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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2007
Shoe Heel Creek Mitigation Site
Robeson County
TIP No. B-4248

Prepared By:
Natural Environment Unit & Roadside Environmental Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
July 2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY .........................................................................................................................1
1.0 Introduction ...........................................................................................................2
.1 Project Description ..................................................................................2
.2 Purpose ....................................................................................................2
.3 Project History ..........................................................................................2
2.0 Vegetation: ............................................................................................................ 3
.1 Success Criteria .......................................................................................3
.2 Description of Species .............................................................................3
.3 Results of Vegetation Monitoring ..........................................................3
.4 Conclusions ..............................................................................................3
3.0 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations ..................................................3
FIGURES
Figure 1 - Site Location Map .........................................................................................4
APPENDICES
Appendix A - Site Photos

SUMMARY
The Shoe Heel Creek Mitigation Site is located in Robeson County. The site was
planted in March 2006 and was designed as mitigation for wetland impacts
associated with bridge project B-4248.
The mitigation encompasses approximately 0.16 acres of wetland restoration.
The restoration effort involved the removal of the old existing roadway fill and
monitoring the area to ensure that it re-attains wetland jurisdictional status.
Hydrologic monitoring is not required for this project; however, vegetation
monitoring is required for three years.
The site grading limits were adjusted slightly after meeting on-site with the Army
Corps of Engineers. The adjustment was made to preserve mature baldcypress
trees located onsite.
After the second year of monitoring, the Shoe Heel Creek site shows by visual
observation that the planted species are surviving and that the impacted area is
re-attaining wetland jurisdictional status.
NCDOT proposes to continue vegetation monitoring of this site.
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Project Description
The Shoe Heel Creek Mitigation site is located at Bridge No. 170 on SR 1101
(Figure 1). The site consists of approximately 0.16 acres of mitigation for
wetland impacts associated with project B-4248.
1.2 Purpose
In order for a mitigation site to be considered successful, a site must meet
vegetation success criteria. This report details the vegetation monitoring in 2007
at the Shoe Heel Creek Mitigation Site. Hydrologic monitoring was not required
for the site.
1.3 Project History
March 2006 Site planted
July 2006 Vegetation Monitoring (1 year)
July 2007 Vegetation Monitoring (2 year)
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2.0 VEGETATION: SHOE HEEL CREEK MITIGATION SITE
(YEAR 2 MONITORING)
2.1 Success Criteria
Success Criteria states that the impacted area where the old existing roadway fill
was removed shall be replanted using native species and must re-attain wetland
jurisdictional status at the end of three years.
2.2 Description of Species
The following wetland species were planted in the Wetland Restoration Area:
Taxodium distichum, Baldcypress
Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora, Swamp Blackgum
2.3 Results of Vegetation Monitoring
The impacted area where the old existing roadway fill was removed and
revegetated is re-attaining wetland jurisdictional status and the planted species
are surviving.
Site Notes: Other species noted include: red maple, fennel, goldenrod,
ragweed, cattails, Scirpus sp., lespedeza, tulip poplar, pine, Juncus sp., and
various grasses.
2.4 Conclusions
There were approximately 0.16 acres of wetland restoration planted on site.
There were no vegetation plots established on the site. By visual observation,
the Shoe Heel Creek site shows that the planted species are surviving and that
the impacted area is re-attaining wetland jurisdictional status.
3.0 OVERALL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
NCDOT proposes to continue vegetation monitoring at the Shoe Heel Creek Site.
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APPENDIX A
SITE PHOTOS
Shoe Heel Creek
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Photo 2
July 2007