20201942 Ver 2_Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel - Site Walk Request Memo_20230215

WILDLANDS
ENGINEERING
February 10, 2023
CREDIT RELEASE REQUEST FORM
To: NCDEQ-DWR Nutrient Offset & Buffer Banking Coordinator
From: Kaitlyn Hogarth (khogarth(cr�,wildlandseng cam, 540-907-9432)
Through: Wildlands Holdings III, LLC
We formally request a credit release for the Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel (2020-1942v2) for
completion of Task 2 per the approved credit release schedule, which is included in the Attachments
with this request. The following documents have been submitted to NCDWR for Task 2 and are
pending review: Request for Site Walk Memorandum.
Credits requested for release are detailed below:
Credit Type
% Release
Credit Amount
Notes/Comments
include Units
Buffer Restoration
20%
83,718.600 ft2
0.20 x 418,593.000 ft2 =
83,718.600 ft2
Buffer Preservation
20%
213.221 ft2
0.20 x 1,066.103 ft2 =
213.221 ft2
Buffer Enhancement
Generated Nitrogen Nutrient
20%
5,435.001 lbs. N
0.20 x 27,175.007 lbs. N =
Offset
5,435.001 lbs. N
Delivered Nitrogen Nutrient
Offset (Jordan sites only)
Generated Phosphorus Nutrient
Offset
Delivered Phosphorus Nutrient
Offset Jordan sites only)
Signature: �{�,,1i ��o�►,a`c,
Attachments:
1) BPDP approved Project Credit Table
2) UMBI approved Credit Release Schedule

BPDP approved Project Credit Table
Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel
Bank Parcel Development Package
Neuse 03020201- Outside Falls Lake
Project Area
N Credit Conversion Ratio (ft2/pound)
P Credit Conversion Ratio (ft2/pound)
19.16394
N/A
Subject?
(enter NO
Min -Max
Total
Initial
Final
Riparian
Convertible
Delivered
Delivered
Feature
Mitigation
Total Area
(Creditable)
Credit
%Full
Credit
Convertible
Nutrient
Nutrient
Credit Type
Location
if
Type
Activity
Buffer Width
Feature Name
(sf)
Area of Buffer
Ratio
Credit
Ratio
to Riparian
Buffer
to Nutrient
Offset: N
Offset: P
ephemeral
(ft)
Credits
Offset>
1)
Mitigation (sf)
(x:1)
(x:1)
Buffer?
(Ibs)
(Ibs)
or ditch
Buffer
Rural
Yes
I / P
Restoration
0-30
UT4
12,626
12,626
1
100%
1.00000
Yes
12,626.000
No
—
—
Buffer
Rural
Yes
I / P
Restoration
0-100
UT1, UT3,
405,967
405,967
1
100%
1.00000
Yes
405,967.000
Yes
21,183.901
—
UT4
Nutrient
Rural
Yes
I / P
Restoration
101-200
UT1, UT2, UT3,
272,691
1
33%
No
—
Yes
14,229.391
—
Offset
UT4
Nutrient
Ditch A, Ditch B,
Rural
No
Ditch
Restoration
0-200
248,089
1
100%
No
—
Yes
12,945.616
—
Offset
Ditch C
Diffuse Flow
Buffer
Rural
No
Ditch
Restoration
3,079
1
100%
No
—
No
—
—
Deductions
Totals (ft2):
942,452
418,593
418,593.000 48,358.907 0.000
421,672
418,593
Total Buffer (ft2):
Total Nutrient Offset (ft2):
520,780
N/A
Total Ephemeral Area (ft2) for Credit: 0 0
Total Eligible Ephemeral Area (ft2): 108,333 0.0%
Eligible for Preservation (ft2): 140,557 2.1%
Ephemeral Reaches as %TABM
Preservation as %TABM
Total
Initial
Final
Feature
Mitigation
Min -Max
Total Area
(Creditable)
Credit
%Full
Credit
Riparian
Credit Type
Location
Subject?
Type
Activity
Buffer Width
Feature Name
(sf)
Area for Buffer
Ratio
Credit
Ratio
Buffer
(ft)
Credits
Mitigation (sf)
(x:1)
(x:1)
Rural
Yes
I / P
Preservation
0-100
UT1
10,169
10,169
10
100%
10.00000
1,016.900
Rural
Yes
I / P
Preservation
101-200
UT1
1,491
1,491
10
33%
30.30303
49.203
Preservation Area Subtotals (ft2): I 11,660 I 11,660
TOTAL AREA OF BUFFER
MITIGATION (TABM)
Mitigation Totals
Square Feet
Credits
Restoration:
418,593
418,593.000
Enhancement:
0
0.000
Preservation:
11,660
1,066.103
Total Riparian Buffer:
430,253
419,659.103
TOTAL NUTRIENT OFFSET MITIGATION
Mitigation Totals
Square Feet
Credits
Nutrient
Offset:
Nitrogen:
520,780
27,175.007
Phosphorus:
0.000

