20161077 Ver 1_Year 1 IRT Site Visit Notes 8-31-2021_20210909

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Thanks Paul. These look consistent with the discussion.
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Casey, Erin, Kim, Todd;
The meeting minutes from the August 31, 2021 site visit at Harrell Stream and Wetland Site are attached for
your review.
Please let us know if you have any comments, questions or concerns.
Thanks
Paul Wiesner
Western Regional Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Mitigation Services
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Mitigation Site Meeting Notes
Date: August 31, 2021
Project Name: NCDMS Harrell
Prepared By: Haywood
Type of Site: NCDMS Stream and Wetland Site
Meeting Type: Year 1 Monitoring Review
Sponsor/Provider: EWS
USACE AID: SAW-2016-02202
County: Jackson *Denotes County w/ 30-foot Buffer
NCDWR ID:
HUC and Basin:
Weather:
Coordinates: °N °W
Attendees:
USACE: Todd Tugwell, Kim Browning, Casey Haywood
NCDWR: Erin Davis
NCDMS: Paul Wiesner, Matthew Reid
EWS: Grant Ginn, Danvey Walsh, Charles Lawson
Project Review Checklist - (provide additional detail in notes section on next page)
General Site Issues/Concerns:
❑ Vegetation Composition or Density
❑ Inappropriate Credit Ratio Proposed
❑ Planted Stem Vigor (due to soil, browsing)
❑ JD Needed to Confirm Approach
❑ Invasive/Exotic Species
❑ Continuity/Fragmentation
❑ Beaver/Feral Hogs (management plan)
❑ Easement Issues (existing farm, CE, NRCS funding)
❑ Soil (manipulation, compaction, fertility)
❑ Easement Encroachments (livestock, clearing)
❑ Livestock Present/Evidence of Livestock Access
❑ Easement Marking/Signage
❑ Crossings or Utility Lines
❑ Insufficient Project Size
❑ BMPs or Alternate Approaches
❑ Adjacent Property Owner
❑ Fencing Issues or Fencing Needed
❑ T&E Species
❑ Ponds Within Project Area
❑ Section 106 (historic listing/tribal issues)
Stream Issues/Concerns:
❑ Incised/Entrenched
❑ Insufficient Stream Drainage Area
❑ Headcuts Present/Forming
❑ Insufficient Hydrology (if raising channel bed)
❑ Stream Structures Failing/Piping
❑ Vegetation in Channel (stream vs wetland)
❑ Excess Sediment/Aggradation
❑ Flow Obstructions (undersized pipes, fords)
❑ Cross -Sections Missing/Indicate Problems
❑ Substrate Concerns (embeddedness, particle size)
❑ Bank Instability/Failure
❑ Live Stakes Absent/Failing
❑ Bench Rills/Erosion (constructed bench or P2 valley)
❑ Evidence of Water Quality Issues
❑ Excess Sinuosity (lack of flow)
❑ In -stream Habitat Weak/Missing
❑ Braided/Anabranch Channel
❑ Stream Buffer Width Inadequate
Wetland Issues/Concerns:
❑ Evidence of Excessive Hydrology
❑ Missing Gauge Data (preconstruction or monitoring)
❑ Evidence of Insufficient Hydrology
❑ Gauge Location/Placement
❑ Hydric Soil Indicators/Soil Series
❑ Gauge Maintenance
❑ Surface Roughness or Bedding
❑ Drainage Ditches/Swales Present
❑ Channel Relocation/Riparian Connectivity
❑ Field Tiles/Subsurface Drainage
❑ Hydroperiod Length or Start/Stop Date
❑ Continued Ag Use Adjacent to Wetland
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Date: August 31, 2021
Project Name: NCDMS Harrell
Notes, Sketch, Action Items, etc.:
FIELD REVIEW:
Wells 5 and 7 did not make it last year, not checked this year. Culvert at the end of the project cloggs up and backs up water.
Rose continues to be treated. Landowner passed away, currently no intention to do anything with the home.
Began at the crossing on Reach 1 between the restoration and preservation reach. Start of the preservation reach had plastic and
sand bags in the channel that will be removed. Not sure if this material was used as part of any restoration. Removal of
monitoring features once project is closed out will be a future requirement.
Confirmed that the ditch that ran along the edge of the site was plugged at the lower end.
Good herbaceous diversity in the floodplain.
EWS had random veg plots but did not do them correctly which is why it wasn't submitted. Data will be in next years report.
They will also be adding a maintenance log for wells.
Soil plug pulled near well 5 had some redox but very brown. Will need to be an area to watch.
Some mortality of trees because it wasn't planted with appropriate trees. At bottom wetland and did a supplemental plant.
Getting shade on stream will be important. A lot ofjuncus currently.
Privet at the bottom near the edge will need to be treated.
Very dense American sycamore from natural recruitment.
Recommend: Soil profile near failing wells (GW5 &GW7) in monitoring years 3,5, & 7. Remove plastic and sandbags from
preservation area. Veg transect wetland c near veg plot 3. Stream photos. Also Continue to treat invasive spp (privet and rose).
Identify replant info in next report to include density spp size. Transects some closer to stream, shading is important. Photo
document of stream restoration area (Reach 1D) below the culvert- there are 2 cross sections here and EWS states the XS will
indicate it is not trending toward being a wetland.
Credit Release/Site Closeout Information (for monitoring or closeout reviews only)
Stream Credits
Wetland Credits
Warm
Cool
Cold
Riparian Riverine
Riparian Non-Riverine
Non -Riparian
Coastal
Requested
Approved*
Result of Monitoring Report or Closeout Review
Project Manager Signature
Date
*The updated credit ledger for the project, which includes this release, must be approved by the Project Manager.
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Form Updated 03/20/2019