HomeMy WebLinkAboutMLA17-00064 Habitat Management PlanHabitat Management Plan
for
Parcel #502291005
Jefferson County, Washington
Copyright 2017 by Steven P. Barnowe-Meyer, Nighthawk Forestry Services — All rights reserved
Prepared for.-
Steve
or:
Steve and Marilyn Barnowe-Meyer
214 Pleasant Valley Road
Winlock, WA 98596
(360) 785-3425
Prepared by:
Nighthawk Forestry Services
214 Pleasant Valley Road
Winlock, WA 98596
(360) 880-0689
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Project Location 4
1.2 Brief Description of Existing Property Use and Condition 4
1.3 Brief Project Description 4
2. Site Description
2.1 General Description 5
2.2 Annual Precipitation 6
2.3 Site Hydrology 7
2.4 Site Soils 7
2.5 Existing Site Vegetation (General) 7
2.6 Land Use / Zoning 8
2.7 Access and Utilities 8
3. General Description of Project Proposal
3.1 Regulatory Framework 8
4. Environmental Setting 10
4.1 Summary of Site Plant and Animal Species 10
4.2 Washington State Priority Habitats and Species 15
4.3 Surrounding Environment and Federal Endangered Species Act -listed
Species and Critical Habitat 17
5. Potential Effects of Proposal on Public and Protected Resources: Analysis
5.1 Earth
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5.2 Air
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5.3 Water
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5.4 Vegetation within FWHCA
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5.5 Wildlife
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5.6 Environmental Health
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5.7 Noise
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5.8 Land and Shoreline Use
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5.9 Aesthetics
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5.10 Light & Glare
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5.11 Recreation
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5.12 Historic and Cultural Preservation
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5.13 Transportation
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6. Mitigation and No Net Loss Requirements 28
6.1 Avoidance and Minimization 28
6.2 Mitigation Plan 30
6.2.1 Planting Plan 31
6.3 Compliance with Jefferson County Mitigation Requirements 33
7. Summary and Conclusion 35
Qualifications of the Preparer 36
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References 37
List of Figures
Figure 1.
2006 ESRI Google Earth imagery of Parcel #502291005
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Figure 2.
Photo showing low-, medium- and high -bank waterfront, Parcel
#502291005
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Figure 3.
2006 DOE Coastal Atlas photo image (with approx. boundaries)
of Parcel #502291005
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Figure 4.
1976 record of basalt quarry within Parcel #502291005
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Figure 5.
Photo image of narrow roadway / bench at top of Parcel #502291005
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Figure 6.
Photo images of two "push" roads on Parcel #502291005
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Figure 7.
Photo images showing areas of old pit floor proposed for visitor
parking / turnaround area and single-family residence
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Figure 8.
Examples of steep to very steep rock pit faces and talus slopes
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Figure 9.
Photo showing basalt boulder / cobble fill and dense Scotch broom
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Figure 10.
Line of basalt boulders on the beach at Parcel #502291005
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Figure 11.
View of beach on Parcels #502291007 / 502291003
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Figure 12.
Photo showing different intertidal substrates on Parcels
#502291005 and 502291007
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Figure 13.
January 2016 Google Earth imagery of east two-thirds of Parcel
#502291005
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Figure 14.
1977 DOE Coastal Atlas photo image of Parcel #502291005 looking
southwest
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Figure 15.
1977 DOE Coastal Atlas photo image of Parcel #502291005 looking
northwest
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Figure 16.
Photo image of thick stand of Scotch broom along easement road
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Figure 17.
Looking toward point at east end of Parcel #502291005 from proposed
single-family residence building envelope
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Figure 18.
Dense drift of Keys of Heaven plants along easement road
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Figure 19.
Photo showing thick mat of English ivy on point as east end of parcel
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Figure 20.
Photo showing Scotch broom and Keys of Heaven plants growing in
proposed visitor parking / turnaround area
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Figure 21.
Phot showing dense stands of Scotch broom prior to pulling
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Figure 22.
Pullerbear Tree Puller Tool
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Figure 23.
Photos showing rock, bald below building envelope before Scotch
broom was pulled and after
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Figure 24.
Photos showing areas of pulled and standing Scotch broom and
Himalayan blackberry before and after treatment
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Figure 25.
Old rock quarry floor before and after Scotch broom removal
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Figure 26.
Lower grade area before and after Scotch broom removal
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Figure 27.
Views of 25+' tall bluff / point before and after Scotch broom removal
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Figure 28.
Before and after Scotch broom removal from banks above OHWM
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Figure 29.
Upper grade area before and after Scotch broom and Himalayan
blackberry treatment
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Figure 30.
Piles of pulled Scotch broom ready for burning to destroy Scotch broom
seed
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Figure 31.
Photo image showing where the proposed new driveway is designed to
leave existing paved easement road
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Figure 32. Section of pillow basalt cliff above the second-class tidelands near the
List of Maps
Vicinity photomap of Parcel #502291005 79
Map "A": Parcel #502291005 Site Plan Detail 80
Map "B": Map showing two potential single-family residence building envelopes
on Parcel #502291005 81
Map "C": Sketch map showing Parcel #502291005, the private paved easement
and all neighboring parcels in the vicinity of Parcel #502291005 82
Planting Area Photomap 83
east end of Parcel #502291005
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Figure 33.
Table showing number of trees, by species and dbh, currently growing
within proposed development areas within Parcel #502291005
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Figure 34.
Table showing number of trees, by species and dbh, within all
proposed development areas (combined) within Parcel #502291005
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Figure 35.
Close-up view of seamed pillow basalt on face of the 25 -foot tall point
at east end of Parcel #502291005
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Figure 36.
Images of areas beneath Mason County PUD 1 powerline suitable for
brush removal and rehabilitation plantings
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Figure 37.
Images of planted and protected western red cedar, bigleaf and vine
maples
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Figure 38.
Images of planted and protected Oregon white oak and seaside juniper
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Figure 39.
Images of planted Pacific yew and red -flowering currant
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Figure 40.
Images of planted evergreen huckleberry and western azalea
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Figure 41.
Images of planted brittle cactus, sea thrift and hairy manzanita
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Figure 42.
Images showing released hillside rein orchids
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List of Maps
Vicinity photomap of Parcel #502291005 79
Map "A": Parcel #502291005 Site Plan Detail 80
Map "B": Map showing two potential single-family residence building envelopes
on Parcel #502291005 81
Map "C": Sketch map showing Parcel #502291005, the private paved easement
and all neighboring parcels in the vicinity of Parcel #502291005 82
Planting Area Photomap 83
1. Introduction
1.1 Project Location
The proposal is located on privately owned, currently vacant land in Jefferson County located at
312403 Highway 101, Brinnon, WA along Hood Canal (Jefferson County Shoreline of the State).
The site is located within Jefferson County Shoreline Inventory Reach "C" (Jefferson County
Shoreline Master Program (SMP) — Final Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report —
Revised, November 2008).
Address: 312403 Highway 101, Brinnon, WA 98320
Jefferson County Tax Parcel: 502291005
Section, Township & Range: Portions of Government Lot 3, Section 29, Township 25
North, Range 2 West, W.M.
Latitude and longitude: 47°37'29.0, 122°57'24.3"
Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA): WRIA 16 - Skokomish-Dosewallips
Water bodies in which work will occur: None
Water bodies bordering or adjacent to the project location: Adjacent to marine
waters of Hood Canal
See "Vicinity photomap of Parcel #502291005" under List of Maps for a view of the
southeast corner of Jefferson County and the location of Parcel #502291005 (identified with
a yellow arrow point).
1.2 Brief Description of Existing Property Use and Condition
Existing land use is vacant land, with the following improvements: 1) an existing 12 -foot wide
paved driveway along the eastern edge of but totally within the parcel, providing access to
this property and two immediately adjacent neighbor residences; 2) an existing two-bedroom
septic system; 3) existing Mason County PUD 1 / CenturyLink poles, lines and meter; 4) an
existing power panel and 5) existing buried Jefferson County Water District #2 water system
lines, valve boxes and fire hydrant. The vegetative cover is currently a matrix of open grass /
moss covered rock outcrops and native mixed -conifer / hardwood forest cover (with pockets
of non-native (Scotch broom, English ivy and Himalayan blackberry) and more extensive
native understory vegetation) that regenerated naturally following rock quarry mining
operations that ended prior to or by 1976. Several revegetated segments of old rock quarry
benches and push roads also exist within the property boundaries.
1.3 Brief Project Description
The proposal is to use the Nonconforming Lot provisions of the Jefferson County Shoreline
Master Program (SMP) and to reduce the average standard buffer from 150 feet along Hood
Canal to approximately 84 feet, at its nearest point, in order to allow the development of a
single-family, two-bedroom residence. The single-family, two-bedroom residence is planned
to have a main area of approximately 2,072 square feet, an attached garage of 670 square
feet and 1,012 square feet of covered / uncovered deck. A new driveway of approximately
130 lineal feet is proposed to be constructed off an existing paved private easement road (to
access the residence) and a visitor parking / turnaround area of approximately 2,010 square
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feet. The proposed residence will be connected to an existing two-bedroom septic system
on the site and an existing public water system.
2. Site Description
2.1 General Description
Parcel #502291005 is 3.17 acres in size and includes 650± feet of marine shoreline along
Hood Canal and McDaniel Cove, as well as the second class tidelands along that shoreline.
The property description is S29 T25 R2W Tax 18 & TL Tax E1 (9.85 Chs) (Less Ptn Tax 47).
See Figure 1. The shoreline has low- to medium- to high -bank waterfront, with the banks
grading from approximately 1 foot in height at the west end of the parcel to approximately 25
feet in height at the tip of the pillow basalt rocky point at the east end of the parcel (see
Figure 2 and 3). All of the second class tidelands fall within an approved commercial
shellfish growing area. Jefferson County Shoreline Inventory Reach "C" has a Left to Right
drift cell direction when looking from Hood Canal. There are no existing docks, piers, jetties,
groins, boat launch ramps, stairs, bulkheads, marinas or mooring buoys encroaching into the
650± feet of tidelands associated with Parcel #502291005 (see Figure 3).
The marine shorelines on adjacent parcels on either side of Parcel #502291005 include
single-family residences, piers, a substantial jetty in McDaniel Cove, boat launch ramps,
bulkheads, and mooring buoys (see Figure 3).
Parcel #502291005 is dominated by slope features that remained following a basalt rock
quarry operation that occurred on this parcel starting in the mid-1960s and had ceased by
1976 (see Figure 4). This basalt rock source was first reported in 1911 as "About 2 miles
south of Duckabush, on the south side of McDonald's cove, there is a basalt cliff from 10 to
25 feet high. There is a gentle slope above the cliff and rather heavy overburden. Scows
can reach the cliff only at high tide." (Bulletin No. 2, The Road Materials of Washington,
Henry Landes, 1911, pages 96 and 99). See the bottom photos in Figures 27 and 28, as
well as the image in Figure 32 for current images of the basalt cliff noted in this bulletin.
Cessation of the rock quarry operation left the following features on site: 1) a narrow
roadway / bench (accessed from and located below a deep through -cut on Highway 101),
accessing the top of the old quarry (see Figure 5), 2) relatively thin topsoil horizons and
relatively deep second soil horizons of fractured basalt rock, 3) three moderate gradient
"push" roads or grades utilized by bulldozers to push basalt rock products down to the
shoreline and out into the tidelands for loading onto scows / barges (see Figure 6), 4) two
relatively flat rock benches / former pit floors (see Figure 7), and 5) steep (50%+) to very
steep (up to and greater than 100%) rock pit faces or stable gravel talus sidecast between
the benches (see Figure 8). All features listed above and found throughout the parcel,
including the steep slopes and very steep, exposed pillow basalt cliffs / pit faces are very
stable, due to pillow basalt rock's resistance to erosion and relatively high mechanical
strength. There is also evidence of basalt boulder / cobble fill previously pushed into the
shoreline area between basalt shoreline cliffs during the former rock quarry operations that is
visible from the beach looking landward (see Figure 9).
The intertidal substrate on Parcel #502291005 is somewhat unique and appears (based on
the physical evidence) to be directly related to the former rock quarry operation briefly
described in the previous paragraph. Close examination of the beach area of Parcel
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#502291005 as shown in Figure 3, reveals a curious line of boulders strewn along the beach
above the low tide line in this parcel. Please note that this curious line of boulders only
exists above the low tide line, as shown in the photo. No such line of boulders are visible in
the photograph on neighboring beaches (past the property line of Parcel #502291005), in
either direction. For a closer ground -level view of this line of boulders, see the two photo
images in Figure 10. Now contrast the images of the beach as shown in Figure 10 with the
beach on adjacent Parcels #502291007 / 502291003, as seen in Figure 11. Figure 12
shows the contrasting intertidal substrates near the property line separating the project
parcel from the neighboring parcels.
