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FINAL
Bear Basin Wetland Restoration Site
Onslow County, North Carolina
DMS Contract 004741
DMS Project Number 95362
Submitted to:
NCDENR Division of Mitigation Services
NCDMS, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652
Monitoring Data Collected: May 2015
Date Submitted: July 2015
Bear Basin Wetland Restoration Site KCI Associates of NC, PA
DMS Contract # 004741 Final Baseline Monitoring Document
Monitoring and Design Firm
Prepared by:
KCI Associates of North Carolina, PC
4601 Six Forks Rd, Suite 220
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 783-9214
Project Contact: Adam Spiller
Email: adam.spiller@kci.com
KCI Project No: 20122265
July 2015
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 PROJECT GOALS, BACKGROUND, AND ATTRIBUTES ................................................ 1
1.1 Location and Setting ................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Project Goals and Objectives ..................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Project Structure, Restoration Type and Approach ................................................................ 1
1.3.1 Project Structure ......................................................................................................................... 1
1.3.2 Project Restoration Type and Approach .................................................................................. 2
1.4 Project History, Contacts and Attribute Data .......................................................................... 2
2.0 SUCCESS CRITERIA ...................................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Wetland Hydrology ..................................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Wetland Vegetation .................................................................................................................... 3
3.0 MONITORING PLAN ..................................................................................................................... 3
3.1 Wetland Hydrology ..................................................................................................................... 4
3.2 Wetland Vegetation .................................................................................................................... 4
3.3 Digital Photos .............................................................................................................................. 4
3.4 Watershed Conditions ................................................................................................................ 4
3.5 Monitoring Guidelines ................................................................................................................ 5
3.6 Maintenance and Contingency .................................................................................................. 5
4.0 BASELINE CONDITIONS .............................................................................................................. 6
5.0 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. 6
Appendix A – General Tables and Figures
Figure 1. Project Site Vicinity Map
Figure 2. Mitigation Plan View
Table 1. Project Components and Mitigation Credits
Figure 3. Monitoring Plan View
Figure 4. Project Site Reference Wetland
Table 2. Project Activity and Reporting History
Table 3. Project Contacts
Table 4. Project Information
Appendix B – Baseline Data
Table 5. CVS Stem Count Total and Planted by Plot and Species
Vegetation Monitoring Plot Photos
Photo Reference Points
Appendix C – As-Built Plan Sheets
As-Built Plan Sheets
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Bear Basin Wetland Restoration Site, (BBWRS) completed in February 2015, restored 8.6 acres of
non-riparian wetland along with 1.9 acre of upland preservation. The BBWRS is non-riparian wetland
system in the White Oak River Basin (03030001 8-digit HUC) in northern Onslow County, North Carolina
that had been substantially modified to maximize agricultural production. The completed project offers the
chance to restore impacted agricultural lands to non-riparian wetland habitat. The project is located in the
14-digit HUC 03030001010010 (Upper New River), which the DMS has identified as a Targeted Local
Watershed (TLW) (NCDENR, EEP 2010).
The project site is protected by an 11.9-acre permanent conservation easement held by the State of North
Carolina. BBWRS is located on a single parcel located off of Jesse Williams Road approximately five miles
west of Richlands, North Carolina. The site’s 32.7-acre watershed is characterized by 44% agriculture, and
51% forest. The project site is bounded by Jesse Williams Road to the north, a ditch along the property line
to the west and south, and agricultural land to the east. Prior to construction, the site was actively used for
row-crop farming.
The White Oak River Basin Restoration Priorities identified poor riparian zones and fragmented forests as
major stressors within the BBWRS’s 14-digit HUC (NCDENR EEP, 2010). The project goals for BBWRS
are in line with the basin priorities and include the following:
- Protect and improve water quality by reducing sediment and nutrient inputs
- Protect watersheds draining into shellfish harvesting waters
- Provide habitat for aquatic flora and fauna by improving physical structure and vegetative
composition
- Increase the local hydroperiod by encouraging both surface and subsurface storage and retention
- Restore and establish a functional wetland community
The project goals will be addressed through the following objectives:
- Fill field ditches to restore surface flow retention and elevate local groundwater levels
- Redevelop longer wetland flow patterns to increase surface flow retention time
- Restore a wetland vegetation community through maintenance and germination of existing wetland
seed stores, planting of wetland trees and shrubs, and incorporation of a custom wetland seed mix
Project construction was completed in February 2015. The wetland was constructed as designed with no
deviation from the design plan during construction.
