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Home My WebLink About20171156 Ver 1_IRT Site Visit Meeting Minutes_11-17-2021_20211118WATER & LAND SOLUTIONS EMPOWERING PEOPLE. RESTORING THE ENVIRONMENT, Meeting Minutes Horne Creek Tributaries Mitigation Site Subject: NCIRT MY1/MY2 Site Meeting Date Prepared. November 18, 2021 Meeting Date and Time; November 17, 2021 at 9:00 am Meeting Location• Horne Creek Tributaries Mitigation Site (Surry County, NC) Attendees: USACE: Kim Browning, Todd Tugwell, Casey Haywood (NCIRT) NCDEQ DWR: Erin Davis (NCIRT) NCDMS: Matthew Reid, Paul Wiesner, Melonie Allen WLS: Daniel Ingram, Cara Conder, Emily Dunnigan These meeting minutes document notes and discussion points from the North Carolina Interagency Review Team (NCIRT) MY1/MY2 Site Visit for the Horne Creek Tributaries Mitigation Project (Yadkin River Basin, CU 03040101). The site is located in Surry County, near Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. The meeting began at 9:00 am with a project overview and discussion of issues during MYO and MY1 on site. After the short discussion, attendees toured the project site to review existing conditions. The project site review notes are presented below in the order they were discussed/visited. • Group started by walking up R1. • Erin expressed concern with tree growth along R1 in areas of dense juncus coverage along the channel. She requested a random vegetation plot in this area. WLS will survey a random vegetation plot in this area during MY3. • Erin asked if wetland credit was proposed on site. Daniel responded that no wetland credit was proposed. • Todd and Erin expressed concerns about stream shading. Todd noted that the high herbaceous cover is good for runoff filtering. • Todd noted cattails along R1. Daniel responded that the cattails are in pockets along the floodplain and not in the channel. • Todd noted that a log structure just downstream of the flow gauge is undercutting and it should be monitored. Daniel confirmed it was installed with a footer. • Todd asked if work was done to structures with significant drops in MYO. Daniel responded that no remedial work was completed or planned, and the structures were built as proposed in the Mitigation Plan. +1 (919) 614-5111 • info@waterlandsolutions.com 7721 Six Forks Road, Suite 130, Raleigh, NC 27615, United States www.wateriandsolutions.com R4 WATER & LAND SOLUTIONS EMPOWERING PEOPLE. RESTORING THE ENVIRONMENT, • Todd noted the upper limits of R1 may develop into a wetland system over time. No remedial action was requested. • Todd asked where the water was coming from that's eroding the floodplain near vegetation plot 10. Daniel responded that water is coming from seeps in the nearby slope. Todd did not see this area as a problem for future reports. • Erin asked if WLS designed to save the trees along R5. Daniel responded yes, and to minimize disturbance. • Cara asked Erin and Kim if black willow can be included in vegetation plot stem counts. Kim responded that they can be, if they are on the approved plant list (they are), and constitute no more than 50% of stems in a plot. • Todd noted erosion from the field on R5 in one spot and asked it be closely monitored. Emily responded that we are monitoring this area and have done seed ing/livestaking. Erin asked if WLS takes photos of this area. Emily responded that photos are included in monitoring reports. • Todd noted low stem density along the left floodplain of R5 and requested random vegetation plots in MY3. Emily responded that WLS will complete random vegetation plots in this area in MY3. • Todd noted the new stream problem area on R4 (riffle blown out and channel cut down) should be monitored closely. Daniel responded the area will be monitored and supplemental cross section data will be included in MY2 report. • Todd asked if any rilling was occurring under the blanket of the large right slope on R4. Emily responded that no rilling is occurring and herbaceous vegetation is slowly establishing. • Erin asked if trees are growing on the large right slope of R4. Emily responded that trees are there, they are just difficult to see. • Todd asked how the flow gauge on R2 is calibrated and why it was installed in one of the only pools holding water. Daniel responded that it's calibrated to the head of downstream riffle elevation. He also said that HOBO gauges work best in deep water and WLS always installs them in deep pools to produce more reliable data. General Comments/Summary • Meeting minutes to be emailed to Matthew for review and included in the MY2 report. Erin asked that we watch vegetation closely, particularly in wet areas with high herbaceous cover. Daniel said that additional data for vegetation will be collected in MY3 and any proposed supplemental planting will occur in MY4 • Kim asked to have all flow data for the flow gauge on R2 included in the MY2 report. Daniel responded that data will be included. +1 (919) 614-5111 • info@waterlandsolutions.com 7721 Six Forks Road, Suite 130, Raleigh, NC 27615, United States www.wateriandsolutions.com WATER & LAND SOLUTIONS EMPOWERING PEOPLE. RESTORING THE ENVIRONMENT, Todd asked that the stream problem area on R5 be monitored closely, no remedial action is proposed at this time. Daniel responded that winter photographs will be included in the MY3 report. Kim asked that the top of R1 be monitored closely for marshy conditions and to make sure the stream is still defined. Emily asked Matthew if he requires pebble counts for future monitoring reports. Matthew responded that no pebble counts are required and to note the DMS email in future reports. The above minutes represent Water & Land Solutions' interpretation and understanding of the meeting discussion and actions. If recipients of these minutes should find any information contained in these minutes to be in error, incomplete, please notify the author with appropriate corrections and/or additions within five business days to allow adequate time for correction and redistribution. +1 (919) 614-5111 • info@waterlandsolutions.com 7721 Six Forks Road, Suite 130, Raleigh, NC 27615, United States www.wateriandsolutions.com From: Davis. Erin B To: Baker. Caroline D Subject: FW: Site Visit Meeting Minutes: November 17, 2021—Horne Creek Tributaries (DMS#100026) - (SAW-2017- 01510) (DWR#2017-1156) - Yadkin 03040101 (Surry County) Date: Monday, November 22, 2021 8:04:42 AM Attachments: Horne Creek 100026 IRT Site Visit Meetina Minutes 11-17-2021.odf Laserfiche Upload: Email & Attachment DWR#: 20171156 v.1 Doc Type: Mitigation Site Visit From: Wiesner, Paul Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2021 3:44 PM To: Kim Browning <Kimberly.D.Browning@usace.army.mil>; Haywood, Casey M CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <Casey.M.Haywood@usace.army.mil>; Davis, Erin B <erin.davis@ncdenr.gov>; Tugwell, Todd J CIV USARMY CESAW (US) <Todd.J.Tugwell@usace.army.mil> Cc: Emily Dunnigan <emily@waterlandsolutions.com>; daniel@waterlandsolutions.com; Cara Conder <cara@waterlandsolutions.com>; Reid, Matthew <matthew.reid@ncdenr.gov>; Allen, Melonie <melonie.allen@ncdenr.gov> Subject: Site Visit Meeting Minutes: November 17, 2021_Horne Creek Tributaries (DMS#100026) - (SAW-2017-01510) (DWR#2017-1156) - Yadkin 03040101 (Surry County) Casey, Kim, Erin and Todd; The November 17, 2021 IRT site visit meeting minutes for the Horne Creek Tributaries site are attached for your review. Please let us know if you have any questions, comments or concerns. WLS will include the final meeting minutes as an Appendix in the project's final MY2 (2021) report. Thanks Paul Wiesner Western Regional Supervisor North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Mitigation Services 828-273-1673 Mobile paul.wiesner(c-)ncdenr.gov Western DMS Field Office 5 Ravenscroft Drive Suite 102 Asheville, N.C. 28801 D,sl�.� Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.