The explanation for the starkly contrasting intertidal substrates on these immediately
adjacent parcels is that the large, angular basalt boulder field on Parcel #502291005 was
created by operations at the former rock quarry on Parcel #502291005, while the small,
round cobble intertidal substrate was created by natural geologic and tidal processes.
No matter the origin of this intertidal substrate on Parcel #502291005, this complex rocky
substrate composed of large and moderate sized boulders on moderate to steep slopes
provides important habitat for three listed species of rockfish (see Section 4.3 below) as well
as other numerous fish, shellfish and invertebrate species.
As noted in the third paragraph of this section, the evidence appears quite strong that rock
quarry products generated at the quarry (particularly riprap boulders) were pushed into the
tidelands in front of Parcel #502291005 and likely loaded on scows or barges, for transport
to market. The line of boulders appears to be rejected product or possibly product lost
during loading operations. Loading operations on this exposed beach would have been
quite precarious during periods of stormy or windy weather on Hood Canal. The jetty in
McDaniel Cove shown in Figures 14 and 15 was likely constructed, not as a possible
causeway across McDaniel Cove or to protect Highway 101 (as some have speculated), but
to create a protected scow / barge loading site for the quarry operation, as a much safer
alternative to the initial Hood Canal beach loading operation. The scenario described above
is an educated guess, by the report preparer, with over 12 years of rock quarry development
experience, based on physical evidence at the site and historic aerial photography. In any
case, there is high certainty that most, if not all, of the jetty material was generated from the
former rock quarry operation on Parcel #502291005, portions of which appears to have also
occurred on parts of adjacent Parcels #502294001, 502291007 / 502291003 and 502291004
/ 502291006. Some of the rock for the jetty may have also come from a quarry in nearby
Parcel #502294020 (see Map "C"), when all of the above listed parcels were combined in
one larger ownership.
The Shoreline Restoration Plan (Final October 2008) has listed removal of the above
referenced jetty as a recommended nearshore restoration action for McDaniel Cove (Reach
C); however, "Batelle did not rate this reach as a priority restoration area."
2.2 Annual Precipitation
The average annual precipitation for Parcel #502291005 over the last nine water years
(October 1 — September 30) is 69.54 inches, based on precipitation measurements taken by
the owners of this parcel using a rain gauge on an adjacent property they also own, located
approximately 750 feet distant from the proposed building envelope.
2.3Site Hydrology
There are no perennial or seasonal freshwater streams, lakes, ponds or wetlands located on
or in the immediate vicinity of the parcel; several very small freshwater seeps that surface
through small seams in the sloped pillow basalt rock shelves below the ordinary high water
line of Hood Canal have been noted during the winter months. The nearest known typed
stream to the proposed development is McDonald Creek (a Type F stream), approximately
1,120 feet (at its closest point) from the parcel. There is also an unclassified stream feature
or not field verified stream feature or a feature with no water type assigned located to the
southwest approximately 1,100 feet from the western boundary of Parcel #502291005.
The parcel (including second class tidelands) abuts Hood Canal and McDaniel Cove along a
650 + feet of shoreline.
2.4 Site Soils
The entirety of Parcel #502291005 is mapped by the USDA SCS as Olete-Hoodsport (OpD)
but natural soil conditions within the entire parcel were significantly modified by the physical
removal of overburden, much of the topsoil and commercial quantities of rock excavation
during the former rock quarry operation on the site. Four septic reserve area soil hole logs
(dated 7-20-94) from within the proposed building envelope indicate a first horizon of a
brownish tan sandy topsoil from a minimum 3 inches to a maximum 10 inches in depth. The
second horizon is brown fractured basalt, from a minimum 29 inches to a maximum 41
inches in depth. The third horizon is gray solid, seamed basalt rock (see Figure 35 for a
view of an exposed section of this seamed basalt rock on the cliff face above the beach).
The only soil log in the vicinity of (but not within) the proposed driveway area indicates a first
horizon of 20 inches of brownish tan sandy topsoil above a second horizon of solid, seamed
grey basalt rock. Six soil hole logs for a new septic reserve area (dated 10-20-16) indicate a
range of first horizon soil depths of between 9 to 24 inches of very gravelly to extremely
gravelly loamy sand / sandy loam, with a range of second horizon soil depths of between 11
to 34 inches of fractured basalt, overlaying solid, seamed basalt.
2.5 Existing Site Vegetation (General)
See Figures 5, 6, 7, 8 and 13. Existing vegetation cover on Parcel #502291005 is a matrix
of open grass- / moss -covered rock outcrops and native mixed -conifer (Douglas -fir, western
red cedar, western hemlock) / hardwood (red alder, Pacific madrone, bigleaf maple, Pacific
crabapple, Pacific dogwood, willow and cherry species) forest stands (with pockets of non-
native (Scotch broom, English ivy and Himalayan blackberry) and more extensive native
understory vegetation) that regenerated naturally following rock quarry mining operations
that ended prior to or by 1976. An oblique aerial photograph from June 1977 (see Figures 14
and 15) shows that, except for individual trees or small pockets of trees, the entirety of
Parcel #502291005 was denuded of vegetation and much of the topsoil on the site was
stripped off as overburden to facilitate rock extraction during the rock quarry operations. The
current predominant on-site vegetation appears to be the result of natural seeding /
regeneration from adjacent tree and brush sources, with only those areas with adequate
remaining soils successfully regenerating. Additional native tree and shrub species that have
been planted and established on the parcel since November 2015 are Oregon white oak,
bigleaf maple, western red cedar, Pacific yew, seaside juniper (Juniperus maritima), vine
maple, Pacific rhododendron, western azalea, red -flowering currant and evergreen
huckleberry.
There are no known occurrences of State Class A or Region 1 Class B noxious weeds on or
near the site. The following 2016 Jefferson County Selected Weeds from the B list do occur or
have been seen and controlled onsite:
Scotch broom (dense reproductive stands covered much of Parcel
#502291005 at the time of purchase by the current owners (November
2015) but the vast majority of those plants were uprooted using a
Pullerbear Tree Puller Tool (see Figure 22) and the plants / plant parts
disposed of via fire in small burn piles (see Figure 30); new seedlings
continue to germinate, are being pulled up continuously before flower set
and will continue to be eradicated by pulling until the seedbank is depleted),
butterfly bush (occasionally seeds in from neighbor's landscaping and is
pulled up)
The following Jefferson County "Weeds of Concern" do occur onsite and control
measures are occurring:
• Himalayan blackberry,
• oxeye daisy
• English ivy
2.5 Land Use / Zoning
The current land use of Parcel #502291005 is "Vacant Land" and the current zoning
classification is Rural Residential 1:5. The current comprehensive plan designation is
RR -5 - Rural Residential. There are two categories of adjacent land use / zoning in
the immediate vicinity of Parcel #502291005: rural residential and open space (see
Map "C" which shows adjacent parcels). All parcels immediately abutting Parcel
#502291005 are occupied by two-bedroom (or possibly more) single-family homes.
All parcels are zoned Rural Residential 1:5 except Parcel #502294001 which is
zoned AL -20.
2.6 Access and Utilities
The right-of-way of U.S. Highway (Route) 101 defines the northern boundary of Parcel
#502291005, but the parcel is not directly accessed off Highway 101. A paved private
easement road (shown on Map "C") exits Highway 101 in Parcel #502294001 and this
easement road provides legal access to Parcel #502291005, as well as defines much of the
eastern boundary of this parcel. Current utility (Mason County PUD 1 / CenturyLink) poles
and lines and Jefferson County Water District #2 water lines / valves all serve Parcel
#502291005.
3. General Description of Project Proposal
3.1 Regulatory Framework
The proposal is to use the Nonconforming Lot provisions of the Jefferson County Shoreline
Master Program (SMP) and to reduce the average standard buffer from 150 feet to
approximately 84 feet in order to allow the development of a single-family, two-bedroom
residence (2,072 square foot (sf) Main Area / 670 sf Garage / 1,012 sf covered / uncovered
decks), a new driveway constructed off an existing private easement road to access the
residence and a new visitor parking / turnaround area. The proposed residence will be
connected to an existing two-bedroom septic system on the site; as noted above, the site is
already connected to the Jefferson County Water District #2 water system.
See Map "A". Large portions of the single-family residential proposal described above are
located within a Jefferson County SMP Marine Shores minimum buffer (150 feet from the
ordinary high water mark (OHWM)), within a 150 -foot Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation
Area (FWHCA) along Hood Canal and within a 160 -foot buffer / build setback line.
Proposals that request a decrease in the standard shoreline buffer of the SMP shall not
require a shoreline variance if all of the approval criteria in Jefferson County Code (JCC)
18.22.270 (6) and (7) are met, but since the proposed development is 84 feet from OHWM at
its closest point, it cannot meet the requirement under JCC 18.22.270 (6) (b). Therefore, a
shoreline variance is required and the proposal is subject to criteria under JCC 18.25.580.
Per Emma Bolin, Jefferson County DCD Assistant Planner, and per the county biologist,
although a shoreline variance is required, a Critical Areas Stewardship Program (CASP) is not
necessary. A habitat management plan (HMP) is required as part of the variance. The HMP
is required to meet JCC 18.22.265 (Habitat management plans — When required), JCC
18.22.440 (Habitat management plan), and JCC 18.25.270 (2) Regulations — No Net Loss
and Mitigation.
Also per Emma Bolin, the development proposed within Parcel #502291005 is not in a
FEMA flood zone, so a FEMA habitat assessment is not required.
Parcel #502291005 has 650 + feet of marine shoreline along Hood Canal and McDaniel
Cove. Landward of the OHWM of this shoreline, the proposed single-family two-bedroom
residence, proposed visitor parking / turnaround area and proposed new driveway all fall
entirely within a Natural Shoreline Environmental Designation area, with the entire parcel
falling within either Conservancy or Natural Shoreline Environment Designation areas.
Adjacent to and waterward of the OHWM of the Natural Shoreline Designation area is a
Priority Aquatic designation area, which encompasses portions of the second class tidelands
associated with this parcel; the second class tidelands of this parcel waterward of the
OHWM of the Conservancy Shoreline Environment Designation area have an Aquatic
designation.
Single family Residential is a Conditional (administrative) use in Natural Shoreline
Environment Designation. Thus, a conditional administrative use permit is also required for
the proposed development and the proposal is subject to criteria under JCC 18.25.590.
Since, at its widest point, the distance from OHWM to the inside edge of the 50 -foot frontage
setback is greater than the 150 -foot shoreline buffer, the proposal does not qualify for the
Modest Home Provision under JCC 18.25.270 (5) (a) (i).
This Habitat Management Plan follows requirements set forth for HMPs under JCC, Chapter
18.22 for Critical Areas, Article VIII, Section 18.22.440 to address the potential development
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impacts of the proposed project and mitigation for those impacts, using the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Priority Habitat and Species Management
Recommendations as the basis.
4. Environmental Settin
As noted previously in Section 2.5, the existing vegetation cover on Parcel #502291005 is a
matrix of open grass- / moss -covered rock outcrops and native mixed -conifer / hardwood
forest stands. Figure 1 provides an aerial view of this vegetative matrix and Figures 2 and 3
provide oblique images of the existing vegetative cover as viewed from the surface of and
above Hood Canal, respectively. The following sections provide more detailed ground -level
descriptions of environmental conditions within the parcel.
4.1 Summary of Site Plant and Animal Species
At the time of acquisition of Parcel #502291005 by the current owners (November 2015), the
following is a list of the predominant native tree and shrub species that occupied the parcel:
Common Name
Douglas -fir
Western redcedar
Western hemlock
Pacific madrone
Red alder
Bigleaf maple
Vine maple
Pacific dogwood.
Bitter cherry
Western (Pacific) crabapple
Willow (various)
Cascara buckthorn
Salal
Evergreen huckleberry
Red -flowering currant
Pacific poison oak
Thimbleberry
Trailing blackberry
Baldhip rose
Serviceberry
Oceanspray
Snowbrush ceanothus
Indian plum
Common snowberry
Cascade Oregon grape
Hairy honeysuckle
Scientific Name
Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco
Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don
Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.
Arbutus menziesii Pursh
Alnus rubra Bong
Acer macrophyllum Pursh
Acer circinatum Pursh
Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & A. Gray
Prunus emarginata (Douglas ex Hook.) D. Dietr.
Malus fusca
Salix spp.
Rhamnus purshiana DC. var. annonifolia (Greene)
Jeps.
Gaultheria shalom Pursh
Vaccinium ovatum Pursh
Ribes sanguineum Pursh
Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene
Rubus parviflorus Nutt.
Rubus ursinus Cham. & Schlect. spp. macropetalus
(Dougl. ex. Hook) Taylor & Mac Bride (Rosaceae)
Rosa gymnocarpa
Amelanchier alnifolia
Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim.
Ceanothus velutinus Douglas ex Hook.
