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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2007
Monitoring Year 4
Key Branch Mitigation Site
Anson County
WBS Element 34398.4.1
TIP No. R-2239WM
Submitted to:
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Ecosystem Enhancement Program
Raleigh, North Carolina
November 2007
RECEIVED
FEB 1 9 2008
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FEB 2 6 2008
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 2
1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ....................................................................... .. 2
1.2 PURPOSE ............................................................................................... .. 2
1.3 PROJECT HISTORY ............................................................................... .. 1
2.0 HYD ROLOGY ..................................................................................................... ..4
2.1 SUCCESS CRITERIA .............................................................................. .. 4
2.2 HYDROLOGIC DESCRIPTION ............................................................... .. 4
2.3 RESULTS OF HYDROLOGIC MONITORING ......................................... .. 4
2.3.1 Site Data ....................................................................................... .. 4
2.3.2 Climatic Data ................................................................................. 10
2.4 CONCLUSIONS ...................................................................................... 12
3.0 VEG ETATION .................................................................................................... 12
3.1 SUCCESS CRITERIA .............................................................................. 12
3.2 DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES .................................................................. 12
3.3 RESULTS OF VEGETATION MONITORING .......................................... 13
3.4 CONCLUSIONS ...................................................................................... 17
4.0 OVERALL CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................... 17
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. Site Location Map ........................................................................................... 3
Figure 2. Monitoring Gauge Location Map .................................................................. 5-7
Figure 3. 2007 Hydrologic Monitoring Results .............................................................8-9
Figure 4. 30-70 Percentile Graph, Monroe, NC ............................................................ 11
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. Hydrologic Monitoring Results ........................................................................ 10
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A. MONITORING GAUGE GRAPHS
APPENDIX B. SITE PHOTOS AND PLOT LOCATIONS
' The Louis Berger Group, Inc. Key Branch Wetland and Stream Restoration
Project No. , 00013
SUMMARY
' The 118 acre Key Branch Mitigation Site is located in Anson County and was
constructed in 2003. The site must meet jurisdictional success criteria for both wetland
' hydrology and vegetation for five consecutive years or until the site is deemed
successful.
' The following report details the monitoring activities during the 2007 growing season.
Data represents results from 2007, the fourth year of hydrologic and vegetation
monitoring.
' Hydrology is monitored with fourteen groundwater gauges, two stream gauges, a rain
gauge and four groundwater gauges at the reference site. Throughout Key Branch,
I eight DOT vegetation plots and fifteen riparian vegetation plots were monitored to
measure woody stem density per acre.
' Anson County experienced Extreme Drought as recorded by the Palmer Drought
Severity Index for much of 20071. Only two of the fourteen groundwater gauges met the
success criteria for jurisdictional hydrology (saturation within 12" of the surface for
' greater than 12.5% of the growing season). This result mirrors Monitoring Year 3 in that
two of fourteen groundwater gauges met the wetland criteria then and they were the
same gauges, 2 and 6. In addition, none of the 4 reference wetland gauges met the
' wetland hydrology criteria for 2007; however two of these gauges met wetland criteria
the previous monitoring year.
' The two, onsite stream gauges (SG-1, SG-2) experienced periodic inundation and
demonstrated overbank flooding during the growing season, but it was during a period
of drought and the inundation was assumed to have been as a result of a beaver dam
' found downstream of both gauges.
In Monitoring Year 4, vegetation monitoring of the site revealed an average tree density
of 733 trees per acre within the wetland restoration acreage (DOT vegetation plots) and
an average tree density of 542 trees per acre for the stream restoration acreage
(riparian vegetation plots). This average is quite higher than the minimum success
' criteria of 290 trees per acre for Year 4. This is partially due to replanting that was
completed in February 2005.
Monitoring Year 4 of 5 (2007) FINAL Page 1
The Louis Berger Group. Inc. Key Branch Wetland and Stream Restoration
Project No. , 00013
1.0 INTRODUCTION
' 1.1 Project Description
' The Key Branch Mitigation Site is located in Anson County and encompasses
approximately 118 acres. It is situated between Lower White Store Road (SR 1252) and
Mineral Springs Church Road (SR 1240) (Figure 1).
