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Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act (2001)
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. "Appendix H Selected Attributes of 40 Common Wetland Functional Assessment Procedures." Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001.

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COMPENSATING FOR WETLAND LOSSES UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT

Weighting Applied

Scaled by Area

Functional Categories Assessed6

Method Description7

Factor Measured8

Number States Where Used9

+

+

AV,HS,SC

M

I

3

   

F

M

Q

3

 

+

FV

M

Q

3

+

 

F,V

L

Q

5

 

+

F

M

E

5

 

+

HQ

M

BS

3

 

+

HS

M

V

50

 

+

F

M

V

6

   

F

M

E

8

   

BC

M

M

5

 

+

F

M

V

9

+

+

F,V

M

 

2

+

+

RF

C

C,V

11

+

+

F

M

I

1

+(?)

 

EI,F,V

M

Q

1

   

F

L

Q

1

+

+

F,V

M

FM

1

 

EH,TR

L

Q

4

   

SF,F,ES

M

V

1

+

 

F,V

FC

F

2

   

BI

M

I,M

6

 

+

FV

M

Q

7

+

 

EI,PI

M

I

1

+(?)

 

F

AC

Q

2

+

+

HS

M

V

3

   

PFC

CL

E

15

   

F,V

BPJ

 

10

 

+

F

M

V

15

+

+

F,V,FL,RP

M

I

15

   

F

L

F

2

 

+

F

M

V

1

 

+

PS,TS,NR

M

V

1

+

 

F,V

L

Q

50

   

HP

M

Q

7

 

+

HS

M

V

1

+

+

HQ

FC

E

1

   

FV

L

Q

5(?)

+

 

WQ

EM

V

1

 

F

RI

V

1

   

HS

M

V

1

et al. 1989); HEP = Habitat Evaluation Procedure (USFWS 1980); HGM Approach = Hydrogeomorphic Approach (Smith et al. 1995); Hollands-Magee Method = A Method for Assessing the Functions of Wetlands (Hollands and Magee 1985); IBI = Index of Biological Integrity (Karr 1981); Interim HGM (NRCS 1997); IVA = Indicator Value Assessment (Hruby

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