20131140 Ver 1_Meeting Minutes_Credit Release Site Visit_June 2 2020_20200618

Strickland, Bev
From: Wiesner, Paul
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 10:43 AM
To: Davis, Erin B
Cc: Allen, Melonie; Kim Browning; Tugwell, Todd J CIV USARMY CESAW (US); Tsomides,
Harry
Subject: Meeting Minutes -Pee Dee Credit Release Site Visit -June 2, 2020_DMS# 95350_SAW#
2012-01077 DWR# 20131140
Attachments: Pee Dee_95350_IRT Credit Release Memo -June 2020.pdf
Erin,
The meeting minutes from the June 2, 2020 IRT credit release site visit at the Pee Dee site are attached.
Please let us know if you have any questions, comments or concerns.
Rya n,
Please include the final meeting minutes in the 2020 MY6 report for reference.
Thanks
Paul Wiesner
Western Regional Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Mitigation Services
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M E M O R A N D U M
3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 100
TO: Harry Tsomides - DMS
FROM: Ryan Medric - RES
DATE: 6/11 /2020
fires
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 919.209.1052 tel. [phone] fax
RE: Pee Dee MY5 (2019) IRT Credit Release Site Visit
Attendees:
IRT: Mac Haupt (NCDWR), Erin Davis (NCDWR)
DMS: Paul Wiesner, Harry Tsomides
RES: Brad Breslow, Ryan Medric
Site Visit Date: June 2, 2020
The IRT, DMS, and RES conducted a site visit at the Pee Dee Stream Restoration Site to discuss the
Monitoring Year 5 (2019) credit release. The main topics of discussion were the invasive species treatment,
channel hand work, and supplemental plantings that were completed in the winter and spring of 2020.
Details are bulleted below:
- Flow, bed and bank, and riffle/pool sequences were observed above the pond area on Thompson 1.
A hydrologic connection to Thompson Reach 2 through the pond area was also observed.
- Overall, the privet treatment was extremely successful, and only a limited number of re -sprouts
were observed. Some areas had cut privet left in the channel which will be removed, and follow-
up privet treatments will be administered throughout the remainder of the monitoring period.
- The supplemental planting areas looked good with a high survival rate thus far. RES agreed to
perform three random vegetation transects in these areas, in MY6 and MY7, to document survival
and growth.
- Despite the hand work RES performed on the channel through the wetland area on Dale 1, the area
resembled more of a braided system. DWR recommended using valley length for all of Dale 1.
Valley length for Dale 1 would reduce the credits from 250 SMUs to 240 SMUs.
- At the time of the site visit, flow was observed on all project reaches.
- A general comment was to ensure easement signs were on all the fencing before project closeout.
- The full IRT was not able to attend the meeting; however, DWR staff did not note any issue with
releasing the 2019 project credit as proposed by DMS. DWR staff indicated that they would send
their site visit notes to the USACE IRT chair for review.