Primary habitats are those areas that are valuable to fish and wildlife and support a wide variety of species due to an undisturbed nature, diversity of plant species, and structure, presence of water, or size, location or seasonal importance and which meet any of the following qualifying criteria:

(1) The documented presence of species listed by the federal government or State of Washington as endangered, threatened, or sensitive.

WDFW, USFWS (NOAA)

(2) Those rivers identified as “Shorelines of the State” under the City of Pasco Shoreline Master Program, and streams within the shoreline jurisdiction.

Ecology

(3) Those wetlands identified as Category I Wetlands, as defined in this title.

PMC 28.16.030

Secondary Habitats

Secondary habitats are those which are valuable to wildlife and support a wide variety of species due to: an undisturbed nature, diversity of plant species, structure, presence of water, or size, location or seasonal importance but do not meet any of the qualifying criteria listed in items (1) through (3) in the Primary Habitats above.