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experience in mitigation plan design, implementation, and monitoring. The overall goal of any such mitigation plan shall be no net loss of wetland functions, acreage, and values. b. Mitigation plans for impacts to aquatic and wildlife habitat conservation areas, including habitat management plans, shall be prepared by a qualified professional with education/training in wildlife biology or a closely related field, and professional experience in habitat mitigation design, implementation, and monitoring. Where this plan is required for the protection of eagle habitat, the eagle habitat management plan shall normally be prepared by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), as required under the Bald Eagle Management Rules. The National Bald Eagle Management Guidelines The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Priority Habitat and Species Management Recommendations, dated May 1991, or as thereafter amended, or equivalent federal recommendations, shall serve as guidance for preparing mitigation plans to protect wildlife habitat conservation areas. c. Mitigation plans for geologically hazardous areas shall be prepared by a qualified professional who is either a geologist or a geotechnical engineer, or a civil engineer licensed in the state of Washington, who is knowledgeable of regional geologic conditions and who has professional experience in landslide and erosion hazard evaluation, mitigation plan design, implementation, and monitoring. d. Mitigation plans for development within frequently flooded areas shall be prepared by a civil engineer licensed in the state of Washington and familiar with hydrology, hydraulics, and fluvial geomorphology. 4. Mitigation banking and in-lieu fee (ILF) mitigation: The County may approve mitigation banking and/or in-lieu fee mitigation as a form of compensatory mitigation for wetland and habitat conservation area impacts when the provisions of this Program require mitigation and when the use of a bank/ILF Program will provide equivalent or greater replacement of critical area functions and values when compared to conventional permittee responsible mitigation. Banks and ILF programs shall only be used when it can be demonstrated that they provide significant ecological benefits including long-term conservation of critical areas, important species, habitats and/or habitat linkages, and when they are documented to provide a viable alternative to the piecemeal mitigation for individual project impacts to achieve ecosystem-based conservation goals. Banks and ILF programs shall not be used unless they are certified in accordance with applicable federal and state mitigation rules and expressly authorized through County legislative action. (Ord. 2016-006, 2016) 17B.05.020E Mitigation – mitigation plan contents for all critical areas. 1. Baseline Information: Compensatory mitigation plans for all critical area types shall include a written assessment and accompanying maps, and include the following information: a. Impacted critical areas and/or their required buffers, including, at a minimum, existing wetland/stream acreage; vegetative, fauna and hydrologic characteristics; soil and substrate conditions; and topographic elevations. b. Mitigation site, if different from the impacted site, including at a minimum: existing acreage; vegetative, faunal and hydrologic conditions; relationship within watershed and to existing water bodies; soil and substrate conditions topographic elevations; existing and proposed adjacent site conditions; buffers; and ownership.