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FIRST MONITORING REPORT
FIRST POST - REMEDIATION GROWING SEASON
TRACT L - 8
Contentnea Creek / Little Contentnea Creek Parcel
Greene Environmental Services, LLC
Neuse River Umbrella Mitigation Bank
DWQ #08- 0511 -01
Year 2012
Submitted to: Katie Merritt
NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality — Wetlands and Stormwater Branch
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 -1650 Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
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FIRST MONITORING REPORT
FIRST POST- REMEDIATION GROWING SEASON
TRACT 8
Contentnea Creek / Little Contentnea Creek Parcel
Greene Environmental Services, LLC
Neuse River Umbrella Mitigation Bank
DWQ #08- 0511 -01
Year 2012
Submitted to: Katie Merritt
NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Express Delivery Program, 1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
Submitted by: Jeff Becker- ,<_ „�
1004 Glencastle Way
Raleigh, NC 27606
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Introduction and Background
The Contentnea Creek / Little Contentnea Creek Parcel (CLCP) in southeastern Greene
County, is part of the Neuse River Umbrella Mitigation Bank offered and maintained by
Greene Environmental Services, LLC (GES). There were two sets of tracts with the
CLCP; a 1.23 -acre set of tracts located off Lower Field Road, north of the NC 903 in the
Scuffleton community, and a second set of tracts totaling 19.53 acres located off SR
1004, south of NC 903 in Scuffleton, NC (Figures 1 and 2). With the exception of two
tracts, Tract 8 and a mitigation bank expansion tract, Tract 10A, the field monitoring
obligations of GES has been completed. New monitoring reports for Tracts 8 and l0A
will be submitted separately. This report is the first of five, post - remedial planting report
for Tract 8. The riparian buffer and nutrient offset credits generated by the CLCP may be
used to offset impacts within Cataloging Unit 03020203 of the Neuse River Basin.
Monitoring and Results for Year 2011
As specified in the CLCP Bank Parcel Development Package (BPDP), this report
represents the first year of post - remediation vegetative monitoring of Tract 8 of the
CLCP. The BPDP requires the submission of an annual monitoring report each of five
successive years.
Tract 8, a 1.51 acre tract with two monitoring plots, Plots 8A and 813, was included in the
initial CLCP project area. However, due to poor survival rates among planted tree
species, this tract marginally meet success criteria for stem density. Remedial planting
had been undertaken routinely during previous growing season yet the site remained
problematic due to its excessively well- drained, sandy soils and grazing by deer.
NCDNR - Division of Water Quality personnel visited the site in November 2011 and
agreed to a remediation plan for Tract 8 that included planting two new species on site
that are well adapted to the excessively drained soils of the tract; turkey oak (Quercus
laevis) and longleaf pine (Pious palustris). In January 2012, 600 bareroot turkey oak
seedlings and 270 containerized longleaf pine seedlings were planted on Tract 8. These
species were supplemental to the previously planted species green ash (Fraxinus
pennsylvanica), white oak (Quercus alba), and bald cypress (Taxodium distichum); as
well as the volunteer species, loblolly pine (Pious taeda).
In each of the two monitoring plots, all character trees were recorded by species in
October 2012 according to Carolina Vegetation Survey sampling protocols referred to in
the Mitigation Banking Instrument. Plot locations are mapped in Figure 3. Vegetation
plot photo points were located at the northwestern corner of the plots (Figure 4).
During the October 2012 monitoring effort, a total of 17 trees representing five character
species were recorded in the two monitoring plots (Table 1). The total average density
was 344 trees per acre; exceeding the 320 trees per acre success criterion. Sixteen of the
17 trees within the plots were from seedlings planted by GES. Thus 94 percent of the
trees were planted with one tree, a loblolly pine, established via natural colonization.

