20140705 Ver 2_2020_Adaptive Management_20200511

ID#* 20140705 Version* 2
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Katie Merritt
Initial Review Completed Date 05/12/2020
Mitigation Project Submittal - 5/11/2020
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Project Name: Selma Mill
County: Johnston
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3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27612

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res.us

May 11, 2020

Katie Merritt
NCDEQ – Divsioin of Water Resources
512 N. Salisbury Street, Archdale Building 9th Floor
Raleigh, NC 27620

RE: Selma Mill – Monitoring Year 2 Adaptive Management: Work Completed

Dear Ms. Merritt,

In response to problem areas identified in the Selma Mill Year 2 Monitoring Report (2019) and
your e-mail comments from December 12, 2019, RES has performed supplemental planting and
easement protection activities. The work included planting 3,100 bareroot trees in low stem
density areas and areas where encroachment destroyed planted stems. The low stem density
areas included areas in and around any vegetation plot that was under 500 stems per acre in
Year 2 monitoring. Additionally, RES installed horse tape as a physical barrier to the easement in
the encroachment areas. The encroachment areas included the area along Highway 96
(Encroachment Area 1) and an area near the confluence of Reach B and Reach C where the
farmer on the RES/EBX property accidentally mowed to the vegetation plot marker mistaking it
for an easement marker (Encroachment Area 2). Encroachment Area 2 was discovered during a
monitoring visit in early 2020 therefore was not included in the Year 2 Monitoring Report. RES
ensured there was sufficient Wildlife Habitat Foundation signage in the encroachment areas.

RES elected to not send a letter to the landowner about the encroachment and communicated
with DWR that if the horse tape was removed and/or there was more mowing in the easement
then RES would send a letter to the landowner. Following this conversation with DWR, the
landowner reached out to RES with curiosity about the horse tape. RES replied that it was
installed to prevent mowing in the easement and the landowner offered to inform the farmer that
there is no mowing permitted inside of the horse tape. Photographs from the effort are included
below:

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Encroachment Area 1

Encroachment Area 1 

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Encroachment Area 2

Encroachment Area 2
A map displaying the locations of the adaptive management work is attached.

Thank you,

Ryan Medric | Ecologist
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NC Center for Geographic Information & Analysis
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Current Conditions (2020)
Selma Mill StreamMitigation Site
Johnston County, NC
LEGEND
REFERENCE
Conservation EasementRestorationHWV RestorationHorse TapeVegetation Plot>320 stems/acre<320 stems/acreTop of BankParcels
1.) Aerial imagery and parcel data from NC One Map.
2.) Horizontal Datum is NAD83 UTM Z17N..
Date: 5/11/2020 Drawn by: RTM
Document Path: R:\offices\olddropboxprojects\North Carolina\Neu-Con UMBI\Selma Mill\Monitoring\Monitoring Data\GIS\MY3\Adaptive Management Figures\MXD\Selma Mill 2020 Encroachment and Planting.mxdLat: 35.542346 Long: -78.284053
Vegetation Condition Assessment
AbsentPresentMarginal
Absent
Present
Target Community
Invasive SpeciesNo Fill
Supplemental Planting(0.11 ac)
Supplemental Planting(0.50 ac)
Supplemental Planting(0.28 ac)
Encroachment Area 1(0.05 ac)
Encroachment Area 2(0.16 ac)
Supplemental Planting(0.11 ac)
Supplemental Planting(0.36 ac)