Oemleria cerasiformus
Symphoricarpos albus
Berberis nervosa
Lonicera hispidula
There are no conifer or hardwood snags on Parcel #502291005 greater than 12" diameter at
breast height (dbh).
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The following additional native vascular plants occur naturally on Parcel #502291005:
Common Name
Pearly everlasting
Oregon sunshine
Western bracken fern
Hillside rein orchid
Western starflower
Scientific Name
Anaphalis margaritacea
Eriophyllum lanatum
Pteridium aquilinum
Piperia elegans
Trientalis latifolia
No attempt was made to identify all of the various grass and moss species that occur on
Parcel #502291005, but one species, reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.),
definitively does not occur on this parcel.
In addition to the native species listed above, the following non-native vascular plants occur
on Parcel #502291005:
Common Name
Scotch broom
Himalayan blackberry
English ivy
Queen Anne's lace
Scientific Name
Cytisus scoparius
Rubus discolor
Hedera helix
Daucus carota
Keys of Heaven Centranthus ruber coccineus
Butterfly bush Buddleja davidii
Oxeye daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Common plantain Plantago major
The following non-vascular plants also occur on Parcel #502291005:
Common Name
Sargasso weed / algae
Northern rockweed
Scientific Name
Sargassum muticum
Fucus distichus (Linnaeus)
Subsequent to the acquisition of Parcel #502291005, the following native vascular plant
species have been planted (or seeded) by the current owners and continue to survive on the
site (the number of individual surviving plants is also shown in parentheses):
Common Name
Douglas -fir (1)
Western redcedar (5)
Pacific yew (3)
Seaside juniper (8)
Bigleaf maple (8)
Vine maple (13)
Oregon white oak (26)
Evergreen huckleberry (2)
Red -flowering currant (6)
Pacific rhododendron (3)
Western azalea (2)
Scientific Name
Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco
Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don
Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
Juniperus maritima R.P. Adams
Acer macrophyllum Pursh
Acer circinatum Pursh
Quercus garryana Douglas ex Hook.
Vaccinium ovatum Pursh
Ribes sanguineum Pursh
Rhododendron macrophyllum
Rhododendron occidentale
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Sea thrift (3)
Common camas (100+ seedlings)
Smith's fairy lantern (1)
Brittle cactus (7)
Hairy manzanita (1)
Broad -leaf penstemon (2)
Licorice fern (4)
Beargrass (3)
Oregon iris (2)
Mountain lover (1)
Maidenhair spleenwort (2)
Armeria maritima
Camassia quamash
Disporum smithii
Opuntia fragilis
Arctostaphylos columbiana
Penstemon ovatus
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Xerophyllum tenax
Iris tenax Douglas ex Lind[.
Paxistima myrsinites
Asplenium trichomanes
The current owners acquired Parcel #502291005 in November 2015. At the time of
acquisition, the parcel and the right-of-way of the easement road were severely impacted by
extensive occurrences of invasive non-native Scotch broom, Himalayan blackberry, English
ivy and Keys of Heaven plants (see Figures 9 and 16 through 21).
Since acquisition, the owners of Parcel # 502291005 have methodically been working
throughout the parcel pulling and disposing of these invasive non -natives, concentrating
initially and primarily on Scotch broom primarily (due to its highly successful capacity to
reproduce by seed dispersal), Himalayan blackberry and English ivy (see Figures 22 through
30).
There are no known endangered, threatened, or sensitive plants growing within Parcel
#502291005, based on extensive ground observation of the entire parcel by the preparer
during the past two years.
The following animal species have been observed on or in the immediate vicinity of Parcel
#502291005:
• Reptiles:
Common Name
Northern alligator lizard
Puget Sound garter snake
• Birds:
Common Name
Bald eagle
Great blue heron
Turkey vulture
Belted kingfisher
Band -tailed pigeon
Pigeon guillemot
Corvids (ravens, crows, jays)
Diving ducks (goldeneyes,
mergansers, scoters, loons, grebes,
Scientific Name
Elgaria coerule
Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii
Scientific Name
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ardea herodias
Cathartes aura
Megaceryle alcyon
Patagioenas fasciata monilis
Cepphus columba
Various
Various
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etc.)
Gull (herring, western, mew, etc.) Various
Various songbirds & hummingbirds Various
Parcel #502291005 lies within WDFW McDaniel Cove #353 Eagle Nesting Territory.
All known nests in this eagle nesting territory are greater than 660 feet from the
parcel and no proposed development activities will be visible from the known nests in
this territory. Bald eagles have been periodically observed perching (not roosting) on
several larger Douglas -fir trees within neighboring Parcels #502291003 / 91007,
#502291004 / 91006 and #502294010, but mature and immature eagles are often
heard singing and seen in flight in the general area particularly during breeding
season.
No great blue heron rookeries, individual nest trees or "white -washed" vegetation
have been observed in the vicinity of Parcel #502291005. The only trees
(approximately 5 trees) within the parcel potentially suitable (based on size and
branch structure) for heron nesting are located immediately adjacent to Highway 101.
Band -tailed pigeons appear to be year-round residents in the vicinity of Parcel
#502291005, being seen virtually every time the property is visited. Pigeon
guillemots are only seen occasionally. Belted kingfishers are heard and seen
regularly, fishing along the shoreline margins.
No seabird guano has been observed on any of the cliff faces along the shoreline of
Parcel #502291005. No nests of bird species have been observed on the parcel,
beyond the occasional small songbird nest. Even though the current owners are
"bird people" and quite observant of wildlife activity on their parcel, no exhaustive
nesting survey of every tree on the parcel has been conducted.
• Mammals:
Common Name
River otter
Harbor seal
California sea lion
Columbian black -tailed deer
Roosevelt elk
Douglas' squirrel
Norway rat
Scientific Name
Lutra Canadensis
Phoca vitulina richardsi
Zalophus californianus californianus
Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
Cervus canadensis roosevelti
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Rattus norvegicus
River otters have been reported to den / nest in crevices in the pillow basalt cliffs in
an adjacent waterfront property but that report has not been confirmed and there has
been no observations of such activity on Parcel $502291005.
Evidence of Roosevelt elk on Parcel #502291005 is limited to elk pellet droppings,
but elk have been seen on adjacent upslope Parcel #502294002, also owned by the
Barnowe-Meyers.
No scat of other terrestrial wildlife has been observed in Parcel #502291005.
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There are no mapped seal or sea lion haulout areas on or in the vicinity of Parcel
#502291005. The nearest haulout site from Parcel #502291005 to the north is at
Duckabush River and to the south is at Hamma Hamma River; both are harbor seal
sites.
• Fish:
Common Name
Plainfin midshipman
Blackeye goby
Scientific Name
Porichthys notatus
Rhinogobiops nicholsii
The two fish species listed above are the only fish species that have been directly
observed within the boundaries of Parcel #502291005, but obviously there are
dozens of other fish species that live in the waters of Hood Canal, including several
threatened and endangered salmon species (see second paragraph after the "Other
animal species" listing below). A dive site blog has noted the following:
"...just south of McDonald (sic) Cove, you'll find a variety of structure including
small ledges and terraces, boulders, and maybe a swim-thru formed by large
boulders. Wolf Eels, Giant Pacific octopus, Lingcod and a variety of rockfish are
found throughout this area. There can be some current here on a large exchange
making good habitat for a variety of invertebrates."
• Other animal species
Common Name
Ochre Star
Acorn Barnacles
Pacific blue mussel
Horse clam
Dungeness crab
Red rock crab
Kelp crab
Pacific oyster
Olympia oyster
Scientific Name
Pisaster ochraceus
Chthamalus dalli & Balanus glandula
Mytilus trossulus
Tresus capax
Cancer magister
Cancer productus
Pugettia producta
Crassostrea gigas
Ostrea conchaphila
No amphibians have been observed within Parcel #502291005. Observations of various
mollusks, arthropods and echinoderms will not be discussed in this report beyond those
identified in Section 4.2 Washington State Priority Habitats and Species below.
The only known federally- or state -listed threatened or endangered (T&E) animal species likely
to occur in the immediately vicinity of Parcel #502291005 are the Hood Canal summer chum,
Puget Sound ESU chinook salmon, nearshore and deepwater rockfish, killer whales, marbled
murrelets, and northern spotted owl. See Section 4.3 (Surrounding Environment and Federal
Endangered Species Act -listed Species and Critical Habitat) for a longer list of T&E animal
species that may potentially occur in the general vicinity of this parcel.
The forest stands within Parcel #502291005 have been assessed by the preparer and no
stands currently meet the definitions of suitable spotted owl habitat (old forest habitat, sub -
mature habitat or young forest marginal habitat) or of spotted owl dispersal habitat. As well, no
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stands within Parcel #502291005 or within 300 feet of this parcel have the indicators for trees
capable of providing nesting opportunities for marbled murrelets or are otherwise suitable
marbled murrelet habitat.
Existing single-family residential development on adjacent parcels has likely resulted in
some minor loss of connectivity within and between wildlife travel corridors on and in the
vicinity of Parcel #502291005 but significant open space still remains.in the area and is
utilized by wildlife, based on wildlife sightings. The proposed development on Parcel
#502291005 does not create wildlife barriers or significant additional loss of connectivity;
forested open space habitat will continue to be the predominant cover class on the parcel.
Wildlife travel routes and wildlife utilization of Parcel #502291005 may be disrupted
temporarily during development activities but long-term, wildlife is not anticipated to be
materially or negatively affected by the proposed development. Long term, the planned
habitat restoration plantings of hard and soft mast -producing species such as Oregon white
oaks, vine and bigleaf maples, serviceberry, Indian plum and other shrub species, are
expected to improve habitat for several wildlife species, including deer, bear, squirrels, and
various bird species.
4.2 Washington State Priority Habitats and Species
Priority habitats and species (PHS) associated with Parcel #502291005 were identified
utilizing the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife's "PHS on the Web" website and the
"State of Washington Priority Habitats and Species List" publication. The following priority
habitats exist on this parcel:
• Biodiversity Areas & Corridors (due to the presence of Jefferson County's required
150 -foot Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Area (FWHCA) along Hood Canal
which qualifies as a Corridor)
• Herbaceous balds (based on the description of this type of priority area and site
conditions within several patches of grass and forb vegetation on Parcel #502291005,
that even though the balds that currently exist on this parcel are anthropomorphic,
having been created or potentially remaining after the former rock quarry operation on
site)
• Puget Sound Nearshore (Shore and Intertidal)
• Cliffs (the cliff point at the extreme east end of Parcel #502291005 at the mouth of
McDaniel Cove is 25 to 26 vertical feet in height)
• Talus (there are several basalt talus side slopes located on Parcel #502291005 as a
result of rock quarry activities that formerly occurred on site)
None of the priority habitats listed above were specifically identified by "PHS on the Web" as
existing within Parcel #502291005, possibly due to the limits of resolution of remote sensing
or mapping tools ordinarily used to identify these priority habitats. These priority habitats
were included in the list above based on site-specific assessments of their presence on this
parcel by the preparer of this report.
Utilizing "PHS on the Web", the PHS database shows that the only species of concern
identified in the vicinity of the terrestrial portion of Parcel #502291005 is the northern spotted
owl. However as noted above in the last paragraph of Section 4.1 (Summary of site plant
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and animal species), there are no forest stands on Parcel #502291005 that currently meet the
definitions of suitable spotted owl habitat (old forest habitat, sub -mature habitat or young forest
marginal habitat) or of spotted owl dispersal habitat.
Oyster beds are correctly identified by "PHS on the Web" in the tidelands area of Parcel
#502291005. Although the vast majority of the oysters growing in these beds are Pacific
oysters, native Olympia oysters have been tentatively identified by Betsy Peabody (Puget
Sound Restoration Fund) and Brady Blake (Shellfish Biologist, WDFW) as also occurring
within these beds, based on close-up photographs of the beds.
"PHS on the Web" shows an "Estuarine and marine wetland" polygon associated with Parcel
#502291005. This polygon is narrow and elongated, extending for well over one mile in
either direction from the property boundaries of Parcel #502291005 along the shoreline of
Hood Canal and is more than 250 acres in size. The polygon comes directly from the
National Wetland Inventory. The National Wetland Inventory assigns an E2USN
classification to this polygon; this classification decodes as being an Estuarine System
(deepwater tidal habitats and adjacent tidal wetlands), an Intertidal Subsystem (the area
from extreme low water to extreme high water and associated splash zone), an
Unconsolidated Shore (which includes landforms such as beaches, bars and flats) and a
Regularly Flooded water regime (tidal water alternately floods and exposes land surface at
least once daily). This polygon is the Puget Sound Nearshore (Intertidal) priority habitat
listed in the third bullet point at the start of this Section 4.2. The Department of Ecology
(DOE) 2011 Wetlands Inventory Map inexplicably includes a polygon, near the easternmost
point of Parcel #502291005, extending for several hundred feet to the west, labeled
"Potentially Disturbed Wetlands". The DOE's Wetland Change Analysis webpage identifies
the "Potentially Disturbed Wetlands" category as areas that have a high potential to be
wetland, but have an observed land cover of "pasture/hay" or "cultivated". There is no land
cover remotely resembling "pasture/hay' or "cultivated" on Parcel #502291005; it is likely
that, given the general overall forested natural of Parcel #502291005, the grassy rocky bald
areas in this area of the parcel might have been interpreted as pasture or cultivated land,
when viewed on NAIP or other remote sensing imagery. But remember that these grassy
seamed pillow basalt rock balds were created during the former rock quarry operation on the
parcel and are not currently cultivated in any way (and never have been). Rainwater
percolates through the seams of this rock or is quickly routed to adjacent fractured basalt soil
profiles; these balds have essentially zero potential to be wetlands.