The monitoring components were installed in March and April 2015. Twenty groundwater monitoring
gauges were installed to evaluate the attainment of jurisdictional wetland hydrology. To determine the
success of the planted mitigation area, seven permanent vegetation monitoring plots were established
according to the CVS-EEP Level 1 protocol. Six permanent photo points have been established to be taken
annually. The site will be monitored for seven years or until the success criteria are achieved. Reports will
be submitted to the DMS each year. The first year of monitoring will take place in 2015.
The planted wetland must meet the success criteria of a site average of 320 stems/acre after three years, 288
stems/acre after four years, 260 stems/acre after five years, and 210 stems/acre after seven years to be
considered successful. The baseline monitoring counted an average of 763 stems/acre in the 7 vegetation
monitoring plots
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Wetland hydrology will be monitored with a series of automatic gauges that record water table depth. To
meet the success criterion, the upper 12 inches of the soil profile must have continuously saturated or
inundated conditions for at least 8% of the growing season with a 50% probability of reoccurrence during
normal weather conditions. Due to the inherent variability in the site’s soils and associated drainage
characteristics, it is unlikely that the project will exhibit uniform hydrologic conditions across the site,
making a single hydrologic performance criterion unrepresentative of the site’s performance. As such, the
gauge data can be evaluated and presented as a spatial average with each gauge representing the area half
the distance to adjacent gauges. The spatial average will be the calculated value for comparison with the
performance standard for credit validation. Gauges representing areas not achieving a minimum of 6.5%
saturation will be considered non-attaining even if the spatial average exceeds the credit validation
performance standard.
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1.0 PROJECT GOALS, BACKGROUND, AND ATTRIBUTES
1.1 Location and Setting
The North Carolina Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) has completed restoration of 8.6 acres of non-
riparian wetlands at the Bear Basin Wetland Restoration Site (BBWRS) to assist in fulfilling wetland
mitigation goals in the area. The project site, which is protected by an 11.9-acre permanent conservation
easement held by the State of North Carolina, is situated in Onslow County in the Carolina Flatwoods
(Level IV 63h) ecoregion of the Coastal Plain physiographic province. The site is located on a single parcel
located off of Jesse Williams Road, approximately five miles west of Richlands, North Carolina (Figure 1,
Appendix A). The Site is within the 03030001 White Oak River Watershed Cataloging Unit (8-digit HUC)
and the 03030001010010 Upper New River Local Watershed Unit (14-digit HUC) which has been
identified as a Targeted Local Watershed (NCDENR, EEP 2010). The White Oak River Basin is
experiencing increased habitat alteration due to population growth from Jacksonville and its surrounding
metropolitan area. The BBWRS Project was identified as a wetland opportunity to improve habitat within
the TLW.
1.2 Project Goals and Objectives
The project goals address stressors identified in the TLW and include the following:
- Protect and improve water quality by reducing sediment and nutrient inputs
- Protect watersheds draining into shellfish harvesting waters
- Provide habitat for aquatic flora and fauna by improving physical structure and vegetative
composition
- Increase the local hydroperiod by encouraging both surface and subsurface storage and retention
- Restore and establish a functional wetland community
The project goals will be addressed through the following project objectives:
- Fill field ditches to restore surface flow retention and elevate local groundwater levels
- Redevelop longer wetland flow patterns to increase surface flow retention time
- Restore a wetland vegetation community through maintenance and germination of existing
wetland seed stores, planting of wetland trees and shrubs, and incorporation of a custom wetland
seed mix
1.3 Project Structure, Restoration Type and Approach
1.3.1 Project Structure
The mitigation work included approximately 8.6 acres of non-riparian wetland restoration and 1.9 acres of
upland preservation for a total of 8.6 Wetland Mitigation Units as shown in Figure 2 and described in Table
1 in Appendix A. Planting occurred within the 11.9-acre conservation easement. The target natural
community consists of Hardwood Flats Community (NCWAM, v. 4.1 2010). A portion of the site, along
the boundary ditches that are to remain open is not credit bearing, but will be monitored to determine if it
attains the wetland hydrology criteria. This area is described later in this document and depicted in the site
maps.
