20180198 Ver 1_Year 1 Monitoring Report_2021 (Buffer)_20211215

Mitigation Project Information Upload
ID#* 20180198 Version* 1
.........................................................................................................................................................................
Select Reviewer:*
Katie Merritt
Initial Review Completed Date 12/16/2021
Mitigation Project Submittal - 12/15/2021
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Is this a Prospectus,Technical Proposal or a New Site?* 0 Yes ® No
Type of Mitigation Project:*
Stream Wetlands Buffer Nutrient Offset
(Select all that apply)
Project Contact Information
Contact Name:* Email Address:*
Jeremiah Dow [e-mail]
Project Information
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ID#:* 20180198 Version:* 1
Existing ID# Existing Version
Project Type: DMS Mitigation Bank
Project Name: Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
County: Johnston
Document Information
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Mitigation Document Type:*
Mitigation Monitoring Report
File Upload: Sassarixa_100040_Buffer_MY1_2021.pdf 16.96MB
Please upload only one PDF of the complete file that needs to be submitted...
Signature
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Print Name:* Jeremiah Dow
Signature:*

,14
aY- r @ ,x S^ a'" b py �' 9 �ry�-rt�•9 `ryt °_F'_ �.
E e `2 :* , ' ,: v:,.. k a "Rom;
- parr A. , F R `•ylk f .ar .. �,, ""q^� a1p'*x' �f+::
�' a fi .aa w`„r d' 07 4 �rl -' - ri x i b-t o i'� ' ye
t,
:� `'!,1
; . 1�`;," 3 i max:` 4 ,. r s�. '` '7r
MONITORING YEAR 1 SASSARIXA SWAMP MITIGATION SITE
Johnston County, NC
ANNUAL BUFFER REPORT NCDEQContract No. 7425
Final DMS ID No. 100040
DWR Project No. 2018-0198
REP No. 16-007279
Neuse River Basin
HUC 03020201
Data Collection Period: September 2021
Draft Submission Date: November 30, 2021
Final Submission Date: December 9, 2021
PREPARED FOR:
0
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Mitigation Services
1652 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1652

PREPARED BY:
WILDLANDS
ENGINEERING
Wildlands Engineering, Inc.
312 West Mil!brook Road, Suite 225
Raleigh, NC 27609
Jason Lorch
[e-mail]
Phone: [phone]

SASSARIXA SWAMP MITIGATION SITE
Monitoring Year 1 Buffer Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1: PROJECT OVERVIEW 1
1.1 Project Summary 1
1.2 Project Goals and Objectives 1
1.3 Monitoring Year 1 Data Assessment 2
1.3.1 Vegetative Assessment 2
1.3.2 Vegetation Areas of Concern 3
1.4 Monitoring Year 1 Summary 3
Section 2: METHODOLOGY 3
Section 3: REFERENCES 4
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 General Figures and Tables
Figure 1 Vicinity Map
Figure 2 Service Area Map
Figure 3 Project Component/Asset Map
Table la Mitigation Credits
Table lb Total Area of Buffer and Nutrient Offset Mitigation
Table 2 Project Activity and Reporting History
Table 3 Project Contact Table
Table 4 Project Information and Attributes
Table 5 Adjacent Forested Areas Existing Tree and Shrub Species
Table 6 Planted Tree Species
Appendix 2 Visual Assessment Data
Figure 4-4c Monitoring Plan View Maps
Table 7 Vegetation Condition Assessment Table
Vegetation Plot Photographs
Overview Photographs
Appendix 3 Vegetation Plot Data
Table 8 Vegetation Plot Data
Table 9 Vegetation Performance Standards Summary Table
Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1 Annual Buffer Report-Final i

Section 1: PROJECT OVERVIEW
1.1 Project Summary
Wildlands Engineering, Inc. (Wildlands) implemented a full delivery project at the Sassarixa Swamp
Mitigation Site (Site) for the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality(NCDEQ) Division of
Mitigation Services (DMS).A conservation easement comprised of 65.06 acres along Sassarixa Creek and
seven unnamed tributaries to Sassarixa Creek, along with six unnamed tributaries to Black Creek in the
Neuse River Basin are included in the project. A total of 55.26 acres (2,407,138 ft2) of riparian buffer
have been restored, enhanced, or preserved and are expected to generate 1,080,282.590 riparian buffer
credits,with potential to convert some buffer credits to nutrient offset credits dependent on the need.