Pandalid shrimp and Dungeness crab are correctly identified as occurring offshore or slightly
offshore of Parcel #502291005.
The bald eagle nesting territory identified above in Section 4.1 (McDaniel Cove #353) is also
identified on "PHS on the Web".
With successful implementation of the mitigation actions proposed in the Section 6.2 Mitigation
Plan, no direct or indirect adverse effects are anticipated on any of the Washington State
priority habitats and species listed above by completion of the single-family residence project
proposed for Parcel #502291005.
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4.3 Surrounding Environment and Federal Endangered Species Act -listed Species
and Critical Habitat
The Jefferson County Shoreline Master Program Update: Shoreline Inventory and Analysis
(2005), page 14:
"There is patchy eelgrass in this drift cell south of McDaniel Cove and little riparian
vegetation. Within the cove there are oysters. Coho, Cutthroat and Fall Chum spawn in
McDonald Creek."
PNPTC Technical Report 06-1 "Historical Changes to Estuaries, Spits, and Associated Tidal
Wetland Habitats in the Hood Canal and Strait of Juan de Fuca Regions of Washington
State", Appendix B-10 includes a page with a physical description of the McDonald Creek
Habitat Complex, which the report classifies as a stream -delta complex. The report
considered the McDonald Creek Habitat Complex to be "moderately impaired" due to filing at
the creek mouth and other habitat impairments, including the jetty noted in Figures 14 and
15.
Several bird, marine mammals and fish species or species groups that are listed under the
Endangered Species Act may occur within the general area of Parcel #502291005. Critical
habitat has been designated by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) or the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) for each listed species or species group. The following table lists the
relevant critical habitat designations:
NMFS / NOAA_/ USFWS Critical Habitat Designations
Agency, Year
Chinook Salmon Critical Habitat — Freshwater
NMFS, 2005
Marine Critical Habitat for Puget Sound Chinook Salmon
NOAA, 2005
Chum Salmon Critical Habitat — Freshwater
NMFS, 2005
Marine Critical Habitat — Hood Canal Summer -run Chum Salmon
NOAA, 2005
Puget Sound Steelhead Critical Habitat
NOAH, 2016
Deepwater and Nearshore Rockfish Critical Habitat
NMFS, 2014
Bull Trout Final Critical Habitat
USFWS, 2010
Killer Whale (Southern Resident) Critical Habitat
NOAA, 2015
Northern Spotted Owl Final Revised Critical Habitat
USFWS, 2012
Marbled Murrelet Final Critical Habitat
USFWS, 2016
Fish
Four listed Evolutionary Significant Units or Distinct Population Units of salmon, steelhead or
bull trout are found in the marine waters of Hood Canal. As noted previously, there are no
perennial or seasonal freshwater streams, lakes, ponds or wetlands located on or in the
immediate vicinity of the parcel. Thus, there is no freshwater spawning or rearing areas on or
adjacent to the parcel. The nearest known typed stream to the proposed development is
McDonald Creek (a Type F stream), approximately 1120 feet (at its closest point) from the
parcel. As has also been previously noted, coho salmon, cutthroat trout and fall chum
spawn in McDonald Creek.
Three species of listed rockfish (yelloweye rockfish, canary rockfish, and bocaccio) are found
in the marine waters of Hood Canal. Parcel #502291005 includes tidelands with shallow,
intertidal, and nearshore subtidal waters with rocky and cobble substrates. Such substrate
can provide suitable habitat for juvenile bocaccio and canary rockfish. The highest densities
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of juvenile rockfish are, however, found in areas with floating or submerged kelp species, but
according to the Washington State Department of Ecology Coastal Atlas, only patchy
eelgrass beds and no kelp beds are mapped in front of Parcel #502291005. Adults of all
three listed rockfish species are found in deep water and are strongly associated with the
complex habitat of rocky substrate and moderate to steep slopes found in the vicinity of this
parcel. Based on the location of the proposed development, little or no adverse impact on
any of the critical habitat requirements of the listed rockfish species is anticipated.
The waters of Hood Canal in the immediate vicinity of Parcel #502291005 are classified as
Category 2 for bacteria in the Washington State Department of Ecology Water Quality
Assessment database (as of August 30, 2017). The database shows no exceedances for
bacteria in the most recent samples (2009), but based on at least one exceedance in 2001
and according to information in Listing ID 40213, the more recent data is not sufficient to
determine that this waterbody is meeting water quality standards.
Killer whales
According to the Orca Network website (accessed on August 30, 2017), there has been only
one month (May 2016) in the last three years (August 2014 through August 2017) when killer
whale sightings in Hood Canal were reported to the network. In that one month, there were
nine days of reported sightings, and all whales reported were classified as transient killer
whales. Killer whales reported were north and south of Parcel #502291005 at numerous
locations in Hood Canal.
Birds
As previously noted in Section 4.1, the forest stands within Parcel #502291005 have been
assessed by the preparer and no stands currently meet the definitions of suitable spotted owl
habitat (old forest habitat, sub -mature habitat or young forest marginal habitat) or of spotted
owl dispersal habitat. As well, no stands within Parcel #502291005 or within 300 feet of this
parcel have the indicators for trees capable of providing nesting opportunities for marbled
murrelets or are otherwise suitable marbled murrelet habitat.
Plants
Again, as previously noted in Section 4.1, there are no known endangered, threatened, or
sensitive plants growing within Parcel #502291005, based on extensive ground observation
of the entire parcel by the preparer during the past two years.
As noted above in the second paragraph of the "Fish" section, patchy eelgrass beds are
mapped in front of Parcel #502291005 and broken -off eelgrass leaves have been observed
at the high tide line along the shoreline. No eelgrass beds have been exposed or observed
in front of the parcel at tides as low as -3.2 feet.
A total 8,565 square feet of land disturbing activity is proposed for this single-family
residence project. The planned areas of land disturbance includes areas of native forest
cover (see bottom photo in Figure 7), as well as relatively open areas with no native
vegetation (except moss) and scattered non-native plants (see top photo in Figure 7) and
areas of mixed native and non-native vegetation (see Figure 31). Except for approximately
640 square feet of land disturbing activity that will occur outside the Jefferson County SMP
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Marine Shore standard buffer of 150 -feet from the OHWM, all remaining square footage of
land disturbing activity (7,925 square feet) is proposed to occur within the standard buffer.
The area to be cleared, graded and/or excavated for the proposed single-family residence
building envelope is 3,600 square feet; there are seventy-two (72) conifer and hardwood
trees, greater than or equal to 2" dbh currently growing within this area (see lower half of
Figure 33). The area to be cleared, graded, and/or excavated within the proposed new
driveway and visitor parking / turnaround areas is 4,965 square feet. No trees currently grow
within the proposed parking / turnaround area and only twenty-eight (28) conifer and
hardwood trees, greater than 2" dbh, currently grow within the clearing limits of the proposed
new driveway (see the upper half of Figure 33).
Figure 34 provides a summation of the one -hundred (100) total trees listed on the two tables
shown in Figure 33. Only 28 of these 100 trees are greater or equal to 6" dbh. The trees to
be cleared are predominantly conifer trees (77 Douglas -firs and 2 western red cedars), with
the majority of these (56) less than 6" dbh and 34 less than 4"dbh. The largest tree to be
cleared is a 13" dbh Douglas -fir. There are only 21 hardwood trees to be cleared, Pacific
madrone predominating (13 trees). The largest hardwood tree is a 10" dbh red alder, but
most (16) hardwood trees are less than 6" dbh, 13 less than 4"dbh.
All of the proposed development activities on Parcel #502291005 are more than 84 feet from
the OHWM of Hood Canal or more than 72 feet from the OHWM of McDaniel Cove. The 84 -
foot wide buffer is dominated by relatively well -stocked native conifer / hardwood forest cover
30 to 40 years of age; the 72 -foot wide buffer area adjacent to McDaniel Cove is occupied
entirely by an existing paved easement road and by two existing single-family residences on
adjacent neighbors' parcel. Except for those trees needed to be cleared for the proposed
single-family house building envelope, the new driveway and the visitor parking / turnaround
area, all other native trees and native understory vegetation will be retained on Parcel
#502291005 following development. Essentially 99% of the proposed 84 -foot wide buffer
area between the proposed structure and the shoreline of Hood Canal will be maintained in a
naturally vegetated state, except for a small area (approximately 660 square feet) of existing
paved easement road, within a total buffer area of approximately 49,590 square feet (84'x
590'). Ultimately, 2.84 acres of the total 3.17 acres within the parcel (-90% of the parcel) will
remain native mixed -conifer -hardwood forest cover or open grass- / moss -covered rock
outcrops. These two vegetation types currently dominate the standard shoreline -critical
areas buffer strips along Hood Canal and will continue to dominate following
development. Preservation and enhancement of the existing native forest habitat, which will
occupy approximately 85% of the parcel following development, proposed habitat restoration /
rehabilitation on the approximately 5% of the parcel not currently in native forest cover
following development, primarily utilizing native tree, shrub and herb / forb plantings and
control of invasive non-native plant species within the fish and wildlife habitat conservation
area (FWHCA) / shoreline buffer zones (see Section 6.2 Mitigation Plan), are all measures that
are intended to ameliorate any potential detrimental effects associated with the proposed
development.
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5. Potential Effects of Proposal on Public and Protected Resources: Analysis
5.1 Earth
Generically, stormwater run-off from development has the potential to increase erosion and
sediment deposition, adversely affecting water quality and critical fish and wildlife habitat. A
Stormwater Site Plan (including a Permanent Stormwater Control Plan, Construction
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and Erosion and Sediment Control Plan) for
Parcel #502291005 will be submitted to Jefferson County's Department of Community
Development at the same time as this Habitat Management Plan.
5.2 Air
Minimal exhaust and dust from heavy equipment will be generated during land clearing,
grading and excavation activities (including driveway construction) and emissions from
vehicular traffic associated with single-family home building and occupancy. An indoor
propane fireplace and a low -emission outdoor wood fireplace are planned for the single-family
residence.
Dust control during all facets of land clearing, etc. and single-family residence construction
will be accomplished with a garden hose. Following construction, all potential dust -
generating soil will be revegetated with native vegetation. All equipment and vehicles will
have standard emission control devices. Firewood generated from the land clearing will be
burned over time in the planned low -emission outdoor wood fireplace Branches, stumps
and other chippable materials will be chipped and blown / scattered on site as mulch, rather
than burned.
5.3 Water
As previously noted, Parcel #502291005 (including second class tidelands) abuts Hood Canal
and McDaniel Cove along a 650 + feet of shoreline. There are no perennial or seasonal
freshwater streams, lakes, ponds or wetlands located on or in the immediate vicinity of the
parcel; several very small freshwater seep that surface through small seams in a sloped pillow
basalt rock shelf below the ordinary high water line of Hood Canal have been noted during the
winter months. The nearest known typed stream to the parcel is McDonald Creek (a Type F
stream), approximately 1,120 feet (at its closest point) from the parcel.
At its closest point, the proposed building envelope is 84 feet from the ordinary high water
mark (OHWM) of Hood Canal and the proposed driveway leaves and proceeds inland from an
existing paved easement road approximately 72 feet from the OHWM of McDaniel Cove. The
entire proposed building envelope (and associated single-family residence) falls within 160
feet of the OHWM of Hood Canal and the entire proposed driveway and visitor parking /
turnaround area falls within 175 feet of the OHWM of McDaniel Cove. The aforementioned
existing paved easement road, in addition to two existing single-family residences on adjacent
neighbors' parcels, are entirely located between the OHWM of McDaniel Cove and the
proposed driveway, proposed visitor parking / turnaround area and a portion of the proposed
building envelope.
No fill or dredge material will be placed in or removed from surface water or wetlands.
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The proposal will not require any new surface water withdrawals or diversions. The parcel is
connected to the Jefferson County Water District #2 water system.
The proposed development is not located in the FEMA flood zone.
The proposal does not involve any planned discharges of waste materials to surface waters.
Also there is no direct connection of stormwater runoff to surface waters, under existing or
developed site hydrology.