1.2 Purpose
In order to demonstrate successful mitigation, the site must be monitored for a
minimum of five years or until success criteria are achieved. Success criteria are based
on federal guidelines for wetland mitigation. Criteria for hydrologic conditions and
vegetation survival are included in these documents. The following report describes the
results of the hydrologic and vegetation monitoring during the 2007 growing season at
the Key Branch Mitigation Site. EEP instructed Berger not to do a detailed stream
survey of Key Branch because the drought caused low water in the channel for much
of the year with significant periods of no-flow. This coupled with several beaver
impoundments interrupted normal fluvial conditions. It was decided that cross-section
photographs were sufficient to document the condition of the stream in 2007.
1.3 Project History
Fall 2003 Construction
November 2003 Site Planted
March-November 2004 Hydrologic Monitoring (Year 1)
July 2004 Vegetation Monitoring (Year 1)
February 2005 Site Replanted
March-November 2005 Hydrologic Monitoring (Year 2)
August 2005 Vegetation Monitoring (Year 2)
March-November 2006 Hydrologic Monitoring (Year 3)
September 2006 Vegetation Monitoring (Year 3)
March-November 2007 Hydrologic Monitoring (Year 4)
September 2007 Vegetation Monitoring (Year 4)
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Go west on Hwy 74 from Wadesboro in Anson County to Peachland.
Turn onto Mineral Springs Rd, and follow south, turn right onto Lower While Store Rd
You will pass Hasty Rd. on the right, continue 3/4 mile. There is a turkey farm across
from the entrance which is unmarked and gravel.
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Project No. 00013
Monitoring Year 4 of 5
Anson County, North Carolina
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2.0 HYDROLOGY
2.1 Success Criteria
In accordance with federal guidelines for wetland mitigation, the success criteria for
hydrology state that areas must be inundated or saturated (within 12 inches of the
surface) by surface or groundwater for at least a consecutive 12.5% of the growing
season. Areas inundated for less than 5% of the growing season are classified as non-
wetlands. Areas inundated between 5% and 12.5% of the growing season can be
classified as wetlands depending upon such factors as the presence of wetland
vegetation and hydric soils.
The growing season in Anson County begins March 11 and ends November 23 (258
' days)2. These dates correspond to a 50% probability that air temperatures will not drop
below 28°F or lower after March 22 and before November 153. Minimum wetland
hydrology is required for at least 12.5% of this growing season; for Anson County,
' 12.5% equals 30 consecutive days. Local climate must represent average conditions for
the area.
' 2.2 Hydrologic Description
Onsite hydrologic monitoring is facilitated by fourteen groundwater gauges, two stream
' gauges, and one rain gauge (Figure 2). Also, four groundwater gauges are regularly
monitored at the Key Branch Wetland Reference Site.
2.3 Results of Hydrologic Monitoring
2.3.1 Site Data
The maximum number of consecutive days that the groundwater was within twelve
inches of the surface was determined for each gauge. This number was converted into
a percentage of the 258-day growing season. The results are presented in Table 1.
Appendix A contains charts of the water depth for each groundwater and stream gauge.
Precipitation is shown on each graph as bars. These graphs show the reaction at each
monitoring location of the groundwater level to specific rainfall events.
The hydrologic monitoring results of the groundwater gauges are provided in Figure 3.
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Table 1. 2007 Hydrologic Monitoring Results
Monitoring Gauge >12.6% Actual % Dates
KBMG-1 no 7.7 Aril 12 - May 1
KBMG-2 no 5.8 Aril 12 - April 26
KBMG-3 no 6.2 April 12 - April 27
KBMG-4 no 7.0 Aril 12 - April 29
KBMG-5 no 5.8 April 12 - April 26
KBMG-6 es 15.9 March 23 - May 2
KBMG-7 no 6.6 Aril 12 - April 28
KBMG-8 no 7.4 April 12 - April 30
KBMG-9 no 6.6 Aril 12 - April 28
KBMG-10 no 5.4 Aril 12 - April 25
KBMG-11 no 6.2 April 12 - April 27
KBMG-12 es 25.5 March 23 - May 26
KBMG-13 no 7.0 Aril 12 - April 29
KBMG-14 no 5.8 April 12 - April 26
2.3.2 Climatic Data
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Figure 4 is a comparison of 2007 monthly rainfall to historical precipitation for the area.