The Site is located approximately six miles southwest of Smithfield and five miles north of Four Oaks
(Figure 1). Project information and attributes are described in Table 4 located in Appendix 1.The Site
drains to Holts Lake,which is a recreational lake classified as Nutrient Sensitive Waters (NSW). Holts
Lake then drains to the Neuse River, which is a water supply for the City of Goldsboro.
Work at the Site was planned, designed, and constructed per the Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site—
Riparian Buffer Mitigation Plan (Wildlands, 2020) and the Consolidated Buffer Mitigation Rule 15A NCAC
02B .0295 (effective November 1, 2015). The purpose of the riparian buffer restoration is to provide
riparian buffer credits to compensate for buffer impacts within the Hydrologic Unit Code 03020201.The
service area for the riparian buffer credits is depicted in Figure 2.The mitigation credits generated from
the Site are included in Table 1 and illustrated in Figure 3 located in Appendix 1.
J..2 Project Goals and Objectives
The project includes several adjacent properties that have been owned and operated as a livestock farm
by a single family since 1850, where livestock are continually rotated through all fields (with access to
their associated streams).The western portion of the project includes Sassarixa Creek and seven
unnamed tributaries to Sassarixa Creek(T1,T1A,T1B,T1C,T1D,T2, and T3) (Figure 2).The eastern
portion of the site contains six unnamed tributaries to Black Creek(T4,T5,TSA,TSB,TSC, and T6). A
review of historic aerials from 1950 to 2012, showed that onsite streams have existed in their
approximate locations with very little change to riparian zones since 1950.Two alterations to the Site
visible from aerial photography are the addition of the pond on T2 between 1964 and 1973, and the
addition of the large pond below TSA,TSB, and TSC, between 1950 and 1961.
The Site is located in a new Targeted Local Watershed (TLW)that is not described in the 2010 Neuse
River Basin Restoration Priorities (RBRP) Plan.The TLW was added in the 2015 Neuse 01 Cataloging Unit
(CU) Update because there were more water quality issues than assets.The Site addresses the TLW
stressors of agricultural land use/animal operations and the lack of protected riparian areas.The project
will also address key CU wide restoration goals for the Neuse River 03020201 described in the RBRP (NC
DWR 2009). Specific enhancements to water quality and ecological processes are outlined below:
• Decrease nutrient levels- Nutrient input will be decreased by filtering runoff from the
agricultural fields through restored native buffer zones.The off-site nutrient input will also be
absorbed on-site by dispersing flood flows through native vegetation, thereby reducing nutrient
inputs to waters of the Neuse River Basin.
• Exclude cattle from project streams. - Install fencing around project areas adjacent to cattle
pastures.
• Decrease water temperature and increase dissolved oxygen concentrations- Establishment and
maintenance of riparian buffers will create additional long-term shading of the channel flow to
reduce thermal pollution.
key Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1 Annual Buffer Report-Final 1

• Restore and enhance native floodplain vegetation - Plant native tree species in riparian zone
where currently insufficient.
• Permanently protect the Site from harmful uses- Establish a conservation easement on the Site.
Protect aquatic habitat; protecting water supply waters.
The 65.06-acre Site is protected with a permanent conservation easement. Of the 65.06 acres, Neuse
riparian buffer credits were generated by restoring 10.03 acres, enhancing 34.41 acres, and preserving
10.82. No buffer credit will be generated from the remaining 9.80 acres. In general, riparian buffer
restoration area widths on streams extend out to 50 feet from top of bank on each side of the stream
channel. Figure 3 and Table 1 in Appendix 1 detail the buffer credit generation.
1.3 Monitoring Year 1 Data Assessment
The Mitigation Plan (Wildlands, 2019)was submitted and accepted by DMS in November 2019.