The parcel is currently connected to (and the proposed single-family residence will be
connected to) the Jefferson County Water District #2 water system. No groundwater
will be withdrawn from a well for drinking water or other purposes.
The proposed single-family residence will be connected to the existing two-bedroom
septic system under Septic Permit # SEP94-00461. There is a recent (inspection
date 10/16/2015) "On-site Wastewater Treatment System Inspection Report" for this
septic system.
The existing impervious surface area is 5,726 square feet (4.1 % of the total surface area of the
site / parcel, which 3.17 acres); the proposed new impervious surface area is 7,248 square
feet (5.2% of the total site), for a total of new plus existing impervious surface area of 12,974
square feet or 9.4% of the total site. This site reliably infiltrates all the runoff from hard
surfaces under current conditions and is expected to do the same under developed
conditions, due to the soil profiles and seamed basalt bedrock that exist throughout the
parcel, as well as the retention of mixed native forest cover that will exist on approximately
85% of the site following development. All stormwater runoff from the parcel is presumed to
eventually seep or route into Hood Canal or McDaniel Cove.
No significant alteration of existing drainage patterns on or in the immediate vicinity of
the site are anticipated.
A Stormwater Site Plan (including a Permanent Stormwater Control Plan, Construction
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and Erosion and Sediment Control Plan) for
Parcel #502291005 will be submitted to Jefferson County's Department of Community
Development at the same time as this Habitat Management Plan
5.4 Vegetation within FWHCA
As noted previously, a total 8,565 square feet of land disturbing activity is proposed for this
single-family residence project, the bulk of which (7,925 square feet) falls within the 150 -foot
wide FWHCA standard buffer. This proposed land clearing will result in the loss of 100
existing native forest trees (Douglas -fir, western red cedar, Pacific madrone, red alder and
other hardwood species), 2" dbh and larger, as well as associated understory vegetation
(primarily evergreen huckleberry and ocean spray)from within the FWHCA. Loss of this
vegetation may have adverse impacts on the ecological functions and ecological processes
provided by the FWHCA, if not adequately offset. Mitigation for the loss of these native trees
and understory species is proposed in the Mitigation Plan detailed in Section 6.2 below.
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5.5 Wildlife
There are no invasive animal species known to be on or near the site.
Existing native forest habitat will occupy approximately 85% of the parcel following
development and remain undisturbed. Habitat restoration is proposed on the
approximately 5% of the parcel not in native forest cover following development,
primarily utilizing native tree, shrub and herb / forb plantings. Continued control and
removal of invasive non-native plant species within the (FWHCA) / shoreline buffer
zones is planned, as well as protection and maintenance of water quality. All of these
measures will provide high quality buffers for the critical habitat areas associated with
this parcel. With successful implementation of the mitigation actions proposed in the
Section 6.2 Mitigation Plan, no direct or indirect adverse effects are anticipated on
any federal- or state -listed species or critical habitat areas by completion of the
single-family residence project proposed for Parcel #502291005.
Generically, stormwater run-off from development has the potential to increase erosion and
sediment deposition, adversely affecting water quality and critical fish and wildlife habitat. A
Stormwater Site Plan (including a Permanent Stormwater Control Plan, Construction
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and Erosion and Sediment Control Plan) for
Parcel #502291005 will be submitted to Jefferson County's Department of Community
Development at the same time as this Habitat Management Plan.
5.6 Environmental Health
There has been no known contamination at the site from present or past uses.
There are no known existing hazardous chemicals / conditions located within the
project area or in the vicinity.
Propane is planned to be stored and used for heating of the completed single-family
home. Household chemicals will be used and stored during occupancy of the home
and family vehicles will use gasoline, oil, antifreeze and other potential hazardous
chemicals on site. EPA approved pesticides will also be used and stored on-site in
limited quantities.
Proposed measures to reduce or control environmental health hazards:
• Good housekeeping: The owner will promptly repair or replace all leaking vehicle
hoses, valves, filters, etc. which could contaminate strormwater; recycle all oils,
solvents, vehicle batteries, etc. at recycle centers (and never dispose of such on-site);
keep emergency spill kits readily available on-site, inside the garage area,
• Preventive maintenance: never wash vehicles on-site; only wash vehicles at
commercial carwashes; oil changes, vehicle maintenance (filter changes, etc.) will be
performed at commercial vendors, not on-site,
• Petroleum product (motor oil, etc.), fertilizer and pesticide containers will be stored
inside the garage area and empty containers properly disposed of,
• Use of pesticides and forest chemicals will strictly adhere to label restrictions
and Washington Forest Practice rules,
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• Spill prevention and cleanup: keep emergency spill kits available on-site and
promptly report any recordable quantity spill or any spill that has the potential
to contaminate water to the Department of Ecology and the U.S. Coast
Guard.
5.7 Noise
Traffic along Highway 101 is the only noise of any significance that currently exists in the area
but such noise will have no effect on the proposed project.
During the short timeframe required to clear and construct the proposed driveway, to clear and
level the proposed building site and visitor parking / turnaround area and to dispose of
branches, stumps, etc. via grinding, noise from heavy equipment will be noticeable above
current background noise levels. Noise will also be generated during building construction
(foundation work, framing, siding, etc.) but such noise is not expected to be excessive and all
work activities listed above will be performed during daylight hours to minimize any negative
effects on our neighbors.
5.8 Land and Shoreline Use
The current land use of Parcel #502291005 is "Vacant Land". The current land use on all
adjacent properties is "Residential — Single Unit" or "Vacant Land". The proposal will not affect
current land uses on nearby of adjacent properties.
The project site has not been used as working farmland or working forest land in the past,
although it appears that timber was harvested from the parcel sometime during the 1960s.
No agricultural or forest land of long-term commercial significance or acreage under
farmland or forest land tax status will be converted to other use as a result of the proposal.
There are no structures currently on the site.
The current zoning classification of the site is Rural Residential 1:5. Except for Parcel #
502294001 (to the north of this site), all adjacent properties are also classified as Rural
Residential 1:5; Parcel #502294001 is classified as Agriculture AP -20. The current
comprehensive plan designation is RR -5 — Rural Residential.
As noted previously, Parcel #502291005 has 650 + feet of marine shoreline along Hood
Canal and McDaniel Cove. Landward of the OHWM of this shoreline, the proposed single-
family two-bedroom residence, proposed visitor parking / turnaround area and proposed new
driveway all fall entirely within a Natural Shoreline Environmental Designation area, with the
entire parcel falling within either Conservancy or Natural Shoreline Environment Designation
areas. Adjacent to and waterward of the OHWM of the Natural Shoreline Designation area
is a Priority Aquatic designation area, which encompasses portions of the second class
tidelands associated with this parcel; the second class tidelands of this parcel waterward of
the OHWM of the Conservancy Shoreline Environment Designation area have an Aquatic
designation.
All of this shoreline falls within an approved commercial shellfish growing area, and is
designated by Jefferson County as a fish and wildlife habitat conservation area (FWHCA)
and a critical area. Also within two hundred feet landward of the OHWM of Hood Canal and
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McDaniel Cove, all forested areas are regulated under the Washington State Forest
Practices Act and forest practices rules, thereby qualifying this entire parcel as a FWHCA
and critical area under Jefferson County Code Chapter 18.22.200.
Two people will reside in the completed project and no people will be displaced by the
completed project.
See Maps "A" and "B". Utilizing the 50 -foot road setback (red line), the 160 -foot
buffer / build setback line from Hood Canal (dashed blue line) and the 160 -foot
buffer / build setback line from McDaniel Cove (dashed green line), the only area
within the 3.17 acres of Parcel #502291005 which meets strict application of the
dimensional criteria set forth under this program is a triangle of roughly 40 -feet on
each side or an area of approximately 750 square feet, on a sideslope averaging
42%. This 750 square feet constitutes approximately 0.5% of the total area of
Parcel #502291005.
Again although this parcel is 3.17 acres in size, there are only two relatively small
areas of the parcel amenable to development for a single-family residence, given its
irregular shape and overall steep topography. The first area (labeled "Proposed
building envelope" on both Map "A" and "B"), at its nearest point is 84 -feet from the
ordinary high water mark of Hood Canal (well inside the 150 -foot buffer and 160 -foot
buffer / build setback requirements), and at its nearest point is -149 feet from the
ordinary high water mark of McDaniel Cove but meets all property line, highway and
easement setback requirements. Vehicle access to the proposed building envelope
would require approximately 130 feet of new driveway construction. The second
area of the parcel potentially amenable to development for a single-family residence
(labeled "Area 2" on Map "B"), is much closer to the ordinary high water mark of both
Hood Canal (approximately only a 25 -foot wide buffer / build setback) and McDaniel
Cove, encroaches on the 20 -foot setback from the easement road, and is much
closer to the nearest neighbor's house (<35 feet), but would require a much shorter
new driveway. There are no other locations within this parcel where a single-family
residence would be less environmentally damaging than these two areas. The
"Proposed building envelope" (and associated single-family residence) is located in
the least environmentally damaging location relative to the shoreline and critical
areas on this site and is the most landward of the two areas described above.
It should also be noted that all four single-family residences on adjacent Parcels
#502294001, 502291004, 50091007 and 502294010 are located within 50 feet of
the ordinary high water mark of Hood Canal or McDaniel Cove, at their nearest
point; two residences are within 25 feet of the ordinary high water mark, at their
nearest point.
The proposal has no incompatibily with nearby agricultural or forest lands of long-term
commercial significance. In fact, the current owners of Parcel #502291005 hope to
eventually lease or manage their own commercial shellfish growing area on the
second-class tidelands of Parcel #502291005 for commercial oyster production and
already manage two other parcels in Jefferson County as commercial forest lands.
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5.8 Aesthetics
Height of the proposed single-family residence is 28 feet. The principal exterior building
material will be HardiePlank siding. Colors of the siding and trim have not yet been
determined, but will likely be two shades of muted green. The estimated area of windows for
the proposed house is approximately 412 square feet.
The view of the site from Hood Canal / McDaniel Cove will change from a matrix of mostly
mature native forest trees and grassy rock outcrops to a two-story home located on a flat
bench, partially screened by undisturbed trees within the existing native forest stand and a
portion of the house clearly visible near the top of a grassy rock outcrop. Currently, vehicle
occupants along portions of Highway 101 adjacent to the parcel see either mature undisturbed
native forest below the southeast edge of the highway (along the sidehill portions of Highway
101) or their view is mostly confined to the rock sidewall of a throughcut portion of Highway
101. Following proposed house construction, there will be approximately 60 feet of mature
evergreen and deciduous forest and understory vegetation buffer between the planned house
and southeast edge of Highway 101, at its nearest point. Following construction, vehicle
occupants northbound on Highway 101 will have a fleeting (three second max) filtered view of
the southwest portion of the house through this screen of forest trees and understory
vegetation. Occupants of southbound Highway 101 vehicles should not see any evidence of
the house at all. The occupants of the single-family residence located just above the top of the
Highway 101 throughcut in Parcel #502294022 will likely be able to see portions of the roof
and possibly a portion of the upper wall of one long side of the house through the 60 -foot wide
mature evergreen and deciduous forest and understory vegetation buffer. Occupants of the
two single-family residences on Parcels #502291004 and #502291007 will also have clear or
filtered (by mature trees) views of the new house and driveway, depending upon where on
their property they look up toward the new house / driveway.
Except for those trees needed to be cleared for the proposed single-family house building
envelope, the new driveway and the visitor parking / turnaround area, all other trees and
understory vegetation will be retained on Parcel #502291005, preserving as much as possible
the overall forested character of the site and the existing views. Over time, native forest trees
that were planted over the past two years for wildlife habitat improvement within areas
currently dominated by grass vegetation will mature and further screen views of the proposed
new house from the residences on Parcels #502291004 and #502291007. Also additional
native tree plantings for wildlife habitat improvement have also occurred within the 60 -foot
native forest buffer along Highway 101 over the past two years, which will be supplemented
with additional understory vegetation plantings over the next five years. These plantings within
the 60 -foot buffer will further ameliorate negative visual impacts associated with the proposed
development on Parcel #502291005.
