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Neuse River Umbrella Mitigation Bank
DWQ #: 08- 0511v2
April 2013
Submitted to: Katie Merritt
NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality — Wetlands and Storm Water Branch
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 -1650 Phone: (919) 807 -6371; Fax: (919) 8076494
Submitted by: Jeff Becker
1004 Glencastle Way
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: (919) 215 -3899; Fax: (919) 859 -0911
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As- Built Report for LaGrange Bank Parcel
Greene Environmental Services, LLC
Neuse River Umbrella Mitigation Bank
DWQ#: 08-051 1v2 April 2013
Introduction and Background
Greene Environmental Services, LLC (GES) of Snow Hill, North Carolina added the LaGrange
site to the GES Neuse River Basin Umbrella Mitigation Bank. The LaGrange site (bank parcel)
is located at the southwest intersection of NC 903 and Old Jason Road (SR 1501), north of
LaGrange, in Lenoir County, North Carolina (Figures 1 and 2). The purpose of the nutrient
mitigation bank is to improve water quality within the Neuse River Basin by reducing nutrient
and sediment inputs to the watershed and provide off -site mitigation for development requiring
nutrient offsets.
The bank parcel is located within the Middle Neuse Watershed (HUC: 03020202). The site
drains to Meeting House Branch (Stream Index # 27- 72 -3), which drains into Bear Creek
(Stream Index # 27- 72- (0.1)), a major tributary to the Neuse River. According to the NC
Division of Water Quality Basinwide Information Management System, Meeting House Branch
is classified as C; Sw, NSW. The regional landscape and lands in the vicinity of the parcel is
largely in row crop agricultural production (Figure 3) with soils that are moderately to poorly
drained and heavily ditched for improved drainage (Figures 4 and 5).
The bank parcel is approximately 3.39 acres, including 0.87 acres of riparian buffer and 2.52
acres of nutrient offset buffer restoration (Figure 6). This bank parcel was established under the
terms and conditions of the GES Neuse River Basin Umbrella Mitigation Bank made and entered
into by Mr. Bobby Ham of Greene Environmental Services, LLC, acting as the Bank Sponsor
and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources — Division of Water
Quality which was signed by the Division Director on October 3, 2008.
The bank parcel was previous agricultural cropland and was planted with character species
during March of 2010. During the planting process, Eric Kulz and Lia Gilleski of DWQ visited
the site and determined that it was suitable for nutrient offset mitigation.
Plantings and Monitoring Plot Implementation
The LaGrange parcel was initially planted with character trees in 2010 and 2011 at a rate of 413
seedlings per acre (Table 1). Supplemental planting were done in 2012 at a rate of 108 seedlings
per acre and in 2013 at a rate of 103 seedlings per acre. Thus prior to the submission of this first
annual monitoring report a total of 2115 seedlings at a rate of 624 seedlings per acre had been
planted on the 3.39 -acre parcel.
The suite of tree species selected for the LaGrange Parcel should be well - adapted or tolerant to
the soil and drainage conditions throughout the site. Most of the northern two thirds of the site is
poorly drained Pantego loam with a moderately well drained, Craven fine sandy loam at portion
at the southeastern third of the parcel. Areas with poorly drained soils and microtopography
were planted chiefly with bald cypress, pond cypress, river birch, green ash, blackgum,
sycamore, and cherrynbark oak. Better drained sites and microtopgraphic sites were planted
chiefly with persimmon, white oak, turkey oak, live oak and yellow poplar.
Two monitoring plots were established on the parcel using CVS protocols (igure 7). Plot LAG
is located at Latitude: 35.341362, Longitude: - 77.790192. Plot LAG 2 is located at Latitude:
35.341338, Longitude: - 77.790193 and is entirely within the 50 -foot riparian buffer zone.