Construction activities by Land Mechanic Designs, Inc. was completed in January 2021, while tree
planting by Bruton Natural Systems, Inc. was completed in March 2021.The baseline as-built survey was
completed by Kee Mapping and Surveying in February 2021. Refer to Appendix 1 for detailed project
activity, history, contact information, and watershed/site background information.
Vegetative performance for buffer restoration areas will be in accordance with 15A NCAC 02B
.0295(n)(2)(B), and (n)(4) (effective November 1, 2015).To meet success criteria, areas generating buffer
mitigation credits shall include a minimum of four native hardwood tree species,where no one species
is greater than 50 percent of stems, and shall have a survival of at least 260 planted stems per acre at
the end of the required five-year monitoring period. For monitoring to be completed and buffer credit
to be awarded, NCDWR must provide written approval of successful revegetation of buffer restoration
areas. Year 1 monitoring (MY1)was conducted to assess the condition of the vegetation in September
2021.
1.3.1 Vegetative Assessment
The quantity of monitoring vegetation plots was determined in accordance with the Wilmington District
Stream and Wetland Compensatory Mitigation Update (NCIRT, 2016) such that at least 2 percent of the
Site is encompassed in monitoring plots. A total of 10 vegetation plots (each 100 square meters)were
established within the conservation easement boundaries.The plot corners have been marked and are
recoverable either through field identification or with the use of a GPS unit. Reference photographs are
taken at the origin looking diagonally across the plot to the opposite corner on an annual basis.Trees
will be marked annually with flagging tape. Species composition, vigor, height, density, and survival rates
will be evaluated by plot on an annual basis.The extent of invasive species coverage will also be
monitored and controlled as necessary.
The MY1 vegetation monitoring was completed in September 2021, resulting in an average survival of
506 planted stems per acre.The Site is exceeding the final requirement of 260 stems per acre, with 9 of
the 10 plots individually exceeding this requirement.The planted stem mortality was approximately 11%
of the baseline stem count(566 stems per acre) in March 2021.There is an average of 12 stems per plot.
Vegetation plot 2 is not on track to meet the final success requirement with 243 stems per acre. A more
thorough visual assessment will take place in the area near vegetation plot 2 in Spring 2022 to assess the
survivability of the planted trees and resprouts. Refer to Appendix 2 for the vegetation condition
assessment table, monitoring plan view maps, vegetation plot and overview photographs. Appendix 3
contains vegetation plot data and vegetation plot performance summary table.
key Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1 Annual Buffer Report-Final 2

1.3.2 Vegetation Areas of Concern
Before construction, Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) was treated along Sasssarixa Creek during the
winter of 2020/2021 using a combination of methods including foliar and cut stump applications. Out of
the 27.00 acres that was originally treated, resprouts did emerge along the lower half of Sassarixa Creek
totaling 11.99 acres (Figure la). A follow up treatment will occur during MY2 to treat the resprouts.
Several cattle were observed within the Site throughout July 2021. Cattle had access to 11.39 acres of
the Site between the Sassarixa Creek ford crossing to the top of T1 (Figure la). The cattle were entering
the Site through the high tensile fence along the Sassarixa Creek ford crossing.The landowner has
agreed to keep the outside gates closed unless supervising the cattle crossing Sassarixa Creek. No cattle
have been seen in the easement since July 2021, indicating the easement encroachment has been
resolved. No major damage occurred to the Site due to cattle encroachment, except for several dented
easement signs
1.4 Monitoring Year 1 Summary
Overall,the Site has exceeded the required vegetation success criteria for MY1. Vegetation plot 2 is not
on track to meet the final success criteria. A visual assessment will take place in Spring 2022 to assess
survivability and resprouts.The rest of the Site's vegetation layer established quickly and is greatly
reducing the amount of nutrients and sediment from entering the project streams. A follow up
treatment of the Chinese privet resprouts along Sassarixa Creek will occur during MY2. Cattle were
accessing the easement through the Sassarixa Creek ford crossing, but since communicating with the
landowner, no cattle have been observed in the easement since July 2021.
