SPONSOR
Coastal Training Program, Washington

LOCATION
Lacey Community Center
6729 Pacific Ave SE
Lacey , WA 98509

The class is based on a new method developed by the Department of Ecology called "Calculating Credits and Debits for Compensatory Mitigation in Wetlands of Western Washington" (Ecology Publication #10-06-11). This method is designed to provide guidance for both regulators and applicants during two stages of the mitigation process: 1) estimating the functions and values lost when a wetland is altered, and 2) estimating the gain in functions and values that result from the mitigation.

The Credit Debit Method is based on the Washington State Wetland Rating System for Western Washington (Ecology publication #04-06-025). This workshop however does not provide training in the wetland rating system. Training in the wetland rating system is therefore a PRE-REQUISITE for this workshop.