Although twelve tree species were planted in the 3.39 -acre parcel, only six species were
represented within the two monitoring plots. These species were: river birch, black gum,
sycamore, cherrybark oak, bald cypress and pond cypress (Table 2). In table 2, both species of
cypress seedlings were combined but stem densities will be analyzed separately in subsequent
reports as leaf characteristics develop and allow distinguishing between the two species. Stem
densities for all species was 809 stems per acre in each plot, thus an average or 809 stems per
acre overall. The two cypress species had the greatest density and averaged 344 stems per acre
while cherrybark oak and sycamore were the least dense with 81 stems per acre for each species.
A loblolly pine and numerous red maple seedlings, volunteer and planted, were found in each
plot but were not included in the character tree analysis.
Overall Condition
Vegetation establishment and growth has been good at the LaGrange parcel. Growing
conditions, e.g, adequate rainfall, length of growing season and fertile soils, have been
advantageous since the initial plantings were undertaken. The height of some seedlings,
especially river birch, planted in 2010, now exceeds 3 m with diameters (dbh) of 8 -10 cm. Other
species exhibit slower growth but are performing as expected. Browsing by deer has been
moderately problematic for seedlings in exposed areas and especially problematic for green ash
seedlings. There has been some evidence of depredation by rabbits and possibly beavers and
other rodents. Annual, herbaceous weed growth has been excessive; this would expectedly result
in above -ground and below -ground competition with planted seedlings. However, the weeds
likely afford the seedlings some greater advantage by protecting them from browsing deer. In an
effort to control rabbit and rodent populations, two 15 -foot tall hawk perches were installed on
the site.
Table 1. LaGrange Tract. Approximate number of seedlings planted 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
on 3.39 acre tract. As -Built Report. April 2013, Greene Environmental Services, LLC.
Planted
Planted
Planted
February/
Species
Common Name
April 2013
January
March
Totals
2012
2010 and
2011
Betula niRra
River birch
50
50
400
450
Diospyros
Persimmon
0
25
0
25
vir iniana
Fraxinus
Green ash
0
0
200
200
enn Ivanica
Liriodendron
yellow poplar
0
20
0
20
tul i i era
N ssa sylvatica
Blackgum
0
30
200
230
Platanus
Sycamore
0
120
0
120
occidental is
uercus alba
White oak
0
25
0
25
uercus laevis
Turkey oak
0
25
0
25
ercus pagoda
Cherrybark oak
0
0
200
200
Quercus
Live oak
0
45
0
45
vir iniana
Taxodium
Bald cypress
100
25
400
425
distichum
Taxodium
ascendens
pond cypress
200
0
0
200
Total Seedlings Planted
350
365
1400
2115
Average Number Seedlings Planted
per Acre
103
108
413
624
Table 2. Stem density in 100 m2 monitoring plots at LaGrange Parcel. As -Built Report. April
2013, Greene Environmental Services, LLC.
Plot LAG -1
Plot LAG -2
Plot Averages
Species
Common
Number
Stems
Number
Stems
Number
Stems
Name
Stems
per acre
Stems
per acre
Stems
per acre
Betula
River birch
2
81
5
202
3.5
141
nigra
Nyssa
Black gum
3
121
5
202
4
162
sylvatica
Platanus
Sycamore
y
2
81
2
81
2
81
occidentalis
Quercus
Cherrybark
2
81
2
81
2
81
pagoda
Oak
Taxodium
Bald or
Pond
11
445
6
243
8.5
344
SPA
Cypress
Totals for Planted
20
809
20
809
20
809
Species
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D.B. 1597, Pg. 114
P.C. 12, Pg. 99
109,581.98 sq, ft.
Nutrient Offset Area
W 7542'31*E 174.73'
N 5522'41'E 58.15'
N 51 2300'37W 117.71"
N 7530'29'W 130.57' 'W 136.24'
N 6938'55W 124.01'
6619'08""W 36.54'
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Neuse Buffer Area: 37,939.70 sq. ft. (0.87 acres)
Nutrient Offset Area: 109,581.98 sq. ft. (2.52 acres)
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Snow Hill. NC 28580
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