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Management Implications Based on the findings summarized above, EAS does not believe that any plant management implications exist for plant species. Based on the data review, no rare or threatened state or federal plant species are documented on BCSCBN, Inc. owned property or adjacent GCPUD property. WETLANDS Data Search and Field Reconnaissance EAS reviewed the USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program, GCPUD Shoreline Master Plan, and GCPUD Wildlife Habitat Management Plan. EAS biologist/wetland delineator John Nugent visited the site on 08/17/2017 to compare current conditions with those he had observed during 2006. The site was generally the same as before; the wetland area was still present. Findings U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory The National Wetlands Inventory was accessed on July 25, 2017 and classified the wetland area near the project as Lake Wetlands (Attachment F). Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program The Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program (KCSMP) was updated and approved on March 7, 2016. The KCSMP regulates wetland buffers for land development (See Table 5.2-1 from the KCSMP). Per Table 5.2-1, the wetland category and intensity of use and development would determine the buffer distance for the Vantage Bay Development. The wetland buffers are measured horizontally in all directions from the regulated wetland edge as marked in the field. In 2006, the functional analyses indicated that the adjacent wetland could qualify as a Category II or Category III wetland if site-specific surveys for special status plant species were conducted and special status plant species were present. No further delineations or rare plant evaluations were conducted in 2006 because the preliminary plat was over 120 feet from the wetlands area and did not intrude into the most conservative Kittitas County Critical Areas Ordinance prescribed wetland buffer (80 ft). In 2006, the minimum measurements between the BCSCBN, Inc. owned parcels and three wetland boundary flags measured 139.03 ft, 125.80 ft, and 153.07 ft (Attachment A). Index #9