20200233 Ver 1_Stokes 15 Small anthered bittercress Survey 20180503_20200212

dECOLOGICAL
ENGINEERING
May 3, 2018
1151 SE Cary Parkway, Suite 101
Cary, North Carolina 27518
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MEMORANDUM TO: Amy Euliss — NCDOT Division 9 Environmental Officer
FROM: Heather Smith — Ecological Engineering, LLP
SUBJECT: Protected Species Update for 17BP.9.R.98
Stokes County
Bridge No. 840015 on NC-66 over Vade Meccum Creek
This memo serves to update the status of federally protected species for the above -referenced
project.
Species: Small-anthered bittercress (Cardamine micranthera)
Survey Date: 4/30/2018
Survey Information: Surveyed for small-anthered bittercress on 4/30/2018. Study area
surveyed: 500' north and east of Bridge No. 15, 100' from the centerline of NC-66. Survey
results: suitable habitat present within study area, but no specimens of targeted plants observed
within study area. No known occurrences within 1.0 mile per NCNHP records dated January
2018.
Length of Survey: 1.5 Person Hours
Biological Conclusion: No Effect
Principal Investigators:
Heather Smith, LSS, Environmental Scientist -Ecological Engineering, LLP
David Cooper, Environmental Scientist — Ecological Engineering, LLP
If you have any questions, please contact Heather Smith at [e-mail] or (919)
557-0929.