This comparison indicates whether 2007 was "average" in terms of climate conditions
by comparing the 2007 monthly rainfall to that of historical monthly rainfall. The figure
averages all rainfall data collected between 1973 and 2007 and compares the monthly
amounts below which 30 percent and 70 percent of all observations may be found with
the actual 2007 monthly rainfall amount. The NOAA National Data Office provided all
historical rainfall data4.
The Key Branch mitigation site experienced zero months of above average rainfall.
May, July and November recorded below average rainfall. January thru April, June and
October recorded average rainfall. Overall, 2007 was a drought year recording a rain
deficit of greater than 9 inches for the second half of the year, and earning an extreme
drought rating from the Palmer Drought Severity Index5.
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' 2.4 Conclusions
Two of the fourteen groundwater-gauges met the success criteria for jurisdictional
hydrology (saturation within 12" of the surface for greater than 12.5% of the growing
' season). All four of the groundwater gauges located in the wetland reference area did
not meet the jurisdictional hydrology. The two onsite stream gauges (SG-1, SG-2)
experienced periodic inundation and demonstrated overbank flooding during the
' growing season. The extreme drought resulted in a draw down of water levels within the
stream channel for the majority of the growing season.
3.0 VEGETATION: KEY BRANCH MITIGATION SITE
MONITORING YEAR 4)
' 3.1 Success Criteria
According to the 2003 USACE Stream Mitigation Guidelines, the success criteria state
' that at least 320 stems per acre must survive after the completion of the third growing
season. The required survival criterion will decrease by 10% per year after the third year
of vegetation monitoring (i.e., for an expected 290 stems per acre for Year 4, and 260
' stems per acre for Year 5.)6 DOT Stem Counting Protocol was used as the standard
sampling methodology.
' 3.2 Description of Species
Based on the mitigation plan, the wetland restoration area and the riparian restoration
area were to be planted with the following species:
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Quercus michauxii, Swamp Chestnut Oak
Quercus lyrata, Overcup Oak
Quercus nigra, Water Oak
Ulmus americana, American Elm
Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Green Ash
Betula nigra, River Birch
Riparian
Betula nigra, River Birch
Salix nigra, Black Willow
Cephalanthus occidentalis, Buttonbush
Corpus amomum, Silky dogwood
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Stem counts were low in plots 7, 8 and 12. Within the three plots, herbaceous cover
was 100% and generally a monoculture existed with little to no diversity (plot photos are
provided in Appendix B). There was no observed explanation the day of the survey for
the low stem counts. In 2005 riparian plot placement was established through random
' selection; a comparison of these plots year on year revealed that both plots 7 and 8 had
low stem counts from Monitoring Year 2 (2005) forward. Plot 12 had 8 silky dogwood
(Comus amomum) in Monitoring Year 2, but since then it appears many have been lost.
' Four-foot aster that appears to be taking over plot 12 has likely outcompeted them.
A summary table of the stem count sampling results for Monitoring Years 2, 3 and 4 is
provided below for riparian plots.
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2005 26 21 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 13 14 12 11 10 9 23 24 25
Riparian Plots 2006 26 21 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 13 14 12 11 10 9 23 24 25
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2005 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 1
Betula nigra 2006 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 0 1
2007 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 3 n.s. n.s. n.s.
2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 12 8 16 13 1 0 0 0
Cornus amomum 2006 4 1 0 9 0 0 1 2 4 2 4 3 3 7 1 0 0 0
2007 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 2 5 10 1 n.s. n.s. n.s.
2005 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Fraxinus pennsylvanica 2006 1 5 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 2
2007 0 4 4 7 1 2 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 n.s. n.s. n.s.
2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quercus laurifolia 2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2007 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 n.s. n.s. n.s.
2005 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Quercus lyrata 2006 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 n.s. n.s. n.s.
2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Quercus michauxii 2006 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
2007 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 n.s. n.s. n.s.
2005 1 2 3 1 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 0
Salix nigra 2006, 1 2 0 2 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 0
2007 1 2 3 0 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 n.s. n.s. n.s.
n.s. = "not sampled" From year 2006 to 2007, per WEEP instructions a reduction in the number of npanan plots requiring sampling
went down from 18 to 15 plots.