Summary information/data related to the performance of various project and monitoring elements can
be found in the tables and figures in the report appendices. Narrative background and supporting
information,formerly found in these reports, can be found in the Mitigation Plan (Wildlands, 2020)
available on DMS's website. All raw data supporting the tables and figures in the appendices are
available from DMS upon request.
Section 2: METHODOLOGY
Planted woody vegetation was monitored in accordance with the guidelines and procedures developed
by the Wilmington District Stream and Wetland Compensatory Mitigation Update (NCIRT, 2016). A total
of ten fixed 100 square meter vegetation monitoring quadrants were established within the Site
conservation easement area.
key Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1 Annual Buffer Report-Final 3

Section 3: REFERENCES
Breeding, R. 2010. Neuse River Basin Restoration Priorities. North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement
Program.
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 2011.Web Soil Survey.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Mitigation Services (NCDMS). 2017.
Riparian Buffer and Nutrient Offset Buffer Baseline and Annual Monitoring Report Template version
2.0
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources (NCDWR). 2000. 15A
NCAC 02B .0233 Neuse River Basin: Nutrient Sensitive Waters Management Strategy: Protection and
Maintenance of Existing Riparian Buffers.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources (NCDWR). 2015. 15A
NCAC 02B .0295 Mitigation Program Requirements for Protection and Maintenance of Riparian
Buffers.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources (NCDWR). 2011.
Surface Water Classifications.
North Carolina Interagency Review Team (NCIRT). 2016. Wilmington District Stream and Wetland
Compensatory Mitigation Update.
Wildlands Engineering, Inc. (2019). Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site—Riparian Buffer Mitigation Plan.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Mitigation Services (NCDMS),
Raleigh, NC.
key Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1 Annual Buffer Report-Final 4

APPENDIX 1. GENERAL FIGURES AND TABLES

‘` - 0302020110004i
_ Project Location
I - Hydrologic Unit Code(14-Digit) Jr_,.
03020201120030 DMS Targeted Local Watersheds
k._ ,1 i i
N ! i
• j
•
••\ , `/� 1 03020201100050
-.
Co 3 Fri `�
Sl a'/, ti ��;
S
t r�a T P •
m
zz
H\aG*� Pa rc l ; ''
ra nt eta 1
03020201130030 1 J
Country-C-lub I f
pf Johnston . i j
County - l.�1'
Holts Lake 1
725['
f 1
�• 1 %
i ./
•
of ``1
/—*`-.
`"�^`; I"`"m•T ��S 03020201140010
��
�, \`/ Four iYaks------sr '....^C
1 \ .
♦
Directions:
From Raleigh take I-40 E. Take exit 319 for NC-210
03020201150010 toward Smithfield/Angier. Turn left onto NC-210 E
j (signs for Smithfield). Continue on NC-210 E for
_ i 2.4 miles and turn right onto Lassiter Roads. After
i
4.6 miles,turn left onto Black Creek Road.
= / Continue on Black Creek Road for 0.7 miles and
then turn right onto Old Olive Road. The first
! parcel is 0.1 mile on the right of Old Olive Road.
1 t The other parcels are at various locations further
/ down Old Olive Road.
/ -.
Figure 1.Vicinity Map
2WILD LAND S , Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
ENGINEERING 0 0.5 1 Miles Monitoring Year 1-2021
I 1 I 1 I N Neuse River Basin 03020201
Johnston County, NC

i i
yville —i iv ! Ti____ County Boundaries
Roxboro g1- -i
?i Ns, 0j �=a =1 11 Neuse 03020201 HUC
1 c,4e FL-I1 I,'I Service Area-Riparian Buffer Credits
1 I oxford i
Project Location
1 I f I II if
)cca'aechf ' I ; /�'yL'"*•at.
