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Alternative Mitigation Policy Guidance

Category:  Submerged, Intertidal, Wetland, and Upland

Cost:  Unknown  

Description:  In response to the Salmon Recovery Act (RCW 74.46), departments of Ecology, Fish and Wildlife and the Transportation jointly developed guidance for applying aquatic resource mitigation which provides a net environmental benefit over all in the watershed while complying with existing state and federal regulations.

Outcome:  Limited implementation on a project to project basis.

Contact:  Sandra Manning, Department of Ecology, Sman461@ecy.wa.gov, (360) 407-6912

Citation:  Interagency Implementation Agreement February 2000.