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1.3.2 Project Restoration Type and Approach
Prior to construction, the site had a long history of hydrologic modification in order to allow for farming to
take place on the property. The site is located on a generally flat piece of land that is not within a geomorphic
floodplain or topographic crenulation or contiguous to a body of water. Two interior ditches existed on the
BBWRS that drained the site in a southeastern direction and discharged into a perimeter ditch that carried
water in a northeasterly direction and eventually discharged into an unnamed tributary to the New River.
The ditch networks were originally installed at the site to quickly remove surface inputs and to lower the
water table during the growing season.
The modifications at the BBWRS focused on restoring an integrated wetland ecosystem that will buffer and
support the Upper New River basin. Restoration actions focused on reestablishing an appropriate wetland
hydroperiod by filling ditches, surface roughening, and planting the site with appropriate vegetation. A
detailed topographic survey was used to design slight grading modifications to redirect and lengthen
overland flow paths in order to retain and treat surface hydrology longer. Surface roughness variations were
installed throughout the BBWRS to alleviate soil compaction and to enhance surface water storage.
A suitable reference wetland was found approximately 0.15 mile northeast of the BBWRS. The reference
wetland is comprised of deciduous hardwoods over a shrub layer with broad -leaved evergreens and is
consistent with the Hardwood Flats Community that will be the primary wetland type at the project site. A
groundwater monitoring well has been installed to document the reference wetland hydrology during the
course of monitoring.
1.4 Project History, Contacts and Attribute Data
The project was first identified for restoration by KCI Associates of NC as a full-delivery mitigation project
for DMS. The planning for this project began in 2012 with the final mitigation plan completed in July 2014.
Construction began in November 2014 and site construction was completed in December 2014. BBWRS
was planted in late February 2015. Completed project activities, reporting history, completion dates, project
contacts, and background information are summarized in Tables 2-4 (Appendix A).
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2.0 SUCCESS CRITERIA
The BBWRS will be monitored to determine if the project is on-track to meeting jurisdictional wetland
status. The wetland restoration area will be deemed successful once hydrology is established and vegetation
success criteria are met.
2.1 Wetland Vegetation
The site must demonstrate the re-establishment of targeted vegetative community based on the survival and
growth of planted species and volunteer colonization, with an average stem density of 320 stems/acre
required after three years, 288 stems/acre after four years, 260 stems/acre after five years, and 210
stems/acre after 7 years. Permanent monitoring plots (10 by 10 meters) have been established in the wetland
restoration area at a density that statistically represents the total mitigation acreage. The average density of
these plots will determine whether the site meets success criterion.
2.2 Wetland Hydrology
The site must present continuous saturated or inundated hydrologic conditions for at least 8% of the growing
season with a 50% probability of reoccurrence during normal weather conditions. A “normal” year is based
on NRCS climatological data for Onslow County using the 30th to 70th percentile thresholds as the range
of normal as documented in the USACE Technical Report “Accessing and Using Meteorological Data to
Evaluate Wetland Hydrology, April 2000.” According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the
growing season for Onslow County is considered to extend from March 18th to November 16th (243 days).
The water table of the restored wetlands must be within 12” of the soils surface continuously for at least
8% (19 days) of the 243-day growing season. KCI will monitor soil temperature to verify that the local
growing season is consistent with the NRCS published data and reserves the right to present this information
as a modifier to the number of days of saturation that are required to achieve jurisdictional status. Wetland
hydrology will be monitored with twenty automatic gauges that record water table depth.
Due to the inherent variability in the site’s soils and associated drainage characteristics, it is unlikely that
the project will exhibit uniform hydrologic conditions across the site, making a single hydrologic
performance criterion unrepresentative of the site’s performance. As such, the gauge data can be evaluated
and presented as a spatial average with each gauge representing the area half the distance to adjacent gauges.
The spatial average will be the calculated value for comparison with the performance standard for credit
validation. Gauges representing areas not achieving a minimum of 6.5% saturation will be considered non-
attaining even if the spatial average exceeds the credit validation performance standard.
3.0 MONITORING PLAN
Annual monitoring will be conducted during the first full growing season following project completion.