1
1 •
i I IIII1 I Creedmoor �/
ileba / L-Iit I lu I
°' IIIII I I IIIII ! ;'
i e ; I Il lh Ins ; ,r •\o��t2 ft
ie ¢.,Rd `,°;aka Forest••'•�� % II i Ii III
j ' I,II 'Hilt /'•�•� l,�
\:-: .1 ./.. **
IF.11.71.)1i 1 1 I I../ 2..\;:
I III,I ; i t ,
/ \(.91
/ ••.. —..—...—.._.
ill
/ Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site %
t
K %
Buies .,
Creek Coat; _ I I -_
LIIGnglon ,
` / //
.1 ,_,I 1 '., I,beI
. . 469 ft Errvin
Dunn �i../� �•
'fJalkertavn •
{ \ ,�
i ` •'• \
r• �, Lumtzz1�0 •�
,' ek �."`. ....:.....�
• {nng Lake �..i .�..�..�..`../
i • 1
I Fort Bragg a_r,,'.,t -.
Figure 2.Service Area Map
‘04111:/ Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
W I L D L A N D S 0 5 10 Miles Monitoring Year 1-2021
ENGINEERING 1 r r r 1 N Neuse River Basin 03020201
Johnston County, NC

' ' f •''''.0`..0•1' ,i'. ....,!-.0.,- * '11"."-"7-747.,....470.- 4,( - _ _ 13Irick Creek • -77e, , g • f,_ 401P .WIMMIIIAMIMI. ., " i
' ,•-•... • - -No creek Rd.r• . , , 3 . • A: • .• 4!
141110 ,
• - - r- ),.*.,
. r-•
t r r
.:i . . .. _ 4 - 1 _, Conservation Easement Buffer Enhancement
-,, . .••• " 0 4 - —
• • 4. i . i% r - V.-a^ ' , I • 4 . .
. , ... . . r. Internal Crossing Cattle Exclusion
..?.'', • ... -•C'.., li. , • ' s S
T
."....;•"....N. . ..., z,
.... • ••I :•k, '• " ,: 1,1 X•
r.e
/"' I •1-•• , Mk 0. t• • ,4•,
Utility Easement Coastal Headwaters
, x %. • • I • . Project Features Buffer Preservation 111
‘. Ir •1
i . • e,.. --_____,A , , •
)(,..1.• ''' —7A '''.4
• ):" %. .., 1 ift: .±k ;t s..
',.. ...•. iirt 't • , - ' . Project Stream Not for Credit
,L :kiz, ,
ice' • x iiN ts. ../. /11„,,t . . 1%4 = Project Ephemeral Channel g = Fencing
1 ''•• , - % ,,, )414 .... Ili
. e•-
••• t - .,, *V 34.- -__, ,,,-, r• tort - 4 1% • .-.-A s % ' • P"** \ S -,. -
"
•,. ... to . ,_ ..s_ip,a Project Ditch -- Surveyed Treeline
, •••••/, ,.. • -
• ,.0 1 ii ,.... 0. • - ....i.
lit i 1 _ . 44-r\ it
•. 7. •AP• 4,, „ . w , N.N„.., V 1. •a. ' k ,,_...A.
.... „,
• , .t. Mitigation Approach U Gates
•• L' ---•---.- +, .--"l• 4e,_— — , ••, • , • .
--•g --;K••, . 14:1 , '
• f. •S it.. Buffer Restoration
x \ so•/- A.
,• ,,,t - ^•., ,,
' at ' • , Xs_-____ ' `.-,.- ,, ± 4 ,-..A •-,11,..
• •.
• tr+ • , • \ V*
•111114$1 N
— • ,. ...,,,4
\ ..,
- "-lc._ i '$t — •eit.it. • k.%,, '
'r( ....,
A ,
1 *
• : '(--•.1.-.;0•••*t.A•,i..'••••,1'i'.4 f.V. t'rk,,0 01•,'..,.,.,':...,q•„.).
x4
i •1..*.
..-- .
° -, ..Ai,-.•..A.. \i i=.-,,,,.--'__,._.___-,.__,i-t4..-1.1._...—._.,._,•4,„„,72*‘_.'.'`''•. '1
'
)M , '4, , •
I r . / - I•t•.0,1„,4 .0 4•,
•...,.,7,,s,0." .,.t fti,...,..vi,••4k-er,$:,• , 6,,'.,,
I.t4.••I1!•.i t•r,..;;..;4•",;;••14-.•.,
'1"4.,u-.,•
0I.
•
1.',,--o•,
,l 4li•
'‘o rF I .•fI S.'',t1*iet.14,.,
• ..,,,-,---4.41: . „.