5.10 Light & Glare
The proposed new house will include the following types of indoor and outdoor lighting:
recessed ceiling light fixtures in the areas of outdoor covered decks; lighting will only be
turned on as needed for outdoor activity after dark
inwardly directed wall track light and floor area light fixtures for indoor lighting; indoor
artificial lighting will only be turned on near dusk until approximately 10 pm (at the latest)
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and then again for a few hours before and up until just after dawn; any potential glare
from indoor lighting will be muted by window treatments, as well as directing indoor
lighting away from windows
outdoor dusk -to -dawn motion sensor two-level security lighting on three sides of the
house / garage and around the visitor parking / turnaround area; these fixtures illuminate
at their lowest setting starting at dusk and turn off at dawn; they only illuminate at their
highest setting when motion is detected and turn off when motion is no longer sensed
sunlight through large picture windows
Light or glare from the finished project should not pose any safety hazard. Occupants of
vehicles northbound on Highway 101 will, at most, be exposed to heavily vegetation -filtered
indirect indoor lighting from narrow clerestory windows on the side of the house facing toward
the highway and one additional window potentially visible from the highway but heavily
screened by vegetation. All outdoor lighting (recessed fixtures and motion sensor lights) will
either be used infrequently or be of low illumination and throw only small cones of light that will
not extend beyond the proposed decks, as well as being directed away from the FWHCA;
proposed outdoor lighting will only minimally interfere with views by anyone. The planned
indoor lighting may be visible from Hood Canal and McDaniel Cove but will be partially
screened by vegetation and at a distance of approximately 90 horizontal feet from and
approximately 45+ vertical feet above the elevation of ordinary high water mark, at its nearest
point. The two nearest residences fronting McDaniel Cove will also be able to see partially
screened indoor lighting from the proposed new house, but it is not anticipated that this new
light source will appreciably interfere with the view from these residences.
Window treatments will be utilized in the proposed new house to diminish indoor lighting
pollution impacts that potentially interfere with views, have potential safety impacts or
potentially shed light into the FWHCA.
5.11 Recreation
Recreational opportunities in the immediate vicinity of the project include open navigation and
use of waters of Hood Canal and McDaniel Cove for fishing, crabbing, shrimping, boating,
kayaking, etc. The 650+ feet of second class tidelands are open to tribal shellfish harvests.
5.12 Historic and Cultural Preservation
Washington State's Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation's (DAHP's)
WISAARD predictive model classifies the entirety of Parcel #502291005 as either High or Very
High Risk for archaeological resources and highly advises survey. However, as noted
previously, a basalt rock quarry operated on this parcel starting in the mid-1960s and had
ceased operation by 1976. Original topographic conditions and features within the entire parcel were
significantly modified by the physical removal of overburden, much of the topsoil and commercial
quantities of rock excavation during the duration of the rock quarry operation. An oblique aerial
photograph from June 1977 shows that, except for individual trees or small pockets of trees, the
entirety of Parcel #502291005 was denuded of vegetation and the site was highly disturbed.
Cessation of the rock quarry operation left the following features on site: 1) a narrow roadway
/ bench (accessed from and located below a deep through -cut on Highway 101), accessing
the top of the old quarry, 2) relatively thin topsoil horizons and relatively deep second soil
horizons of fractured basalt rock, 3) three moderate gradient "push" roads utilized by
bulldozers to push basalt rock products down to the shoreline and out into the tidelands for
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loading onto barges, 4) two relatively flat rock benches / former pit floors, 5) steep (50%+) to
very steep (up to and greater than 100%) rock pit faces or stable gravel talus sidecast
between the benches, and 6) large quantities of basalt rip -rap boulders discarded during the
former rip -rap barge -loading operations and scattered across the length of the 650± foot long
beach, mostly below the mean low tide line. As a result of the former rock quarry operation, it
is quite unlikely that there is any undisturbed material evidence of whether Indian or historic
use or occupation may have occurred on this site. Review of DAHP's WISAARD public
database does not indicate that any professional surveys or studies have been conducted at
the site to identify cultural or historic resources.
The preparer of this report (a member of the Timber / Fish / Wildlife (TFW) Cultural Resources
Roundtable, representing small forest landowners) utilized information, tools and the public
database available on the DAHP's WISAARD website, as well as the 1871 GLO field notes and
plats for Section 29, T25N, R2W. Beyond the WISAARD predictive model advising survey,
none of these methods identified potential cultural or historic resources on or near the project
site. Based on the high degree of site disturbance / modifications associated with the former
rock quarry operation, no further assessment was performed by the preparer.
In the event that any archaeological or historic materials are encountered during proposed
project activities, the applicants and their contractors will stop all work in the immediate vicinity
of the discovery site and implement standard inadvertent discovery protocols to protect the
discovery site (including appropriate stabilization or covering), take reasonable steps to ensure
confidentiality of the discovery site, restrict access to the site of discovery and notify all
concerned tribes and appropriate county, state, and federal agencies, including DAHP. If
human remains are uncovered, appropriate law enforcement agencies will be notified first, and
the above steps followed. If the remains are determined to be Native, consultation with
affected tribes will take place to determine final disposition of said remains.
5.13 Transportation
See Maps "A" and "C". Highway 101 runs along the north edge of Parcel #502291005, but
legal access to the parcel is via a paved private easement road as shown in yellow on Map
„C„
Jefferson Transit Route #1 serves the general geographic area of Highway 101 as far south as
Triton Cove. The nearest transit stop to the parcel is Triton Cove, where there is a connection
further south on Highway 101 toward Shelton and Olympia via Mason Transit Route #8.
Currently, there are no formal designated parking spaces on vacant Parcel #502291005.
Vehicles visiting the parcel merely park in several informal areas adjacent to or within the
paved private easement access road within the parcel. The proposed new house includes a
two -vehicle garage and the project includes a visitor parking / turnaround area. The visitor
parking / turnaround area may afford parking space for approximately two or possibly three
visiting vehicles, but the area's main purpose is to provide a large enough space to safely turn
around the two vehicles which will be parked inside the garage and to properly orient the
vehicles to safely drive down the planned new driveway. The completed project will not
eliminate any designated parking spaces, as there are none.
The ditchline on the upslope edge of the existing paved private access road within Parcel #502291005
will be upgraded, with a deeper, improved cross-section, both above and below the inlet and outlet of
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the planned plastic corrugated cross -drain culvert in the new driveway. The ditch will also be
upgraded for a short distance into adjacent Parcel #502294001, under terms of the private access
road easement to maintain continued ingress and egress into Parcel #502291005.
Other than recreational use of the waters of Hood Canal and McDaniel Cove by the future
occupants of the proposed new house (plus their family and visitors), the project or proposal
does not include use of water, rail or air transportation.
The completed project is estimated to generate only two to three vehicular roundtrips per
average day, based on two occupants of the proposed new house. Minimal and infrequent
delivery vehicles will also utilize the existing paved private access road
It is not anticipated that this proposal will interfere with affect or be affected by the movement of
agricultural and forest products on roads in the area.
It is not anticipated that this proposal will interfere with affect or be affected by the movement of
agricultural and forest products on roads in the area.
6. Mitictation and No Net Loss Requirements
Under JCC 18.25.270 (2), uses or developments that cause a net loss of ecological functions
and processes are prohibited. Proponents of new shoreline use and development must
employ measures to mitigate adverse impacts on shoreline functions and processes, as well
as follow an order of priority steps when mitigation is invoked. Avoidance of impact
altogether is the highest priority step, followed in order by minimizing impacts, rectifying
impacts, reducing or eliminating impact over time, compensating for impact by replacing,
enhancing, or providing substitute resources and finally by monitoring the impact, the
compensation projects and talking appropriate corrective actions.
Jefferson County has established requirements that proposed compensatory mitigation
measures must meet for compliance with JCC 18.25.270. These requirements are listed in
JCC 18.25.270(f).
The following sections 1) detail which priority steps were employed in the proposed
mitigation plan, 2) describe the mitigation plan and how the proposed compensatory
measures comply with the County's requirements and 3) address compliance with the No
Net Loss requirement.
6.1 Avoidance and Minimization
As noted previously in Section 5.8, utilizing all of the standard setbacks and buffers required
under the JCC, the only area within the 3.17 acres (138,085 square feet) of Parcel
#502291005 which meets strict application of the dimensional criteria set forth under this
program is a triangle of roughly 40 -feet on each side or an area of approximately 750 square
feet, on a sideslope averaging 42%. Construction of a single-family residence on such a
footprint as an avoidance measure is impractical, unwarranted and not proposed.
Lacking a reasonably viable option to avoid impact altogether to the Jefferson County SMP
Marine Shores minimum buffer (150 feet from the ordinary high water mark (OHWM)) and
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the 150 -foot FWHCA along Hood Canal, the following measures (in bold type) are
proposed to mitigate adverse impacts associated with the proposed development:
• Minimizing impacts by taking affirmative action to avoid or reduce impacts:
Also as previously noted in Section 5.8, although this parcel is 3.17 acres in size, there
are only two relatively small areas of the parcel amenable to development for a single-
family residence, given its irregular shape and overall steep topography. The first area
(labeled "Proposed building envelope" on both Map "A" and "B"), at its nearest point is
84 -feet from the ordinary high water mark of Hood Canal (well inside the 150 -foot buffer
and 160 -foot buffer / build setback requirements), and at its nearest point is -149 feet
from the ordinary high water mark of McDaniel Cove but meets all property line, highway
and easement setback requirements, but meets all property line, highway and easement
setback requirements. The second area of the parcel potentially amenable to
development for a single-family residence (labeled "Area 2" on Map "B"), is much closer
to the ordinary high water mark of both Hood Canal (approximately only a 25 -foot wide
buffer / build setback) and McDaniel Cove, encroaches on the 20 -foot setback from the
easement road, and is much closer to the nearest neighbor's house (<35 feet. There are
no other locations within this parcel where a single-family residence would be less
environmentally damaging than these two areas. The "Proposed building
envelope" (and associated single-family residence) is located in the least
environmentally damaging location relative to the shoreline and critical areas on
this site and is the most landward of the two areas described above.
Minimizing impacts by taking affirmative action to avoid or reduce impacts:
All of the proposed development activities on Parcel #502291005 are more than 84 feet
from the OHWM of Hood Canal or more than 72 feet from the OHWM of McDaniel Cove.
The 84 -foot wide buffer is dominated by relatively well -stocked native conifer / hardwood
forest cover 30 to 40 years of age; the 72 -foot wide buffer area adjacent to McDaniel
Cove is occupied entirely by an existing paved easement road and by two existing single-
family residences on adjacent neighbors' parcel. Except for those trees needed to be
cleared for the proposed single-family house building envelope, the new driveway and the
visitor parking / turnaround area, all other native trees and native understory
vegetation will be retained on Parcel #502291005 following development. Essentially
99% of the proposed 84 -foot wide buffer area between the proposed structure and
the shoreline of Hood Canal will be maintained in a naturally vegetated state, except
for a small area (approximately 660 square feet) of existing paved easement road, within a
total buffer area of approximately 49,590 square feet (84'x 590'). Ultimately, 2.84 acres of
the total 3.17 acres within the parcel (--90% of the parcel) will remain native mixed -
conifer -hardwood forest cover or open grass- / moss -covered rock outcrops. These two
vegetation types currently dominate the standard shoreline -critical areas buffer strips
along Hood Canal and will continue to dominate following development.
• Reducing or eliminating the impact over time by preservation and maintenance:
Preservation and enhancement of the existing native forest habitat, which will occupy
approximately 85% of the entire parcel following development,
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Rectifying the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring the affected environment.
Proposed habitat restoration / rehabilitation on the approximately 5% of the parcel
not currently in native forest cover following development, primarily utilizing native
tree, shrub and herb / forb plantings,
• Rectifying the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring the affected environment.-
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nvironment.
Control of invasive non-native plant species within the fish and wildlife habitat
conservation area (FWHCA) / shoreline buffer zones
6.2 Mitigation Plan
The following measures are proposed on Parcel #502291005 to mitigate adverse impacts
associated with the proposed single-family residence project encroaching into the standard
Jefferson County SMP Marine Shores minimum buffer (150 feet from the ordinary high water
mark (OHWM)) and the 150 -foot FWHCA along Hood Canal:
• Given the option of only two viable locations on Parcel #502291005 to site a single-
family residence, the proponents selected the less environmentally damaging of the
two locations relative to the shoreline and critical areas; the financial cost to access
and build a residence will be higher at the selected location.
• The selected location is the most landward of the two viable locations.
• Approximately 99 percent of the buffer area between the proposed single-family
residence (with garage) and the shoreline and critical areas of Hood Canal will be
maintained in a natural vegetated state.
• Following completion of proposed development approximately 85% of the entire parcel
will be preserved as existing native forest habitat; the health of approximately 10% of
these existing native forest stands (approximately 11,700 square feet) will be enhanced
by the silvicultural treatment of hand slashing. Hand slashing is a treatment where the
most clearly suppressed small -diameter understory trees are cut down to release more
desirable overstory trees. Portions of the stands within the existing buffers are
overstocked, with serious competition for scarce site resources (water, nutrients,
sunlight) occurring between trees. This competition threatens the overall health of the
stand, the survival and growth potential of those trees that provide the greatest
protection to the shoreline and critical habitat areas, and therefore the ecological
functioning of the buffers.
Removal (by pulling or other hand treatment) and long-term control of the incidence of
the most invasive non-native plant species (Scotch broom, Himalayan blackberry,
English ivy and butterfly bush) within the FWHCA / shoreline buffer zones, as well as
the rest of the parcel, where such removal can safely be performed without injury.