Monitoring of BBWRS efforts will be performed for vegetation and wetland hydrology components of the
site until the success criteria are fulfilled. The establishment, collection, and summarization of monitoring
data shall be conducted in accordance with the DMS document entitled Procedural Guidance and Content
Requirements for EEP Monitoring Reports (version 1.5) or a more current standard. Permanent monuments,
marking monitoring feature locations, were established on-site in March/April 2015. The locations of these
monitoring features are marked in Figure 3 (See Appendix A).
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3.1 Wetland Hydrology
Twenty groundwater monitoring gauges were set up and assessed for the baseline monitoring to evaluate
the attainment of jurisdictional wetland hydrology. Verification of wetland hydrology will be determined
by automatic recording well data collected within the project area and reference wetland. The wetland
gauges will be checked and/or downloaded every other month. Daily data will be collected from the
automatic gauges over the 7-year monitoring period following wetland construction. The nearby reference
wetland will also be monitored using the same procedures for comparative analysis (See Figure 4 in
Appendix A).
The southern and westernmost ditches, located adjacent to project easement, were left open and not filled.
It is anticipated that leaving these ditches open will have minimal impacts to the overall hydrologic
performance of the site. The hydrologic influence of these ditches was modeled using Lateral Effect, a
software program that determines the lateral effect of a drainage ditch or borrow pit on adjacent wetland
hydrology (NCSU BAE, 2011). This analysis determined that the potential horizontal drainage influence
averages 85’. Due to the fact that the southern ditch cannot be filled because of the potential for hydrologic
trespass, the area immediately adjacent to the ditch will not be a credit generating part of the site. It is
assumed that with the onsite modifications, such as filling ditches and surface roughening, the entire site
will have more surface and groundwater, which may decrease the effect of the ditch. For this reason , the
non-credit generating portion of the site is assumed to be half of the zone of influence for the ditch.
Additionally, to monitor the effect of the unfilled ditch described above, four sets of coupled gauges were
installed perpendicular to the unfilled ditch. Each set includes a well that is 50’ from the open ditch and one
that is 80’ from the ditch. An additional 4 gauges were installed between the coupled gauges to monitor
hydrology less than 42.5’ from the open ditch (See GA9-GA20 on Figure 3 in Appendix A).
3.2 Wetland Vegetation
Seven vegetation plots were set up and assessed for the baseline vegetation monitoring. The plots were
installed with flagged metal conduit at each corner and a flagged PVC pipe was installed at the photo corner.
Vegetation data collection will follow the CVS-EEP Protocol for Recording Vegetation (Lee et al. 2008).
The baseline vegetation monitoring was conducted as Level 1: Inventory of Planted Stems, as will the first-
year monitoring. Beginning in Year Two and continuing throughout the rest of the monitoring period, the
BBWRS will be monitored using the Level 2 protocol. Vegetation monitoring will occur in monitoring
years 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7. Baseline vegetation plot information can be found in Appendix B.
3.3 Digital Photos
Six photograph reference points (PRPs) have been established as part of the baseline monitoring to assist
in characterizing the BBWRS and to allow qualitative evaluation of site conditions. Starting in the first
monitoring year, these photos will be taken in late summer, so that vegetative conditions are similar between
monitoring years.
3.4 Watershed Conditions
Yearly monitoring will document any evident changes in the watershed. Any large hydrologic events in the
watershed, such as tropical storms or hurricanes, will also be documented in the yearly monitoring reports.
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3.5 Monitoring Guidelines
The first scheduled monitoring will be conducted during the first full growing season following project
completion. Monitoring shall subsequently be conducted annually for a total period of seven years or until
the project meets its success criteria. Annual monitoring reports will be prepared and submitted after all
monitoring tasks for each year are completed. The report will document the monitored components and
include all collected data, analyses, and photographs. Each report will provide the new monitoring data and
compare the most recent results against previous findings.
3.6 Maintenance and Contingency
KCI will monitor the BBWRS on a regular basis and conduct a physical inspection of the site a minimum
of once per year throughout the post-construction monitoring period until performance standards are met.
These site inspections may identify site components and features that require routine maintenance. Routine
maintenance should be expected most often in the first two years following site construction and may
include repairing constructed outlets and flow dispersement from seepage areas. Any maintenance activities
will be documented in the yearly monitoring reports.
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4.0 BASELINE CONDITIONS
Baseline monitoring data were collected in April and May 2015. The wetland was constructed as designed
with no deviation from the design plan during construction.
