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Clark County wetland staff: predeterminations and mitigation can shape forestry conversions
Summary
Wetland Habitat Review staff outlined how the county assesses critical areas at time of conversion, cautioned that maps are not comprehensive, recommended predeterminations (binding for five years) prior to FPAs, and explained that county mitigation requirements can exceed state replanting standards.
Lance White of Clark County Wetland and Habitat Review told attendees the county's wetland habitat ordinance requires staff to determine existing critical‑area conditions at the time of any authorized forest conversion and to assess functions and values of wetlands and priority habitats.
"Our wetland habitat ordinance requires that we go by the actual ground versus what we have mapped in GIS," White said, urging property visits and predeterminations when mapped resources appear near proposed clearing. He described wetlands per the…
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