Washington State Department of Ecology

Publication Summary

Title	Wetlands in Washington State - Volume 1: A Synthesis of the Science
Month-Year Published	March 2005
Online Availability	View this publication in Acrobat PDF format 3402 kilobytes, requires version 4.0 or later of Adobe Acrobat Reader Software get Acrobat Reader Note: This is a large file. For individual chapter downloads, see Related Web Content below.
Short Description	This is the first part of a two-part document. This volume contains a summary and synthesis of the recent literature relevant to the science and management of freshwater wetlands. Volume 1 describes what the scientific literature says about: How environmental factors control the functions of wetlands across the landscape and at individual sites, how freshwater wetlands are classified according to these controls, and what functions are performed by different classes of freshwater wetlands in the state How human activities and land uses affect the environmental factors that control the functions of freshwater wetlands How disturbances caused by human activities and land uses impact the performance of functions by freshwater wetlands How wetlands are protected and managed using common tools such as buffers and compensatory mitigation, including what the literature says about the relative effectiveness of these tools How cumulative impacts can result from current approaches to managing and regulating wetland
Publication Number	05-06-006
Author(s)	Dyanne Sheldon, Teri Granger, Tom Hruby Ph.D., Patricia Johnson, Kim Harper, Andy McMillan, Stephen Stanley, Erik Stockdale
Contact	Teri Granger,
Print Availability	Request from the program. Cost for Washington state residents is $0.00. Cost for non-residents is $25.00.
Number of pages	532
Keywords	BAS, best available science, freshwater wetlands, wetlands
Related Web Content	Best Available Science for Wetlands Homepage
Related Publications	Title	Relationship
	Freshwater Wetlands in Washington State - Vol. 1: A Synthesis of the Science	prior version
	Responses to Comments on the Draft Freshwater Wetlands in Washington State - Volume 1: A Synthesis of the Science	responses to draft comments
	Model Wetlands Protection Ordinance	prior version

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