BBWRS was planted with a total of ten different species of bare root trees in February 2015. Baseline
vegetation monitoring data were collected in May 2015. The Level 1 CVS-EEP protocol was used to collect
vegetation data. Plot photos from all the vegetation plots can be found in Appendix B.
The results of the vegetation baseline monitoring show an average of 763 stems per acre in the planted
restoration area (Table 5. Appendix B). Additionally, stem counts within each individual plot were well-
above the required 320 stems per acre.
5.0 REFERENCES
Lee, Michael T., R.K. Peet, S.D. Roberts, and T.R. Wentworth. 2008. CVS-EEP Protocol for Recording
Vegetation, Version 4.2 (http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/methods.htm)
NCDENR, Ecosystem Enhancement Program. 6/8/2012. Procedural Guidance and Content
Requirements for EEP Monitoring Reports. NCEEP Monitoring Report Template, Version
1.5.
http://portal.ncdenr.org/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=1169848&folderId=7135626
&name=DLFE-53021.pdf
NCDENR, Ecosystem Enhancement Program. 2010. White Oak River Basin Restoration
Priorities 2010. Raleigh, NC. Last accessed 4/2015 at:
http://portal.ncdenr.org/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=1c0b7e5a-9617-4a44-a5f8-
df017873496b&groupId=60329
NCSU BAE. North Carolina State University, Biological and Agricultural Engineering. 2011.
Method to Determine Lateral Effect of a Drainage Ditch on Adjacent Wetland
Hydrology. Last accessed 11/2012 at:
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/soil_water/projects/lateral_effect.html
NC Wetland Functional Assessment Team. 2010. NC Wetland Assessment Method (NC WAM)
User Manual, version 4.1. Last accessed 11/2012 at: http://portal.ncdenr.org/c/document_
library/get_file?uuid=76f3c58b-dab8-4960-ba43-45b7faf06f4c&groupId=38364
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There were no BMP elements included in this project.
Table 1. Project Components and Mitigation Credits
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Mitigation Credits
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Table 2. Project Activity & Reporting History
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Mitigation Plan July 14
Final Design – Construction Plans July 14
Construction Dec 14
Planting March 15
Baseline Monitoring/Report April/May 15 June 15
Table 3. Project Contacts
Bear Basin Wetland Restoration Site, DMS Project # 95362
Design Firm KCI Associates of North Carolina, PC
Landmark Center II, Suite 220
4601 Six Forks Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27609
Contact: Mr. Tim Morris
Phone: (919) 278-2512
Fax: (919) 783-9266
Construction Contractor
KCI Environmental Technologies and
Construction, Inc.
Landmark Center II, Suite 220
4601 Six Forks Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27609
Contact: Mr. Tim Morris
Phone: (919) 278-2512 Fax: (919) 783-
9266
Planting Contractor Forestree Management Co.
1280 Maudis Road
Bailey, NC 27807
Contact: Mr. Tony Cortez
Phone: (252) 243-2513
Monitoring Performers
MY-00 KCI Associates of North Carolina, PC
Landmark Center II, Suite 220
4601 Six Forks Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27609
Contact: Mr. Adam Spiller
Phone: (919) 278-2514
Fax: (919) 783-9266
Bear Basin Wetland Restoration Site KCI Associates of NC, PA
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Table 4. Project Information
Bear Basin Wetland Restoration Site, DMS Project # 95362
Project Name Bear Basin Wetland Restoration Site
County Onslow County
Project Area (acres) 11.9 acres
Project Coordinates (lat. and long.) 34.925365 N , -77.607461 W
Project Watershed Summary Information
Physiographic Province Coastal Plain
River Basin White Oak
USGS Hydrologic Unit 8-digit 03030001 USGS Hydrologic Unit 14-digit 03030001010010
DWQ Sub-basin 03-05-02b
Project Drainage Area (acres) 32.7 acres
Project Drainage Area Percentage
of Impervious Area 2%
CGIA Land Use Classification 44% Cultivated, 4% Managed Herbaceous Cover, 50% Southern Yellow Pine and
2% High-Intensity Development
Wetland Summary Information (Post-Restoration)
Parameters Wetland Area
Size of Wetland (acres) 8.6 acres
Wetland Type (non-riparian, riparian