The species with the highest stem density in the monitoring plots was turkey oak, all of
which were planted in January of 2012 (Table 2). This species is well adapted to the
sandy soils of Tract 8.
A comparison of the October 2012 monitoring results to those of October 2012 (Table 3)
indicates an overall stem density increase of 6 percent among plots. By 2012, green ash
stems had decreased from 11 stems to 4 stems, loblolly pine from 2 stems to 1 stem and
white oak from 2 stems to 0 stems; bald cypress was unchanged with one stem persisting.
The remedial planting yielded two new species with the monitoring plots, 8 turkey oak
stems and 3 longleaf pine stems.
Overall Condition, Maintenance and Supplemental Plantings
The 1.51 -acre, Tract 8 continues to be a problematic site due to drought -prone site
conditions and grazing by deer. While stem density meets success criteria, sapling growth
(height and diameter) is poor. Turkey oak seedlings planting in January 2012 became
established with moderate success; less so with newly planted longleaf pine. Most
previously planted species declined in survivorship; surviving individuals exhibited poor
growth.
The 2012 growing season was generally good with adequate rainfall and moderate air
temperatures. Annual, herbaceous weeds, especially dogfennel (Eupatorium
capillifolium) were robust during 2012; while these weeds compete with seedlings for
water and nutrients during the growing season, they may also be beneficial by moderating
microsite conditions and providing some refuge from grazing. During the coming 2013
planting season (January through March), GES will conduct supplemental plantings on
Tract 8 with site - appropriate hardwood species.

Table 1. Stem density in 100 m2 monitoring plots in CLCP Tract 8. Contentnea Creek /
Little Contentnea Creek Parcel, 2012 Annual Report, Greene Environmental Services,
LLC.
*Pinus taeda is a native volunteer species.
Table 2. Relative density of species in 100 m2 monitoring plots in CLCP Tract 8.
Contentnea Creek / Little Contentnea Creek Parcel, 2012 Annual Report, Greene
Environmental Services, LLC.
Common
Percent of
Percent of
Species
Species
Total Stems
Plot 8A
Plot 8B
Tract 8 Averages
by Species
Name
Fraxinus
Green ash
24
24
pennsylvanica
Stems
Stems
Turkey oak
Stems
50
Pinus taeda*
Number
6
Number
Pinus palustris
Number
18
19
Taxodium
Stems
per
Stems
per
Stems
per
Percent of planted
o
94 /o Planted
acre
acre
acre
Fraxinus
Green ash
pennsylvanica
1
40
3
121
2
81
Quercus
Turkey
laevis
oak
6
243
2
81
4
162
Pinus taeda*
Loblolly
0
0
1
40
0.5
20
pine
Pinus
Longleaf
palustris
pine
1
40
2
81
1.5
61
Taxodium
Bald
distichum
cypress
0
0
1
40
0.5
20
Totals for All
Species
g
324
9
364
8.5
344
Totals for
Planted
8
324
8
324
8
324
Species
*Pinus taeda is a native volunteer species.
Table 2. Relative density of species in 100 m2 monitoring plots in CLCP Tract 8.
Contentnea Creek / Little Contentnea Creek Parcel, 2012 Annual Report, Greene
Environmental Services, LLC.
*Pinus taeda is a native volunteer species.
Common
Percent of
Percent of
Species
Total Stems
Planted Stems
name
by Species
by Species
Fraxinus
Green ash
24
24
pennsylvanica
Quercus laevis
Turkey oak
47
50
Pinus taeda*
Loblolly pine
6
0
Pinus palustris
Longleaf pine
18
19
Taxodium
Bald cypress
6
6
distichum
Percent of planted
o
94 /o Planted
stems to total
stems
*Pinus taeda is a native volunteer species.

Table 3. Comparison of 2012 and 2011 stem density in 100 m2 monitoring plots in CLCP
Tract 8. Contentnea Creek / Little Contentnea Creek Parcel, 2012 Annual Report, Greene
Environmental Services, LLC.
*Pinus taeda is a native volunteer species.
Change in
Species
Common
Stems per acre
Stems per acre
Density per
name
2012
2011
Acre
Fraxinus
Green ash
81
223
-142
pennsylvanica
Quercus alba
White oak
0
40
-40
Quercus laevis
Turkey oak
162
0
162
Pinus taeda*
Loblolly pine
20
40
-20
Pinus palustris
Longleaf pine
61
0
61
Taxodium
Bald cypress
20
20
0
distichum
Totals for All
Species
344
324
20
Totals for
283
40
Planted Species
324
*Pinus taeda is a native volunteer species.

Figure 1. Area map for Contentnea Creek / Little Contentnea Creek parcels. Greene Environmental Services, LLC. Annual Report for Year,
Tract 8 2012.

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Figure 2. Contentnea Creek / Little Contentnea Creek (CLCP) location map (USGS 7.5'
Quadrangle, Ayden, NC) for project tracts; Tract 8 is identified in relation to other tracts.
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Figure 4. Contentnea Creek / Little Contentnea Creek Parcel, Tract 8, Plots 8A and 8B. October 2012,
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