county standards, and warned mitigation can exceed timber value for conversions in critical areas.
Lance White, a member of Clark County’s Wetland Habitat Review staff, told the November learning lab that county wetland and habitat standards play a central role when forest land is proposed for conversion. "For it to be a wetland, there are 3 primary components that we're looking for: hydric soils, a source of hydrology, and vegetation adapted to saturated conditions," White said as he described how wetland presence and buffers are determined.
White described the county’s review approach: an initial desk review using GIS, historic aerial imagery and past permits, followed by an on-the-ground predetermination if county…
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