,. \ tsf '-'- . . - .-41. '• 4-"...-. i+14'f:',. i -* Ic• .---:".;`'''i-:. ..‘, -•
`.4.41- kti + ,
4 . •,, 4,- 41 . .. ,,,. •
, .4•41r ,,,--;„ , ----t. .. , - 1" ., -
• .. /"I,.t 1 r
• '
'• 4 ••0-
Ii1N , _",... • .- %. .. ,'''
+ . . •
,
lie • -'1.' 1.1.c.ze .4474/r./ i .. N.' 1114041 cf. r.4% '7 - ,
•it, _f_ % '-, •'
.•••• ,*,..; . ,, _ 13
,..10 i I, •-.. k ., , , 0,
,
,,,, .40,-.....ti„,1;11,,„•,;,1,41.•—•.
• - or cor n
'14
- t.•• r% •, A' g --'',..-lik . . .
1.• ' '..r *' •' •411...'l IA 4:10 iee.' _••k),_•_
....,
Ne •- *.1,1 ''Y)'s2` II i•e'' ''.-7 -- -,-- •
• -A (:),.,
4"
.-' ......4 ,
it
"A -, % e'/P.7.'• ". /2.;•••44'. lib"
•A'• „It, '4: : ' -' .. 4 •'' „ -,r
• I '-..1,-
44.#42.4% 1 ' '• . .
.0/1• "•#* 4, 4`...}4 al.' Iplar.
,.. .,, %•.,,(... , • # .,1. ..,..1.,, V'
' ' .....--..*:!.!;:17C
\ as, •-,t. ,i./.., .. ./..V. f# . k % 1$ --`-.1.1 1,. it*Its ,.., .. .# .`• . . A
' A .7 V *74 / X '4 I' ‘-' ' ' r • • .
• 4 .. 1 .4 ,,-- -_ , •4,. . -Vr W -
- x • .
:,,,...• -% , . k •
'.•-•1,, ' ',/4-.- .„4- . „ 71 ' ' ''. 'I . I '41';'- ' - , ' •, • ' , "7'. 1‘. "
.,* ----'''. ,, ,,•‘\6.
• ,. ; ..
. . . ' k t*--' • ' '''' . 0\‘‘' .. :.
...
ss' X - , * • •:1;0 ,__ x_ x_ __"1-7 xliC, , ..,
,A,,,,,,,\'t - • ''''' \
V *1.''''':''11:1:‘; ,i l':';'''f.•:%„,WY.-.' -'-, ',,.,-•- A s'1 4E9: ...v , ,ily, —4 ..
" ..'., ,.,,,, LW'.;''`r•-• ,7 .- -
''4,',-' ..( IP •
:
.4.--," . - .-,:4,-',,,,,,,.....-4 ' i , ••.,.. t'i - .i-",4 .4 rit Pk.' 4.111 P‘kl., i .. P Y.' •
41,11•44clif.A., %, ,.. t; ..',..#14 'V,..k‘.4#1o•,••• . •nen"..t.,,. .. ''''' L'i t 4 -V,^- ,.. ‘‘.. . ._ -
-,.•,
*, Ns,- ot , .4,4‘..,10, , ,,,... ,, ,11(-• - - 4,
':..‹.1......,0: ..', ',.1.4' , , 1'4. "..• . •."P.1, ,1011 .,,01,..57,11 11,m,, J.,.. , '
•-%74 I „„, * > .. .
• !$.• „of,.
..f.,..-... *.4,;140 -%.,• ...... ' ' l' 4 '''•4. tIPX14.A1 I '
•%,, , ".
'"‘""/ -V* re ',,,,...! 1.. ' 17.:4": it;, .- ':','? b.'*:'.:r 14:114e.. • • .t..
'..* ' al. + 10 ••• V "t•
•4i;....: . ..-t,F.-,,.,,-'kits, - ,. ,3-• 1 -,-.,„1,•;,k . . .;, '16 --,.1 .1 x
.„ , ,- ,,.,‘•t•••4',.."0,..-„-...•,,
vii-41,...",rall"7 •••.• iv, 4.i. ,.-q''''•' . **10.• ,,, " " ' *,1:11411.. / . * , ... .
