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Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Adopting Ordinance Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Exhibit D | March 2016 | Page 243 of 339 17B.02.385 Priority species. "Priority species" means species requiring protective measures and/or management guidelines to ensure their persistence at genetically viable population levels. Priority species are those that meet any of the criteria listed in W AC 173-26-020(29). 17B.02.390 Program. "Program" see definition for "Master program." 17B.02.395 Provisions. "Provisions" means policies, regulations, standards, guideline criteria or environment designations. 17B.02.400 Public interest. "Public interest" means the interest shared by the citizens of the state or community at large in the affairs of government, or some interest by which their rights or liabilities are affected including, but not limited to, an effect on public property or on health, safety, or general welfare resulting from a use or development. 17B.02.405 Qualified professional. "Qualified professional" means a person with experience and training with expertise appropriate for the relevant subject. A qualified professional must have obtained a B.S. or B.A. degree or have appropriate education and experience in biology, soil science, engineering, environmental studies, fisheries, geology, geomorphology, or related field. 17B.02.410 Rehabilitation. "Rehabilitation" means a type of restoration action intended to repair natural or historic functions and processes. Activities could involve breaching a dike to reconnect wetlands to a floodplain or other activities that restore the natural water regime. 17B.02.415 Restore, restoration, or ecological restoration. "Restore," "restoration" or "ecological restoration" means the re-establishment or upgrading of impaired ecological shoreline processes or functions. This may be accomplished through measures including, but not limited to, re-vegetation, removal of intrusive shoreline structures and removal or treatment of toxic materials. Restoration does not imply a requirement for returning the shoreline area to aboriginal or pre-European settlement conditions. 17B.02.420 Riverine erosion hazard areas. "Riverine erosion hazard areas" are located within the lateral extent of likely watercourse channel movement due to bank destabilization and erosion, rapid incision, and shifts in location of watercourse channels. Riverine erosion hazard areas are also referred to as channel migration zones (CMZs). 17B.02.425 Setback. "Setback" means the distance a building or structure is placed behind a specified limit such as a lot line or shoreline buffer. 17B.02.430 Shall. "Shall" means a mandate; the action must be done.