riverine or riparian non-riverine) Non-riparian
Mapped Soil Series Rains and Stallings
(Pantego and Lynchburg by detailed soil investigation)
Drainage class Poorly drained
Soil Hydric Status Drained Hydric
Source of Hydrology Precipitation
Hydrologic Impairment Ditching and Crops
Native vegetation community Crops
Percent composition of exotic
invasive vegetation 0%
Regulatory Considerations
Regulation Applicable? Resolved? Supporting
Documentation
Waters of the United States – Section
404 Yes Yes, received 404 permit Jurisdictional
Determination
Waters of the United States – Section
401 Yes Yes, received 401 permit Jurisdictional
Determination
Endangered Species Act No N/A N/A
Historic Preservation Act No N/A N/A
Coastal Zone Management Act
(CZMA)/ Coastal Area Management
Act (CAMA)
No N/A N/A
FEMA Floodplain Compliance No N/A FEMA Floodplain
Checklist
Essential Fisheries Habitat No N/A N/A
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APPENDIX B
Baseline Data
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Table 5. CVS Stem Count Total and Planted by Plot and Species
Bear Basin Wetland Restoration Site (DMS Project Code 95362) Current Plot Data (MY0 2015) Annual Means
Scientific Name Common Name
Species
Type
95362-01-0001 95362-01-0002 95362-01-0003 95362-01-0004 95362-01-0005 95362-01-0006 95362-01-0007 MY0 (2015)
PnoLS P-all T PnoLS P-all T PnoLS P-all T PnoLS P-all T PnoLS P-all T PnoLS P-all T PnoLS P-all T PnoLS P-all T
Aronia arbutifolia Red Chokeberry Shrub 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4
Betula nigra River birch Tree 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
Cephalanthus occidentalis Common buttonbush Shrub 1 1 1 1 1 1
Diospyros virginiana Common persimmon Tree 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green ash Tree 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
Liriodendron tulipifera Tuliptree Tree 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 15 15 15
Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay Tree 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5
Quercus Oak Tree 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
Quercus nigra Water oak Tree 1 1 1 1 1 1
Quercus pagoda Cherrybark oak Tree 6 6 6 13 13 13 8 8 8 21 21 21 1 1 1 6 6 6 10 10 10 65 65 65
Quercus phellos Willow oak Tree 2 2 2 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 16 16 16
Vaccinium corymbosum Highbush blueberry Shrub 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
Stem count 19 19 19 18 18 18 31 31 31 28 28 28 11 11 11 14 14 14 11 11 11 132 132 132
size (ares) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
size (ACRES) 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.17
Species count 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 12 12 12
Stems per ACRE 769 769 769 728 728 728 1255 1255 1255 1133 1133 1133 445 445 445 567 567 567 445 445 445 763 763 763
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Vegetation Monitoring Plot Photos
Vegetation Plot 1 – MY-00 – 5/19/15 Vegetation Plot 2 – MY-00 – 5/19/15
Vegetation Plot 3 – MY-00 – 5/19/15 Vegetation Plot 4 – MY-00 – 5/19/15
Vegetation Plot 5 – MY-00 – 5/19/15 Vegetation Plot 6 – MY-00 – 5/19/15
Bear Basin Wetland Restoration Site KCI Associates of NC, PA
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Vegetation Plot 7 – MY-00 – 5/19/15
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Photo Reference Points
PP1 – MY-00 – 5/26/15 PP2– MY-00 – 5/26/15
PP3 – MY-00 – 5/26/15 PP4 – MY-00 – 5/26/15
PP5 – MY-00 – 5/26/15 PP6 – MY-00 – 5/26/15
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APPENDIX C
As-Built Plan Sheet
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DIRECTIONS FROM RALEIGH:
PROCEED EAST ON 140 FOR APPROXIMATELY 74 MILES. THEN TAKE EXIT 373 FOR
NC -24 E/ NC -903 TOWARDS KENANSVILLE. TAKE A LEFT OFF 140 ONTO NC -24 El NC -903.
AFTER 6 MILES TAKE A RIGHT TO STAY ONTO NC -24 E. IN 19 MILES TAKE A LEFT ONTO
JESSE WILLIAMS RD. THE SITE WILL BE ON THE RIGHT APPROXIMATELY 0.8 MILES UP
THE ROAD.
INDEX OF SHEETS
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RED CHOKEBERRY ARONIAARBUTIFOLIA FACW 2 250
HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM FACW 2 250
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