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<br /> <br />Exhibit D SMP Update | Comment Matrix Page 3 of 15 <br />or change the natural flow or bed of any of the salt <br />or fresh waters of the state. <br />recommends adding the <br />proposed definition. <br />17B.02 Definitions Elizabeth Torrey, <br />WDFW <br />1/5/2021 Add to section: <br />Riparian: An adjective meaning alongside a <br />waterbody: stream, river, lake, pond, bay, sea, and <br />ocean. Riparian areas are sometimes referred to by <br />different names: riparian ecosystems, riparian <br />habitats, riparian corridors, or riparian zones. <br />This is not the same definition as <br />defined by WAC 332-30-106 or <br />RCW 79A.15.010. Therefore, staff <br />does not recommend adding this <br />definition of riparian. <br />17B.02 Definitions Elizabeth Torrey, <br />WDFW <br />1/5/2021 Add to section: <br />Riparian Management Zone (RMZ): A delineable area <br />defined in a land use regulation; often synonymous <br />with riparian buffer. For the purposes of this <br />document, we define the RMZ as the area that has <br />the potential to provide full riparian functions. In <br />many forested regions of the state this area occurs <br />within one 200-year site-potential tree height <br />measured from the edge of the stream channel. In <br />situations where a channel migration zone is <br />present, this occurs within one site-potential tree <br />height measured from the edges of the channel <br />migration zone. In non-forest zones the RMZ is <br />defined by the greater of the outermost point of the <br />riparian vegetative community or the pollution <br />removal function, at 100-feet. <br />Riparian Management Zone <br />(RMZ) is not referenced in the <br />existing SMP, therefore staff <br />does not recommend adding a <br />definition at this time. <br />17B.02 Definitions Elizabeth Torrey, <br />WDFW <br />1/5/2021 Add to section: <br />Site-Potential Tree Height: The average maximum <br />height of the tallest dominant trees for a given age <br />and site class. <br />Site-Potential Tree Height is not <br />referenced in the existing SMP; <br />therefore staff does not <br />recommend adding a definition <br />at this time. <br />17B.02.155 Elizabeth Torrey, <br />WDFW <br />1/5/2021 Amend: <br />"Critical areas" includes the following areas and <br />Staff recognizes the importance <br />of this change, and recommends