. ,
>`."- I 1 •
irlifi1/4' ,... . :
. ,
.. . ,
.V? .
1 . ,......-,..4. .
,.„ •-„ ..z.N.:. ,-. 1.,,,'. 3r' - , 4.• ,". 44 :" '144.•%,--'i 140 --... :.i-
`' •4.
.4 ',1.t 4.• .*-.04. - - , ft
4 z,„ •,,„. ... x
.....
. ...,, X ,
• •.•-• -, •„.. , . , ,,, , -....._ . ,.„.. • ... ••:,
,. •
)1/4_
1 k
I K lip 7,1,, - 4.
4 ' ' .' '-' --'.'t..... • .. .
• k 4.-
N.* ori 30.,,,c.:1.1, - • .
4;5:,...?4•41:41",,,,i.,v..,,,,,, 00
re N V .44, Ilk
- -' fa•
,IP ."-•,,,•,:` '
s
ib I '.'1.''''.•.'WN • n .." 7 .
' AA.. •. :. , % t / •••••:, 1 • . , .,.. ••,.
..
!„..........*:-.::,...e,... : • ,. '4' li ',V,, • • ..... -. x -*1 I u V.I i .5,,,,,; ,•44 .=••
.,.• .• _„, . _
,. .*lc I.>- I t . A • /•, :. 1.4..;40... 4.
.,•-•-•-•.....•:,, .r.,..4r.2•A',y.4...,•• oe ,X , 'A SO i/.. ,... . , .., . „
•a. .. -NAL, fit, ,,,,,,-*
1 14,44. i
i U -rt•I-4'''r- r . " 0 0 - ,,, 'C-...•
t * • '• qr il. " ' r .I•''S .
ve• ii. .4,.. '
"1,7::7.1.4"-Z.,"'.4,•••Y; ... _i4C-• • .z i #‘0. 41% ...._-•',.. .., / '7, I • „?: , - • . fi , . •-
. - .. 1'. •.° -4. 4 • 4
4,-.-...- , !,..5.A.:-40,... ..,,,;• ....J.;t•44.,14,4,,,,Vtirr:-•, Aib,i''' 1
•,1 '...*. . ?$'. W. . I...0 - $ '" 4 'IttP1' A- t A 41 X a.- -, ..!....$ •
i' 4- , •,, - ‘ Vt. • --
i • , , ,,
or._. • .f.•,, l'-", ; i.b.c.'..,.f.,.'i'AL,.)1/4. -... '"•.1 '•• 4'tt . / 4t, t 1•!..',..t. ,, ,..4)* 'el-,...., r. ',j,
7 1 g11 * , ,MOW rer i - •• •.. .... .44, vt ...U.
. 41
r`,;..'-'.•-'•'• ' • --ws."-:','-.. * ...',1 •*‘•A'..r ' ,# •• , •.' , •f". • C.7 4 ._,F,44 . °,' .,,,, I, ),- k • I, • ' !r''4....
- ----,4:4 - v.---,,,14..,.„jr - -f. ..,1.....-"••""•• ./ '. ,. 4, t L' • •-•'r: 1.4,, , -4 . .4044:::( NI , \...., il i .,.. it. • k, . , "s1 1,44
, A • ,‘l',, ?),4,1
,••••••/4: 7,4`.:.;•'•°;•;.''j 1."...1.::.... S,:', ,'•::'..:.,!•;:,: • -4.,•It; '.' t' '' Li's** ••• # .' 1 1 x ,k . ' '
'40 •. -, • , .....- , . , ..•-,, ,„ . - - ,. II :•,„'V't •,..",' ." . . •'• t•-• " - • W.
. -• ', 4 ow * I 11
t .`• . ;`,
• %.1 '. ' • k, ; •:? t , ,. ...,i, ...", • „
.'• 1
.i 0 I 7 $ , •AL 1.., .:.
