20140869 Ver 1_IRT Review Request Adaptive Management Plan (AMP)_20210826

Strickland, Bev
From: Davis, Erin B
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2021 9:57 AM
To: Wilson, Travis W.; Leslie, Andrea J
Cc: Kim Browning
Subject: RE: [External] FW: IRT Review Request: Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) - Vile Creek
(DMS#96582) - (SAW-2014-01585) (DWR#20140869) - New River Basin (05050001)
Kim — I agree with Travis and Andrea. I'm ok with this AMP, but I will be paying attention to the location and percentage
of box elder proposed on future projects. Thanks!
Erin B. Davis, PWS
Stream & Wetland Mitigation Coordinator
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
919-817-0360 cell
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From: Wilson, Travis W.
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 9:20 AM
To: Leslie, Andrea J <[e-mail]>; Davis, Erin B <[e-mail]>
Cc: Kim Browning <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] FW: IRT Review Request: Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) - Vile Creek (DMS#96582) - (SAW-
2014-01585) (DWR#20140869) - New River Basin (05050001)
In our earlier conversations with providers on dropping the % Green ash they pretty much said that an increased % of
Box Elder was likely going to be the immediate answer. Due mostly to trying to find another species with high
survivability/tolerance and higher growth rates but also it was going to be readily available. Over the years we had
pushed to minimize box elder, now it seems like it will be on the rise again. Honestly I'm not sure what the alternative is
right now. I think as long as we can keep it from being planted over the entire site and limit it to certain planting zones
it's acceptable. That's my 2 cents.
From: Leslie, Andrea J <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2021 3:59 PM
To: Wilson, Travis W. <[e-mail]>; Davis, Erin B <[e-mail]>
Cc: Kim Browning <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] FW: IRT Review Request: Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) - Vile Creek (DMS#96582) - (SAW-
2014-01585) (DWR#20140869) - New River Basin (05050001)
Sorry - I wasn't clear (it's been quite a day) - Erin and Travis, do you have any concerns about this? Kim
noted that NCWRC might come back with some additional comments. 10% box elder in the supplemental
plantings. I guess I'm not going to kick and scream about their plan, as this isn't for the entire site and is just
being used to fill in some poorly performing patches, but I really don't like the overall dependence on larger
system species (40% of the stems being sycamore, river birch, box elder) - I want to stay on top of this for the
future in case this is what we see for overall planting plans. Do you think it's OK to go ahead and support
their proposed AMP planting plan?
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Andrea Leslie
Mountain Habitat Conservation Coordinator
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
645 Fish Hatchery Rd., Building B
Marion, NC 28752
828-400-4223 (cell)
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From: Leslie, Andrea J
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2021 3:52 PM
To: Browning, Kimberly D CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>
Cc: Wilson, Travis W. <[e-mail]>; Davis, Erin B <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] FW: IRT Review Request: Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) - Vile Creek (DMS#96582) - (SAW-
2014-01585) (DWR#20140869) - New River Basin (05050001)
Howdy Kim - I just reviewed this. Yes, they definitely changed the planting plan from what they'd noted in
the June meeting notes. I saw our email approving of the plan. They are bringing in a number of species that
weren't in the mit plan or their meeting notes, including box elder, which we're seeing more of in the past year
since green ash is out. I'm not sure about a higher dependence on box elder in general (I don't see it a lot in
riparian zones except on larger systems), and I'm ccing Travis and Erin here to note this. Something for
discussion.
Andrea Leslie
Mountain Habitat Conservation Coordinator
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
645 Fish Hatchery Rd., Building B
Marion, NC 28752
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01585) (DWR#20140869) - New River Basin (05050001)
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Hey Andrea
Attached is the adaptive management plan for Vile Creek. I've been working with Jeff to get this rolling soon because
they want to get the repairs done before November. They did change a few proposed species from the approved list, so I
wanted to make sure you were OK with these. I plan to follow up with Jeff next week some time.
Thanks and have a good weekend!
kim
Kim Browning
Mitigation Project Manager, Regulatory Division I U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Original Message
From: Wiesner, Paul <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 2:10 PM
To: Haywood, Casey M CIV (USA) <[e-mail]>; Davis, Erin B <[e-mail]>;
Browning, Kimberly D CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>; Tugwell, Todd J CIV USARMY
CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>
Cc: Tsomides, Harry <[e-mail]>; Jeff Keaton <[e-mail]>; Shawn Wilkerson
<[e-mail]>; Jordan Hessler <[e-mail]>; Kristi Suggs
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Subject: [Non-DoD Source] IRT Review Request: Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) - Vile Creek (DMS#96582) - (SAW-
2014-01585) (DWR#20140869) - New River Basin (05050001)
Casey, Erin, Kim and Todd;
The Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) for the Vile Creek site (DMS# 96582) was posted to the IRT Sharepoint site and
DWR Laserfiche on August 18, 2021 for your review.
Please review the document (also attached) and let us know if you have any questions, comments or concerns.
WEI would like to coordinate the repair efforts as soon as possible.
Project Information:
Vile Creek Mitigation Site
DMS Project # 96582
USACE # SAW-2014-01585
DWR # 20140869
RFP: 16-005634 — Issued 10/25/13
Institution Date: 06/24/14— Full Delivery
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New River Basin
Cataloging Unit 05050001
Alleghany County, North Carolina
Project Assets:
5,053.014 SMUs (cold)
5.703 WMUs (riparian)
FD Provider: Wildlands Engineering, Inc. — Contact: Jeff Keaton, [e-mail]
<mailto:[e-mail]> ; Office: 919-851-9986 (x103) & Mobile: [phone]
NCDEQ - DMS PM: Harry Tsomides; [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>, [phone]
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Paul Wiesner
Western Regional Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Mitigation Services
828-273-1673 Mobile
[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
Western DMS Field Office
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Asheville, N.C. 28801
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