UMBI approved Credit Release Schedule
Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel
Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument
Table 3.0 - Credit Release Schedule for Riparian Buffer Credits and Nutrient Offset Credits
Credit
Task
Project Milestone
Available for Sale
Instrument and BPDP Approved by DWR, Conservation Easement
1
Recorded*, and Financial Assurance Posted
20
All mitigation activities including riparian earthwork, Planting and
Installation of Monitoring Devices Completed; easement boundaries
2
adequately marked, and all applicable permits obtained, site visit
20
performed by DWR
Monitoring Financial Assurance Posted and Approval of As -Built
3
Report
10
Monitoring Report #1: Approved by the DWR** & financial
4
assurance renewed
10
Monitoring Report #2: Approved by the DWR** & financial
5
assurance renewed
10
Monitoring Report #3: Approved by the DWR** & financial
6
assurance renewed
10
Item B (1) of Section X in this Instrument has been completed and
7
approved by DWR
5
No remaining credits will be released until Task 7 has been satisfied, assigning the conversation
easement to an approved land trust or long-term steward.
Monitoring Report #4: Approved by the DWR** & financial
8
assurance renewed
5
Monitoring Report #5: Approved by the DWR** and final site visit by
9
DWR has been conducted
10
Total
100%
* For specification, please see Section V in this Instrument
** DWR Approval provided upon a determination that the site is meeting performance
standards contained within the approved BPDP

Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel — Memo
WILDLANDS
ENGINEERING
MEMORANDUM
TO: Katie Merritt, Nutrient Offset & Buffer Banking Coordinator
FROM: Andrea Eckardt, Project Manager
Kaitlyn Hogarth, Environmental Scientist
DATE: February 10, 2023
RE: Request for Site Visit
MBI Task 2 Site Walk
COX POND MITIGATION BANK PARCEL- Mount Olive, NC
The Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel (Parcel) is in Wayne County approximately two and a half miles
northwest of Mount Olive, North Carolina. The Parcel was restored to provide ecological and water
quality enhancements to the Neuse River Basin by restoring the riparian buffer along four unnamed
tributaries (UT1, UT2, UT3, and UT4), and three ditches (Ditches A, B, and C). The Parcel creates a
protected riparian area from top of bank to a minimum of 30 feet along streams, or 50 feet along
ditches, to a maximum of 200 feet. Prior to mitigation activities most of the Parcel was used to produce
row crops, with small, forested areas at the downstream end of UT1 and UT2. Tables 1 and 2 contain
project overview and credit applicability information.
Table 1. Project Overview
Project Name
Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel
Hydrologic Unit Code
03020201170050
River Basin
Neuse (Excluding Falls Lake)
Geographic Location (Lat, Long)
35.2376274,-78.0826601
Site Protection Instrument
Cabinet P Slide 64-A
Total Credits
419,659.103 ftz buffer mitigation credits; 27,175.007 lbs. N
Types of Credits
Riparian Buffer and Nutrient Offset
BPDP Date
March 2022
Initial Planting Date
January 2023
Baseline Report Date
February 2023
MY1 Report Date
December 2023
MY2 Report Date
December 2024
MY3 Report Date
December 2025
MY4 Report Date
December 2026
MY5 Report Date
December 2027
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Table 2. Credit Viability
Feature Name
Classification
Buffer Credit Viable
Nutrient Offset Viable
(BPDP)
Yes
UT1
Stream
Yes
(non -forested areas only)
Yes
UT2
Stream
Yes
(non -forested areas only)
UT3
Stream
Yes
Yes
UT4
Stream
Yes
Yes
Ditch A
Ditch
No
Yes
Ditch
Ditch B
No
Yes
>3' depth
Ditch
Ditch C
No
Yes
>3' depth
Approximately 23.5 acres are protected under the conservation easement, the mitigation approach for
21.6 acres is riparian restoration. Of that 21.6 acres of restoration, 9.6 acres are proposed for buffer
mitigation credit and 12.0 acres are proposed for nutrient offset credit. Buffer preservation credits are
also proposed on 0.27 acres within the conservation easement. The Buffer Interpretation/Clarification
Memo #2008-019 applies to Ditches B and C where maintenance of diffuse flow into the easement is
unattainable. A total of 0.07 acres (or 3,079 square feet) have been removed from the creditable area
around these ditches. Other areas within the conservation easement where no credit is claimed include
areas which are over 200 feet from top of bank, the project feature channels, and the area which is less
than 50 feet from top of bank along Ditch C.
The land use within 200 feet from top of bank of the project features had been maintained and cleared
for row crop cultivation prior to restoration activities, except for the pond that was filled prior to the
BPDP near the confluence of UT1 and UT3 and a small, forested area along UT1. Bare root trees were
planted using a dibble bar at a spacing of 7 feet by 12 feet, which resulted in a stem density of 561 stems
per acre. Soils in the project area were disked and planted with wheat and oats by the landowner as
temporary cover and soil stabilization for the winter. Three erosion areas along UT1 were stabilized by
live staking banks and in one case grading the bank by hand to reduce the slope before live stakes were
planted. The sides of a large erosional hole on the southeast bank of UT2 were graded by hand, straw
bales were installed around the edge to diffuse overland flow, and live stakes were planted in the
graded slope. Erosional areas on the northeast bank of Ditch C and UT3 were stabilized by installing
straw bales to divert overland flow or live staking banks that were bare of vegetation. A temporary seed
mix and pollinator blend was spread around all areas of bank stabilization. Table 3 includes a list of tree
species planted along with their density and composition at planting.
Table 3. Tree Species Selected for Planting
Species
Common Name
Number Planted
% of Total
Betula nigra
River Birch
1,826 (84 stems/acre)
15%
Platanus occidentalis
Sycamore
1,826 (84 stems/acre)
15%
Acer negundo
Boxelder
1,218 (56 stems/acre)
10%
Diospyros virginiana
Common Persimmon
11218 (56 stems/acre)
10%
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Species
Common Name
Number Planted
% of Total
Populus deltoides
Eastern Cottonwood
1,218 (56 stems/acre)
10%
Quercus michauxii
Swamp Chestnut Oak
1,218 (56 stems/acre)
10%
Quercus pagoda
Cherrybark Oak
1,218 (56 stems/acre)
10%
Celtis laevigata
Sugarberry
609 (28 stems/acre)
5%
Magnolia virginiana
Sweetbay
609 (28 stems/acre)
5%
Prunus serotina
Black Cherry
609 (28 stems/acre)
5%
Ulmus americana
American Elm
609 (28 stems/acre)
5%
Easement boundaries have been identified in the field to ensure clear distinction between the Parcel
and adjacent properties. Boundaries are identified by 6 foot "t posts" with attached easement placards.
Signage along the outer perimeter of the Parcel has been placed at 100-foot intervals.
Attachments:
Credit Service Area Map
Monitoring Map
Vegetation Plot Photographs
Erosion Stabilization Photographs
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Credit Service Area Map
Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel
Site Walk Request Memo
Neuse River Basin (03020201)
Wayne County, NC

Project Location
Bank Parcel Conservation Easement
Vegetation Plot
Existing Utility Easement
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VEGETATION PLOT PHOTOGRAPHS

VEG PLOT 1(112612023) I VEG PLOT 2 (112612023)
VEG PLOT 3 (112612023) 1 VEG PLOT 4 (112612023) 1
VEG PLOT 5 (112612023)
VEG PLOT 6 (112612023)
Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel
Site Walk Request Memo —Vegetation Plot Photographs

VEG PLOT 7 (112612023) VEG PLOT 8 (112612023)
VEG PLOT 9 (112612023)
VEG PLOT 11 (112612023)
VEG PLOT 10 (112612023)
VEG PLOT 12 (112612023)
Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel
Site Walk Request Memo —Vegetation Plot Photographs

VEG PLOT 13 (112612023) 1 VEG PLOT 14 (112612023) 1
VEG PLOT 15 (112612023) VEG PLOT 16 (112612023) 1
VEG PLOT 17 (112612023)
VEG PLOT 18 (112612023)
Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel
Site Walk Request Memo —Vegetation Plot Photographs

EROSION STABILIZATION PHOTOGRAPHS

` Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel
'�+ Site Walk Request Memo — Erosion Stabilization Photographs

UT3 - Bank stabilization via live staking (112612023)
Ditch C — Erosion reduction via overland flow diversion & live staking (112612023)
Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel
Site Walk Request Memo — Erosion Stabilization Photographs