Ordinance No._____- 2012 AN ORDINANCE ... - San Juan County

Table 3.12
Additional Protection Requirements and Recommendations for Specific Animals
Page 47 of 56
Ord. ____-2012
Species Habitat Description Protection Requirements (required unless
noted as a recommendation)
(For additional information see
http://wdfw.wa.gov/hab/phslist.htm)
Amphibians
Sharp-tailed
Snake
Western toad
Birds
American dipper
Black
Oystercatcher
Chipping sparrow
Common
nighthawk
Relatively open, moist, woodlands,
particularly near streams and secluded,
south facing, rocky slopes. They spend
most of the time under rocks and rotting
woody material. Primary food source is
slugs. Use communal egg laying sites in
cracks between rocks, underground or
in clumps of grass roots.
Live near springs, streams, meadows
and woodlands, especially those within
approximately 500 meters of ponds or
wetlands. Feed on insects. Preferred
breeding sites are water bodies with
with shallow, sandy bottoms. After
breeding they disperse into terrestrial
habitats such as forests and grasslands,
preferring damp conditions. Spend
much time underground, often in small
mammal burrows, beneath logs, and
within rock crevices. Hibernate in
burrows over the winter.
Shorelines of perennial streams and
lakes and ephemeral streams that flow
into them.
These birds nest on the ground above
the rocky intertidal zone in areas
without predatory mammals.
Savannas, orchards, low-density
residential areas.
Rocky balds and flat areas with minimal
vegetation
In areas with sharp tailed snakes:
●Prevent soil-disturbing activities.
●Retain rocks and down wood.
●Avoid predation by domestic cats.
In areas with western toads:
●Establish wetland buffers based on a Water
Quality-Sensitivity Rating of “High” and a
Habitat Importance-Sensitivity Rating of
“High”. Protect buffers in accordance with
SJCC 18.30.150. Protect wetlands and their
buffers.
●Prevent soil-disturbing activities.
●Prevent pollution of runoff.
●Retain rocks and down wood.
●Avoid or minimize the introduction of aquatic
predators (e.g. fish) into ponds and lakes.
●Prevent disturbance of active nesting areas
during the spring.
●Maintain perennial flow in all streams
currently with perennial flow.
●Maintain buffers along streams and lakes.
●Maintain forage fish populations and protect
kelp and eelgrass beds in conformance with the
Unified Development this cCode.
●Discourage human presence near active
nesting areas during the spring.
●Prevent disturbance of active nesting areas
during the spring.
●Maintain mix of open land and wooded areas.
●Prevent disturbance of active nesting areas
during the spring.
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