Initiate a control program to reduce (over the long-term) the incidence of non-native
oxeye daisy, Keys of Heaven and Queen Anne's lace on the parcel.
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Restore native tree, shrub, forb / herb and grass species to the mostly grass -covered
rock balds created as a result of the former rock quarry operations on Parcel
#502291005; this planned restoration will be accomplished by planting and seeding
site -appropriate species into viable microsites (with adequate soil) within these
extremely harsh, drought -prone sites. Also rehabilitate the vegetated areas within the
powerline right-of-way which was invaded by and is currently dominated by non-native
species after native trees were felled (by Mason County PUD 1) within and adjacent to
the right -of way when the trees grew up into the powerlines (see Figure 36);
rehabilitation will include the previously described removal of non-native species such
as Scotch broom, Himalayan blackberry, etc., followed by planting the right-of-way with
native shrubs and small trees that will not interfere with the powerlines. These planned
restoration / rehabilitation efforts will improve ecological processes and functions within
the buffers and will occur on approximately 5% of the parcel (6,900 square feet). A
planting plan for the restoration and rehabilitation areas is provided below in Section
6.2.1.
6.2.1 Planting Plan
Three general restoration / rehabilitation planting areas are shown on the "Planting Area
Photomap" found under the List of Map.
Area 1 is generally characterized as an area with pockets of exposed bedrock (pillow
basalt) and pockets of thin fractured rock, loamy sand topsoils underlain with seamed
pillow basalt. Area 1 is currently dominated by grass, non-native forbs and herbs,
scattered native shrubs and 100+ native hillside rein orchid plants in the understory of
scattered Douglas fir trees. Area 1 was the first area of Parcel #502291005 where dense
stands of Scotch broom and Himalayan blackberry were pulled and so was the first area
where restoration planting and seeding occurred. Native trees, shrubs, cactus, forbs and
herbs were planted or seeded extensively during the 2016 and 2017 planting / seeding
season. As of September 2017, the following planted or seeded natives survive within
Area 1 from those 2016 /17 efforts: 42 native trees (2 western red cedars, 21 Oregon
white oaks, 11 vine maples and 8 seaside junipers), 7 native shrubs (2 western azalea, 2
Pacific rhododendron, one red -flowering currant, one evergreen huckleberry, and one
mountain lover), 22 other native vascular plants (7 brittle cactus, 4 licorice ferns, 3 sea
thrift, 2 bear grass, 2 Oregon iris, 2 maidenhair spleenwort, 2 broad -leaf penstemon, and
One Smith's fairy lantern) and 100+ common camas seedlings. Planting survival
percentage has been in the mid to high 90s, due to rigorous microsite planting
techniques.
Area 2 encompasses a section of the old rock quarry operation (old quarry access road
including cutslope above and talus slope below the road), which did not revegetate well
due to thin soils and rock outcroppings. There are a few native trees, shrubs and hillside
rein orchids scattered throughout this area. Following Scotch broom and Himalayan
blackberry pulling / treatment, six bigleaf maple and two Oregon white oak trees were
planted in Area 2 during the 2016 / 2017 planting seasons and all have survived to date.
Area 3 is the Mason County PUD 1 powerline right of way described earlier in this
Section. Scotch broom has been pulled within this area but debris from felled trees and
Himalayan blackberry has stymied much native shrub planting to date. Two vine maples
have been planted and survived to date within Area 3.
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There are several other areas scattered throughout Parcel #502291005 that are not
shown on the Planting Area Photomap but are amenable to restoration or understory
plantings of native shrubs and trees. Nineteen total additional native trees or shrubs (4
red -flowering currants, 3 Pacific yew, 3 western red cedar, 3 Oregon white oak, 2 bigleaf
maple, one Douglas -fir, one evergreen huckleberry, one hairy manzanita, and one Pacific
rhododendron) were planted in 2016 / 2017 and survive today.
In total, 101 native trees, shrubs and other vascular plants have survived to date from
plantings that occurred on Parcel #502291005 during the 2016 / 2017 planting seasons.
Figures 37 through 41 provide photo documentation of the wide variety of these surviving
trees, shrubs and other plants onsite, as well as evidence of one of the primary protective
methodologies from browse (caging).
Available microsites still exist within Areas 1, 2 and 3, as well as throughout the
remainder of Parcel #502291005 for further restoration / rehabilitation plantings. One -
hundred thirty additional seedlings have been ordered from the WACD (Washington
Association of Conservation Districts) Plant Material Center and South Sound Native
Plants for outplanting during the upcoming 2017 / 2018 planting season. The tentative
allocation of these ordered seedlings to the various planting areas is listed below:
Specie s
Area 1
Area 2 Area 3
Unspecified
Oregon white oak
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5
5
Pacific madrone
5
5
Bigleaf maple
5
5
Cascara buckthorn
5
5
Indian plum / osoberry
5
5
Red -flowering currant
5
5
Mock orange
5
5
Tall Oregon grape
10
5
5
Evergreen huckleberry
10
5
5
Totals
50
10 25
45
Salt spray tolerance is only an issue within those portions of Area 1 immediately adjacent
to Hood Canal and Pacific madrone, tall Oregon grape and evergreen huckleberry are
salt spray tolerant.
At least 27 additional native trees (a mix of Douglas -fir, western red cedar, grand fir,
western hemlock, seaside juniper, vine maple, Pacific dogwood, Pacific crabapple and
Pacific yew) will also be procured from other sources and planted in Parcel #502291005
during the 2017 / 2018 planting season.
All of the listed species for 2017 / 2018 outplanting (as well as those previously planted)
will contribute to improved wildlife habitat, soil stability and overall ecological functions
and ecosystem processes within the FWHCA buffer and Parcel #502291005.
A specific mitigation commitment made under this Habitat Management Plan is that at
least 150 native conifer and hardwood trees will have established and survive onsite by
the end of the 2020 water year (September 30, 2020) as replacement for the 100 total
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native trees listed in Figure 34 and planned to be removed as a result of the proposed
single-family residence project on Parcel #502291005. In addition to these native trees
at least 100 native shrubs will have also been established and survive onsite by the end
of the 2020 water year. The net result from this planting plan is that the 100 trees to be
removed will be replaced long-term by a 1.5 to 1 ratio, plus a minimum 100 native shrub
plants will also be established on site.
As previously noted, survival rates to date for the microsite planting conducted in Parcel
#502291005 have been in the range of 95 to 98%. If planting mortality increases
unexpectedly, for whatever reason, replanting will occur and the tree / shrub
establishment mitigation commitment will be met. Silviculturists never give up until they
get the established trees they want! However, for the sake of ensuring compliance, tree
and shrub survival will be monitored at the end of each water year and replant plans
formulated for the next planting season, as needed, until the mitigation commitment is
achieved / satisfied.
Many of the native trees and shrubs are susceptible to deer / elk browse and girdling by
rodents, so seedling protection and maintenance of the planted trees / shrubs is
conducted on an on-going basis throughout the year and particularly during the growing
season.
6.3 Compliance with Jefferson County Mitigation Requirements
JCC 18.25.270(f) lists the requirements that apply when compensatory mitigation measures
are proposed. The following describes how this Mitigation Plan meets those requirements:
(i) The quality and quantity of the replaced, enhanced, or substituted resources
shall be the same or better than the affected resources: One -hundred native
conifer and hardwood trees will be cut from approximately 8,565 square feet of land
within the 150 -foot wide FWHCA standard buffer in order to construct all components
of the proposed single-family residence project. One -hundred fifty native conifer and
hardwood replacement trees plus one -hundred native shrubs will have been
established primarily on approximately 10,400 square feet of grassy balds and talus
slopes within that same 150 -foot wide FWHCA standard buffer by the end of the 2020
water year (September 30, 2020). Dense stands of Scotch broom and Himalayan
blackberry have been systematically pulled or treated by the current owners since
they acquired Parcel #502291005 in November 2015 and prior to planting. Control of
these invasive non-native species, as well as English ivy and several other invasives
continues. In addition, stand improvement (hand slashing of small -diameter
suppressed trees to release healthier overstory trees from competition) will have
occurred on approximately 11,700 square feet of existing native forest within the
FWHCA buffer.
(ii) The mitigation site and associated vegetative planting shall be nurtured and
maintained such that healthy native plant communities can grow and mature
over time: The planting and care of the native trees, shrubs and other vascular
plants on Parcel #502291005 is being performed by a silviculturist with over 15 years
of direct field experience in reforestation, stand establishment and stand
improvement. He also propagates Pacific Northwest native species, has successfully
rehabilitated several small (1 to 2 acre) disturbed or degraded unique habitat sites,
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controlling non-native vegetation and reestablishing native plant (grass, herb, forb,
shrub and tree) species and is a long-time member of the Washington Native Plant
Society. He also owns and manages commercial forestland in Jefferson County that
he personally reforested and that is certified by the American Tree Farm System. The
mitigation site plantings are and will continue to be established, protected, maintained,
nurtured, and monitored to promote healthy tree growth and long-term ecological
function. Corrective actions (such as replanting or interplanting, weeding, etc.) will be
taken to ensure stand establishment to the levels committed to in the mitigation plan,
as well as ensure future forest growth to maturity.
(iii) The mitigation shall be informed by pertinent scientific and technical studies,
including but not limited to the Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report
(Final — Revised November 2008), the Shoreline Restoration Plan (Final October
2008) and other background studies prepared in support of this program: All of
the proposed mitigation plan elements associated with establishing native trees and
shrubs and improving the health of existing native forest stands are intended to
specifically improve the ecological functions and processes within the FWHCA buffer
along Hood Canal and the critical nearshore, intertidal habitats those buffers influence
and protect. As noted in the Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report, these
types of buffers play a critical role in nutrient cycling, soil stability and sediment
control; marine riparian areas such as the FWHCA buffer also provide habitat and
travel corridors, microclimate regulation, organic input, potential nesting, roosting,
refuge and foraging opportunities for wildlife. All proposed mitigation elements in
general and the site-specific actions to be performed under the plan were informed
and steeped in appropriate scientific and technical studies and methodologies.
(iv)The mitigation shall replace the functions as quickly as possible following the
impacts to ensure no net loss: The elements of the proposed mitigation plan
(including those already accomplished) are intended to eliminate impairment of
critical ecological functions and processes (including forest health and forest ecology)
caused by dense stands of non-native invasive plants, to immediately replace the
non -natives with site -appropriate native tree and shrub species and to improve the
growth and vigor of forest vegetation. Removal of dense stands of non-native Scotch
broom in late 2015 and throughout 2016 has already released numerous suppressed
native shrubs and the increased flowering and vigor of released hillside rein orchards
is highly evident (see Figure 42). Needle length, color of Douglas -fir foliage and
leader growth has noticeably improved since Scotch broom Himalayan blackberry
removal. Obviously newly planted native forest trees and shrubs will take years to
mature but in the long-term, these plantings will enhance ecological functions and
processes along the shoreline of Hood Canal. The proposed hand slashing in
patches of overstocked forest within the buffer should have an immediate positive
impact on the growth and health of the released trees.
(v) The mitigation activity shall be monitored and maintained to ensure that it
achieves its intended functions and values. The monitoring timeframes shall be
consistent with JCC 18.22.350(3)(h): Implementation of at least two of the primary
ecological activities in the proposed mitigation plan under this Habitat Management
Plan have been occurring on Parcel #502291005 since late 2015. These two
elements / activities are removal of invasives and establishment of native trees,
shrubs and other vascular plants in degraded portions of the FWHCA buffer.
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Monitoring the results of these two activities has been ongoing for the past two years
and monitoring is planned to last until the end of the 2020 water year (September
2020), unless extended to ensure that the mitigation plan commitments are achieved.
(vi)The County shall require the applicant/proponent to post a bond or provide
other financial surety equal to the estimated cost of the mitigation in order to
ensure the mitigation is carried out successfully. The bond/surety shall be
refunded to the applicant/proponent upon completion of the mitigation activity
and any required monitoring: This requirement falls within the County's
prerogative.
7. Summary and Conclusion
The owners of Parcel #502291005 are proposing to use the Nonconforming Lot
provisions of the Jefferson County Shoreline Master Program (SMP) and to reduce the
average standard buffer from 150 feet along Hood Canal to approximately 84 feet, at its
nearest point, in order to allow the development of a single-family, two-bedroom
residence.
A shoreline variance is required and the proposal is subject to criteria under JCC
18.25.580. A habitat management plan (HMP) is required as part of the variance. The
HMP is required to meet JCC 18.22.265 (Habitat management plans — When required),
JCC 18.22.440 (Habitat management plan), and JCC 18.25.270 (2) Regulations — No Net
Loss and Mitigation.