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NCDOT performed the vegetation monitoring in 2004, the results from 2004 were not available for this comparison as they
were published in a document other than the Annual Monitoring Report - the only report provided to Berger. Annual
comparisons of stem counts for Monitoring Years 2, 3 and 4 are provided below.
DOT Plots Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2005 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1
Betula nigra 2006 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 1
2007 6 1 4 4 4 1 2 2
2005 10 3 11 1 0 10 1 4
Fraxinus pennsylvanica 2006 4 2 16 1 0 16 5 4
2007 10 4 32 4 6 10 8 11
2005 0 7 0 0 0 2 15 0
Quercus laurifolia 2006 0 3 0 0 2 2 7 0
2007 0 8 2 0 4 2 3 4
2005 4 14 11 0 4 28 10 0
Quercus lyrata 2006 0 5 11 0 4 23 8 3
2007 2 8 8 0 10 26 9 15
2005 11 2 0 0 2 0 3 4
Quercus michauxii 2006 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 4
2007 11 2 0 0 6 0 4 6
2005 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 7
Quercus pagoda 2006 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0
2007 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
2005 2 2 1 0 0 4 7 0
Quercus phellos 2006 0 0 2 0 0 4 9 0
2007 1 1 1 0 0 6 11 0
2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salix nigra 2006 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2007 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
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3.4 Conclusions
Of the 118 acres on this site, approximately 70.2 acres involved tree planting. There
were eight vegetation-monitoring plots established throughout the wetland planting
' areas in 2004 (Year 1), with an average stem density of 680 stems/acre. When below
average densities were found, the site was replanted in February 2005. In subsequent
monitoring events, the average density for DOT plots increased from 521 stems/acre
Monitoring Year 2 (2005) to 535 stems/acre Monitoring Year 3 (2006). In Monitoring
Year 4 (2007), the average density for DOT plots in wetland planting area exceeded the
minimum success criteria at 733 stems/acre.
' In Monitoring Year 2, 130 new plots were added within wetland planting areas.
Monitoring results from 2005 (443 stems/acre) and 2006 (486 stems/acre) revealed that
' average densities across the site exceeded the minimum success criteria of 320
stems/acre, and were reasonably consistent with the results from the eight DOT plots.
' 18 of the 130 new plots were riparian plots that were incorporated into the sampling
methodology in 2005. Monitoring results from the riparian plots found average densities
in 2005 (326 stems/acre) and 2006 (362 stems/acre) exceeded minimum success
criteria of 320 stems/acre. The results for 2007 (542 stems/acre) are fairly consistent
with previous monitoring results; however the average density of riparian plots may be
slightly skewed from what actually exists within the 18 riparian plots because just 15 of
' the 18 riparian plots were required to be monitored in 2007.
4.0 Overall Conclusions/Recommendations
Monitoring Year 4 (2007) revealed an average density of 733 trees per acre based on
sampling results for the original eight DOT plots, and an average density of 542 trees
per acre for the fifteen riparian plots. Both groups greatly exceeded the minimum
' success criteria of 290 trees per acre for Year 4.
For the fourth year of monitoring, two of the fourteen groundwater-gauges met the
' success criteria for jurisdictional hydrology (saturation within 12" of the surface for
greater than 12.5% of the growing season). All four groundwater gauges located in the
wetland reference area failed to meet the jurisdictional hydrology. The two onsite
' stream gauges (SG-1, SG-2) recorded periodic inundation and demonstrated overbank
flooding during the growing season. Overbank flooding may have been caused by a
downstream beaver dam.
' The beaver dams onsite are slated to be removed in the late fall of 2007.
