The Final Report of the Puget Sound Wetlands and Stormwater Management Research Program, 1997. CRC Press - Wetland Publications Major studies and technical publications related to wetlands. Wetland Mitigation Banking A mitigation bank site is a property purchased and converted to a wetland by a public agency or utility to earn credits to compensate for wetland damage at another site, usually from development by other agencies, utilities, or private developers. See a summary of Mitigation Banking Rules . Amphibian Monitoring A volunteer program to survey springtime breeding of amphibians in wetlands throughout King County.
Surveys document the presence or absence of certain species of amphibians over time.
King County's Wetland Program receives EPA grant Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Project A capital improvement project to improve fish and wildlife habitat in Cedar River Wetland 79 near Maple Valley. This page describes a natural secondary treatment system that will rely on wetland plants and microbes to cleanse nutrient-rich wastewater, so the water can be reused. The Wetland Plant Cooperative is home to native wetland plants grown from local seed. The Cooperative provides wetland emergents, shrubs and trees to community groups and government doing wetland and stream restoration . Purple Loosestrife - a Threat to Wetlands Purple loosestrife is not native to this area, has no natural enemies and provides little or no habitat value to fish or wildlife.