This "Habitat Management Plan for Parcel #502291005, Jefferson County" is submitted
to Jefferson County to satisfy the requirements of the JCC. The proposed development
activities on Parcel #502291005 are located, designed, and are planned to be conducted
in a manner that maintain and cause no net loss of shoreline ecological processes and
functions along Hood Canal and McDaniel Cove, and remain consistent with the policies
of RCW 90.58.020. The owners of Parcel #502291005 have also attempted to propose
reduction, control and mitigation measures that, in conjunction with the total of all other
variances granted to date, do not result in unacceptable levels of cumulative
environmental impacts. Net loss of ecological functions and processes is prohibited but
the owners have proposed and are committed to employ measures to mitigate any
potential adverse impacts on such functions and processes to Hood Canal and McDaniel
Cove.
Based on existing conditions in the FWHCA buffer and the detailed mitigation measures
proposed, Nighthawk Forestry Services concludes that, with successful implementation of
the specific elements of the mitigation plan, no net loss in shoreline ecological functions
and processes is anticipated and that future ecological conditions are unlikely to become
worse than current conditions as a result of the proposed uses and development.
In addition, with implementation of the best management practices proposed in the two
main components of the Stormwater Site Plan for Parcel #502291005 (a Construction
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan and a Permanent Stormwater Control Plan) and
referenced in this HMP, there is high confidence that potential adverse effects to the
shoreline environment associated with stormwater will be adequately controlled and that
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the public interest will not suffer any substantial detrimental effects as a result of the
proposed variance and conditional use.
Qualifications of the Preparer
Steve Barnowe-Meyer, the primary author of this report, is the owner of Nighthawk Forestry
Services, which provides silvicultural, forest engineering, threatened and endangered species
protection and forest policy consulting services to its clients. He earned a Bachelor of Science
degree (magna cum laude) from the University of Washington, College of Forest Resources, in
Forest Science and Forest Management. He has over 40 years of intensive experience in forest
land management, including reforestation, stand management and rehabilitation, road design
and harvest unit layout, road construction and maintenance, rock pit development, forest, plant
and wildlife resource inventory, and threatened and endangered species management and
protection. Specific to this habitat management plan, he has over 20 years of experience
identifying and assessing the suitability of habitat for wildlife species (including marbled
murrelets, northern spotted owls (NSO), and Taylor's checkerspot butterfly) utilizing WDNR and
WDFW protocols, and has co -developed and implemented numerous WDFW-approved bald
eagle, peregrine falcon and Taylor checkerspot butterfly site / wildlife management plans for
Weyerhaeuser Company. He was the operational field manager on 1.1 million acres of
Weyerhaeuser Company forestlands in western Washington, directly responsible for
implementing Weyerhaeuser's Spotted Owl Protection Process and NSO survey program,
Weyerhaeuser's protocol fish absence survey program (utilizing Forest Practices Board Manual
Section 13), conducting Pacific Seabird Group protocol surveys to determine marbled murrelet
occupancy or presence (under Washington Forest Practice rules), and for annual aerial surveys
of bald eagle, peregrine falcon, great blue heron and osprey nests. He was directly involved
with writing current Forest Practices Board Manual Section 5 (Guidelines for Forest Practices
Hydraulic Projects), directly participated in stakeholder groups that developed numerous WDFW
water crossing / fish passage guidance documents, worked directly with the WDFW lead on the
revision of the Hydraulics Code revision in 2013 and has been directly responsible for
implementation and compliance on over 100 WDFW-issued hydraulics permits. He was
Weyerhaeuser's Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Manager and an ISO -qualified
auditor on 2.2 million acres of Weyerhaeuser's forestlands in Washington and Oregon for
IS014001 and Sustainable Forestry Initiative certification for five years. He also prepared
numerous internal / proprietary reference, training and guidance documents for protection of
NatureServe G1 / G2 -ranked species and federal- and state -listed threatened, endangered and
other sensitive plant and wildlife species on Weyerhaeuser lands. He is also a native plant
propagator and has successfully rehabilitated several small (1 to 2 acre) disturbed or degraded
unique habitat sites, controlling non-native vegetation and reestablishing native plant (grass,
herb, forb, shrub and tree) species. He currently represents the Small Forest Landowner
Caucus, under terms of the Timber, Fish and Wildlife (TFW) Agreement and the Forest & Fish
Agreement, on the TFW Cultural Resources Roundtable, WDNR's Compliance Monitoring
Stakeholder Committee, and the TFW Policy Committee of the Adaptive Management Program.
He is a member of the Society of American Foresters, Washington Native Plant Society, and
Washington Farm Forestry Association and is a certified Tree Farmer Inspector for the
American Tree Farm Association.
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Figure 1. 2006 ESRI Google Earth imagery of Parcel #502291005 from Jefferson County Land
Records Mapping Application
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Figure 2. From left to right, low- (less than 1 -foot in height) to medium- to high -bank (25 -foot +
pillow basalt rock point) waterfront along 650± shoreline of Parcel #502291005. Also note the
dense forest stands down to the shoreline, particularly throughout the low- to moderate sections.
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Figure 3. 2006 Department of Ecology Coastal Atlas photo image (with approximate
boundaries of Parcel #502291005 shown in yellow). Note that there are no existing docks,
piers, jetties, groins, boat launch ramps, stairs, bulkheads, marinas or mooring buoys
encroaching into the 650+ feet of tidelands associated with Parcel #502291005. Also note the
anthropomorphic line of boulders strewn along the beach above the low tide line, unique to this
parcel.
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Mineral Resources
of +he Brinnon Area, Jefferson Coun+y, Washington
R.J. Carson
1976
EXPLANATION
- AREAS OF GRAVEL DEPOSITS OF PROBABLE ECONOMIC VALUE.
THICKER THAN S METERS. RELATIVELY FREE OF CLAY
AND IRON STAINING.
Z - AREAS OF BASALT OF POSSIBLE ECONOMIC VALUE FOR
ROAD- BUILDING AND RIPRAP WHERE THERE IS NO
STRONG WAVE ACTION.
- EXISTING PITS IN SAND AND GRAVEL DEPOSITS. SOME
ARE IN POOR QUALITY DEPOSITS AND ARE USED AS
SOURCES OF LANDFILL. A FEW HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED
AS AGGREGATE SOURCES. ALL ARE NOT CURRENTLY
IN USE.
4-o EXISTING BASALT QUARRIES. ALL ARE NOT CURRENTLY
IN USF-.
BOUNDARY OF MINERAL RESOURCE AREA.
Figure 4. 1976 record of the basalt quarry that existed within Parcel #502291005 but was not in
use at the date of publication (1976) of R. J. Carson's "Mineral Resources of the Brinnon Area,
Jefferson County, Washington" (Source: ger_ofr76-16_minera l_resources_brinnon_24k).
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Figure 6. Short sections of two of the three moderate gradient "push" roads or grades utilized
by bulldozers to push basalt rock products down to the shoreline and out into the tidelands for
loading onto scows / barges. Also notice talus both up- and down-slope from the grade in the
bottom photo
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rock pit faces scattered throughout the parcel; (bottom photo) example of loose but stable basalt
talus sidecast between the push grades or old quarry pit floors / benches.
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Figure 9. Evidence of basalt boulder / cobble fill previously pushed into the shoreline area
between basalt shoreline cliffs during the former rock quarry operations. Note also the dense
stand of Scotch broom growing in the open and as understory in the native mixed conifer -
hardwood forest just above OHWM.
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Figure 12. View showing the strikingly different intertidal substrates on Parcel #502291005 (the
owners' parcel and the left two-thirds of the photo image) and Parcel #502291007 (their
neighbors' parcel and the right one-third of the image). The photographer is standing five feet
inside of Parcel #502291005. Discarding the sold basalt rib (a seaward extension of the cliff
point in the center of the photo), one can clearly see the small, round cobble on the neighbors'
property (and extending to the rib) and the large, angular basalt boulders strewn about the
beach on Parcel #502291005.
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Figure 13. January 2016 Google Earth imagery showing the matrix of open grass- / moss -
covered rock outcrops and native mixed -conifer (Douglas -fir, western red cedar, western
hemlock) / hardwood (red alder, Pacific madrone, bigleaf maple, willow and cherry species)
forest cover vegetation that exists on Parcel #502291005, outside the proposed envelope of
development (single-family residence, driveway, visitor parking / turnaround area), shown
approximately in yellow.
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Figure 14. 1977 Department of Ecology Coastal Atlas photo image showing only small patches
of vegetation on Parcel #502291005, approximately one year after rock quarry operations
ceased prior to or by 1976. Photograph was taken looking southwest across McDaniel Cove.
Portions of Parcel #502291005 are clearly visible as the mostly cleared patch of land located on
the point of land below Highway 101 in the lower center of the photograph. See also Figure 15.
Also note jetty in McDaniel Cove.
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Figure 15. 1977 Department of Ecology Coastal Atlas photo image showing only small patches
of vegetation on Parcel #502291005, approximately one year after rock quarry operations
ceased prior to or by 1976. Photograph taken looking northwest, with Parcel #502291005 shown
as the mostly cleared patch of land located on the point of land below Highway 101, in the lower
left-hand corner of the photo. See also Figure 14. Also note jetty in McDaniel Cove.
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Figure 16. Thick stands of Scotch broom existed between the easement road into Parcel
#502291005 and McDaniel Cove prior to pulling and disposal.
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Figure 17. Looking down from edge of proposed single-family residence building envelope over
anthropomorphic rocky bald areas, toward top of 25' tall point at the east end of Parcel
#502291005 (center of photo). Note areas of dense Scotch broom and Himalayan blackberries
prior to pulling.
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Figure 18. Dense drift of Keys of Heaven plants along easement road within Parcels
#502291005 and 502294001.
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Figure 19. Thick mat of English ivy on top of the 25' tall point at the east end of Parcel
#502291005 above the mouth of McDaniel Cove. Note large piles of Scotch broom that covered
the entire top of the point prior to pulling.
Figure 20. Heavy concentrations of Scotch broom and Keys of Heaven plants growing within
the proposed visitor parking / turnaround area and the top of the proposed new driveway for
Parcel #502291005.
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prior to final treatment in vicinity of anthropomorphic rocky balds. Bottom image: Same areas
after treatment.
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the existing paved easement road. The red -flowering currant bush (the bush with yellow -green
foliage on the right edge of the pavement in the right of center portion of the photo) is located on
the centerline of the proposed new driveway where it leaves the pavement. The new driveway
will leave the existing easement road at the top of a vertical curve on the easement road and
traverse across the sideslope beyond the bush, climbing toward the single-family residence
building envelope, in the distance out of view in the upper right-hand corner of the photo.
Vegetation that will be removed during driveway clearing and construction will be native forest
trees (Douglas -fir and red alder), native understory shrubs (such as the red -flowering currant)
and non-native plants (Keys of Heaven and Himalayan blackberry).
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Figure 32. Section of pillow basalt cliff above the second-class tidelands near the eastern end
of Parcel #502291005. The height of the cliff above the beach is 25+ feet at the tip of the point
and gradually reduces in height east to west along the shoreline. See also the bottom photo in
Figure 28.
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Figure 33: Number of trees, by species and dbh*, currently growing within individual
proposed development areas within Parcel #502291005
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Total area (combined drivewav and single-familv residence building envelope
Total Totals 77 2 5 13 2 1 100
dbh*: diameter at breast height (4.5 feet)
Figure 34: Number of trees, by species and dbh*, within all proposed development areas
(combined) within Parcel #502291005
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Madrone
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Figure 34: Number of trees, by species and dbh*, within all proposed development areas
(combined) within Parcel #502291005
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Figure 35. Close-up view of seamed pillow basalt on face of the 25 -foot tall point at the eastern
end of Parcel #502291005.
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brush removal and rehabilitation plantings
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Maps
Vicinity photomap of Parcel #502291005: Yellow arrow point shows the
location of Parcel #502291005
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Map "A": Parcel #502291005 Site Plan Detail
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Map "B": Map showing two potential single-family residence building envelopes on Parcel
#502291005
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APPROXIMATE SHORELINE PER i U rG{ i nark h h w vJV m ark A P P roX J 1 nc ' coo rIx { +� N a+wra(
February 10, OWE 4EYER5 p.m. COUNTY PARCEL MAP
browing: BARNOWE—MEYER 502291005.DWG.DWG Novd- CAn0.1 Cans�,�auntc� shorGfinL De.sl�rn�,�-1o►1,J'
CREATIVE DESIGN SOLUTIONS, INC. 2017 �aral+tr� 1t"TIL
PARCEL 502291005 CREATIVE DESIGN SOLUTIONS
REVISION DATE SITE PLAN DETAIL 0 SCALE MAP 1� ,r � Septic System Designs, d Inspections
DRAWN BY: MICHAEL S. DEENEY
p Permits,
SHEET 1 OF 1 DATE: 2/10/17 FOR: STEVEN BARNOWE-MEYER P.O. BOX 2787, PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON 98382
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