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References
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Drought Information Center, The Palmer Drought
Severity Index, http://www.drought.noaa.gov/palmer.html
2 NRCS USDA. National Water and Climate Center. Climate Information Wetlands Retreival for NC.
Anson County Growing Season Dates, last updated 10/2002. Retreived 9-13-07
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/climate/wetiands.htmi
3 NRCS USDA. National Water and Climate Center. Climate Information Wetlands Retreival for NC.
Anson County Growing Season Dates, last updated 10/2002. Retreived 9-13-07
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/climate/Wetlands.html
4 National Climatic Data Center and NOAA Satellite and Information Service, Record of Climatological
Observations. Last updated 5 2007, http://hurricane.ncdc.noaa.gov/DLY
5 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Drought Information Center, The Palmer Drought
Severity Index, http://www.drought.noaa.gov/palmer.html
6 Stream Mitigation Guidelines, April 2003. Authored by a workgroup consisting of USACE (Wilmington
District, USEPA, NCWRC and NCDWQ. Riparian Restoration pg. 18.
www.saw.usace.army.mil/WETLANDS/Mitigation/mit weblinks.html
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APPENDICES
' APPENDIX A
' 1. GAUGE DATA GRAPHS
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Key Branch Mitigation Site
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APPENDIX A
2. STREAM GAUGE DATA
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Key Branch Mitigation Site
Stream Gauge KBSG1 (Serial No. 9DE41EA)
96.00
95.50
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94.50
94.00
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- Channel Bed Elevation (ft.) - Bankfull Elevation (ft.)
- Water Surface Elevation (ft.) Precipitation (in)
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Key Branch Mitigation Site
Stream Gauge KBSG-2 (Serial No. AB3639B)
96.00
95.00
94.00
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- Wate r Surface Elevation (ft.) - Precipitation (in)
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APPENDIX B
I SITE PHOTOS AND PLOT LOCATIONS
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' 1. VEGETATION PROBLEM AREA PHOTOS
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Streamside Boar Wallow Pits, Station 15+70-16+00 - 9/13/2007
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' 2. VEGETATION MONITORING PLOT PHOTOS
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DOT Vegetation Plots
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Plot 1 9/12/2007
Plot 2 9/12/2007
Plot 4 9/12/2007
Plot 3 9/12/2007
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Plot 5 9/12/2007
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Plot 7 9/12/2007
Plot 6 9/12/2007
Plot 8 9/12/07
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Riparian Vegetation Plots
Plot 1 (Formerly Plot 26 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007 Plot 2 (Formerly Plot 21 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007
Plot 3 (Formerly Plot 22 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007 Plot 4 (Formerly Plot 20 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007
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Plot 5 (Formerly Plot 19 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007 Plot 6 (Formerly Plot 18 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007
Plot 7 (Formerly Plot 17 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007 Plot 8 (Formerly Plot 16 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007
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Plot 9 (Formerly Plot 15 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007 Plot 10 (Formerly Plot 13 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007
Plot 11 (Formerly Plot 14 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007 Plot 12 (Formerly Plot 12 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007
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I I
I I Plot 13 (Formerly Plot 11 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007 Plot 14 (Formerly Plot 10 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007
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Plot 15 (Formerly Plot 9 in 2006 Report)-9/13/2007
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3. VEGETATION PLOT LOCATIONS
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APPENDIX B
VEGETATION PL 0 T LOCATION MAP
Sheet 2
KEY BRANCH WETLAND & STREAM RESTORA710N
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Monitoring Year 4 of 5
Anson County, North Carolina
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APPENDIX B
4. CROSS SECTION PHOTOS
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Project No.. 00013
' Berger was instructed by NCEEP not to do any stream survey work on this site for 2007, only collect cross
section photographs at each cross section. Because the number of vegetation plots required to be sampled
t were also reduced dramatically from 2006, we assume the request not to survey the stream in 2007 might be
due to budget issues.
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Cross Section 1 - 9/13/2007
Cross Section 2 - 9/13/2007
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Cross Section 3 - 9/13 2007
Cross Section 4 - 9/13/2007
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Cross Section 5 - 9/12/2007
Cross Section 6 - 9/12/2007
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Project No..00013
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Cross Section 7 - 9/12/2007
Cross Section 8 - 9/12/2007
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Cross Section 9 - 9/12/2007
Cross Section 10 - 9/12/2007
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Cross Section 11- 9/12/2007
Cross Section 12 -9/12/2007
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5. STREAM PHOTO-STATION PHOTOS
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Photo Station 1 9/12/2007
Photo Station 3 9/12/2007
Photo Station 2 9/12/2007
Photo Station 4 9/12/2007
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Photo Station 5 9/12/2007
Photo Station 7 9/13/2007
Photo Station 6 9/12/2007
Photo Station 8 9/13/2007
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Photo Station 9 9/13/2007
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