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Appendix A: Replacement Ratios: a field assessment of mitigation replacement ratios in Puget Sound REPLACEMENT RATIOS: A FIELD ASSESSMENT OF MITIGATION REPLACEMENT RATIOS IN PUGET SOUND Prepared for: Was.ungton Department of Ecology Shorelands and Coastal Zone Management Program Olympia, Washington Prepared by: Dyarme Sheldon and Deborah A. Dole Sheldon and Associates P.O. Box 22502 Seattle, Washington 98122 May 1, 1991 AR 019107 Appendix A TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 58 Background .............................................................................................................................. 58 Purpose .................................................................................................................................... 58 II. METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................................... 59 Agency Contact and Permit Identification ................................................................................ 59 Permit File Review and Site Selection ...................................................................................... 59 Field Data Sheet Development ................................................................................................. 59 Pre-existing site conditions ....................................................................................................... 59 Field Site Establishment and Assessment ................................................................................. 60 Data Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 61 III. FINDINGS ..................................................................................................................................... 62 IV. DISCUSSION ................................................................................................................................ 66 Parameters of Success .............................................................................................................. 66 • Functioning of Compensation Sites .......................................................................................... 68 _,, Critical Compensation Plan Components ................................................................................. 72 Replacement Ratios .................................................................................................................. 76 V. CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................................. 77 VI. RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................... 81 Pre-existing Conditions Assessment ......................................................................................... 8I Establishing Compensation Goals and Objectives .................................................................... 82 Compensation Plan Design ....................................................................................................... 83 Implementation ......................................................................................................................... 83 Maintenance ............................................................................................................................. 83 Monitoring ................................................................................................................................ 83 VII.STUDY LIMITATIONS ..............................................................................................................85 LITERATURE CITED .........................................................................................................................87 AR 019108 Appendix A Attachments .......................................................................................................................................... 88 Attachment 1: Agency and staff contacts .................................................................................. 88 Attachment 2 - Compensation Site Field Data Forms .............................................................. 89 Attachment 3 - Field form methodology ................................................................................... 98 Attachment 4 - Field data site summaries ............................................................................... 1O0 Attachment 5 - Species list ..................................................................................................... 109 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Preliminary and Final Compensation Sites ............................................................................. 64…

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