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Re comments (Randleman Resei voir)
Subject: Re: comments (Randleman Reservoir)
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 10:23:53 -0400
From: Steven Kroeger <steve kroeger @ncmall net>
To: Jeff Jurek <jeffjurek @ncmall.net>
CC: Jennifer Frye <Jennifer.Frye @ncmatl.net >, Peter Colwell <Peter.Colwell @ncmatl.net>
Jeff --
Thanks for your comments. I would like to have the copies of the plans
back, since they are the only ones I had (I can stop by and get them). I
had hoped the water authority would have provided a set for you, and in the
future this will be the case. The three plans you reviewed are only a few
developed for this pr03ect -- more are expected.
Jeff Jurek wrote:
> Steve, I have gone over the three mitigation plans for Randleman
> reservoir; Edgar, Bob, and Sophia Branches. One thing I notice is that
> they are basically the same. Below are comments for all three:
> 1) These projects are being done for mitigation .itself, not to produce a
> good restoration pro3ect. All three address incised streams, which need
> to be restored (there are no pictures; there needs to be). We suggest
> they redo the plans to restore streams naturally and then monitor to see
> how much wetlands they get.
> 2) There are too many structures involved in all three plans. This is a
> long -term maintenance nightmare. The structures are being over -used to
> get as much wetland as possible, instead of a more natural approach.
> 3) Chewacla Soils -this is creation, not restoration. These systems were
> terrace systems with wetlands sporadically found in the bottomlands.
> They are creating a swamp, not a bottomland hardwood.
> 4) The success criteria for hydrology being proposed is not acceptable
> (5 -12.59 of growing season). This denotes that there is wetland
> hydrology, not that there is the proper hydrology They need to find
> references, monitor these references, and then restore these systems to
> match the reference systems. They need to take into account overbank
> flooding (duration and frequency). They do not address the replacement
> function very well in any of these plans.
Steve Kroeger <steve.kroeger @ncmatl.net>
NC Division of Water Quality
Wetlands Unit
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