Please see revised date for date that Pierce County aquired this data.

This theme is used as an indicator for the Critical Areas Ordinance (Ord. 2004-56s, Part 4) Indication found in fields from environmental themes from Pierce County, and aquired from various outside agencies; Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Health and the DNR. See Attribute detail for Definition and Source of data. Many land use activities can impact the habitats of fish and wildlife. Special care must be taken in the management of lands that support critical fish and wildlife species to ensure that development occurs in a manner that is sensitive to their habitat needs. Potential regulated fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas are those areas where the suspected presence of regulated fish or wildlife species is sufficient to require fish or wildlife habitat conservation area review. They are determined using the following criteria: 1. Habitat area. (includes but is not limited to breeding habitat, winter ranges, movement corridors, kelp and eelgrass beds, commercial and recreational shellfish areas, oak woodlands, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, etc.) plus the adjacent 165 feet surrounding the habitat area. Note: the 165 foot distance around rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds shall be measured from the ordinary high water mark. 2. Point locations (including but not limited to nests, dens, rookeries, etc.) plus the adjacent 800 feet surrounding the point location. 3. Bald eagle foraging areas (1/2 mile from the nest in either direction along the shoreline and 250 feet landward measured from the ordinary high water mark). (Ord. 2004-56s Part 4 ). See the cross-reference section in this metadata for details Pertaining to Development Regulations - Critical Areas (Title 18E) This polygon feature class is the consolidation of data from numerous state and local agencies.