Wetland mosaic definition

Wetland mosaic means an area with a concentration of multiple small wetlands, in which each patch of wetland is less than one acre; on average, patches are less than 100 feet from each other; and areas delineated as vegetated wetland are more than 50% of the total area of the entire mosaic, including uplands and open water.
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Wetland mosaic means an area with a concentration of multiple small wetlands, in which:
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Wetland mosaic meansthat where there are one or more wetlands in proximity to one another, each patch of wetland is less than one acre, each patch is less than 100 feet apart, on average, and the areas delineated as vegetated wetland are more than 50 percent of the total area of the wetlands and the uplands together, or wetlands, open water, and river bars.
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Examples of Wetland mosaic in a sentence

  • The exceptions to this are EVCs 257 (Plains Grassland / Plains Grassy Woodland / Gilgai Wetland mosaic) and 803 (Plains Woodland).

  • In accordance with this modification, the below works will be executed in 2019:• Wetland mosaic adjacent to the Clyde main wetland to provide for improved breeding habitat conditions of the GGBF; and,• Restoration works at the Clyde main wetland to provide for improved breeding and foraging habitat conditions of the GGBF.Refer to Appendix A.1 for a map depicting areas of GGBF habitat restoration works.

  • Wetland mosaic Assessment Area (AA).The circles are wetlands and the areas between them are upland.


More Definitions of Wetland mosaic

Wetland mosaic means an area with a concentration of multiple small wetlands, in which each patch of wetland is less than one acre; on average, patches are less than 100 feet from each other; and areas delineated as vegetated wetland are more than 50 percent of the total area of the entire mosaic, including uplands and open water.
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Wetland mosaic means an area with a concentration of multiple small wetlands, in which each patch of wetland is less than one acre; on average, patches are less than one hundred feet from each other; and areas delineated as vegetated wetland are more than fifty percent of the total area of the entire mosaic, including uplands and open water. (Ord. 1505 §2, 2017; Ord. 1449 §1, 2014; Ord. 1215 §2, 2003; Ord. 935 §4, 1992; Ord. 912 §1 Sec.
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Wetland mosaic means an area with a concentration of multiple small wetlands, in which each patch of wetland is less than one acre; on average, patches are less than one hundred
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Wetland mosaic means two or more wetlands that are less than one hundred feet apart such that within the outer boundaries of the area delineated as wetland and the associated upland between the wetlands more than fifty percent of the total area is comprised of wetlands and open water as defined by the OHWM.
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Related to Wetland mosaic

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