.• ..?. '...e. ......'.= '' ';.(i26; ..i .• ..t•.'.•'•' ..• . •,..., ,' 1',' „jk•...f. t , ,..t. , ..'4,"• •.' J., ' j I i I,',. a . .0.e"..4., , 4 . • .. ,),YI :4'.1..: . .
t- - -it 4, *it j'•-•-,,c•- ,,..• ... .-. -•••,• (.• • ...-.••• , ,• .• -.1,..., -. -.„.• ,I, -. I - , .. • ,,•,...,r...- , r,,-t, ,,,r -1, . •s-,,,- „, , •-, l'' - x 4, i
, ..-' '' ...• • .. --,- - 3. -- ..--.,1--,•• -: -,• . ,. •-•- - ,,, .,
4
it
,,.
-I .
, 44, ,• ' ke- - • : • •' • ''' • •I .,70- •,r:,, 0- . •,:. " 4..,,it tie,11 ' '-?- - r-- •* Iv. 4.. s, ' 1 ''•÷ I 11 ' ' f a. ,
e. •.-• -,7"•:c-.. f ..i.•''tk t.s•t,,,--,..,
's' t. tit. i ...
,..
,4 • ., •
• • , ... . •- ••i- .f.„ • • •.. •r • •'"1, .. ••... rii."., -,: ' . •',rt.,. '',a;:irt • ' 4,,,ae 4, . '
t , ''iN, •k• •
--,,! ':`,1i.-.:- :'' •#4"..1'..4 -:'‘ •;,', ' .•c.,...- s "Pli . V..)1144 f-i, ,',•• -ii:+.•:. . ' •.--,,.! , .e 7::.;,;.,t'i ..4.,.... - r;, •-it•T• Al k ''' ''': ' ,.,,,aft. ',/ - 4, '4, ' '"4-' 4
,- --.."1:-•--1F-- ' ' „ , •• • , , - „ r'..,; •-' -.,,:z `.-4, 4. ,C........ • • • ''.. Os• A.' 140'0 t• t•+ •,:.. el•a ,„ow mr-r4, . i ..44 % litt .4 4411, .
"14...:1.'" ir4. "r""- ,,, ,. WO,,,,,,..., ..%,"... • - 4.' 0.,1 ...;*A:. S•• '41..•:- . ,• '4"' , i -r 1:.'44.-4. if:7;. - .''. 'N.*;), 4 ,, • i..".,\ 41 •*".4',4, -' • - .
• — As . • • ,,, - ..
„ , • -•: ,,,,,,4,„-;....,,,..11,-:,7, - ,-• ' ,I...f•-• • . 'be'', °It-140P `",.. 'r 4 '4 Arii' .". ' . kt.-st. 1 .. ,
.„.:.,..., . ,• . ..• ..... • . •, .- •,.....-- Iii.4,, , •.4, .. .,... .4 -..,..,t.!,. - . hi
• , $ . ,.'.•", •••c• .v , •
2019 Aerial Photography -. • ,.., .... ..4 f-........":'4..41.4't1/. :/f. 4,4• ' r ..- i'i I :•
....„1...• I . ,,i ,•• . ..
Figure 3. Project Component/Asset Map
Olk& WILDLANDS 0 500 1 000 Feet Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
ENGINEERING Monitoring Year 1-2021
I I I I I Neuse River Basin (03020201)
N Johnston County, NC

Table la. Mitigation Credits
Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1-2021
Neuse 03020201-Outside Falls Lake Project Area
#N/A N Credit Conversion Ratio(ft2/pound)
#N/A P Credit Conversion Ratio(ft2/pound)
Subject?(enter Total Delivered
Min-Max Initial Final Convertible Convertible to Delivered
NO if Mitigation Total Area (Creditable) %Full Riparian Buffer Nutrient
Credit Type Location Feature Type Buffer Feature Name Credit Credit to Riparian Nutrient Nutrient Offset:N
ephemeral or Activity (ft) Area of Buffer Credit Credits Offset:P
Width(ft) i Ratio(x:1) Ratio(x:1) Buffer? Offset? (Ibs)
ditch) Mitigation(ft) (Ibs)
Buffer Rural Yes I/P Restoration 0-50 T4 3,667 3,667 1 100% 1.00000 Yes 3,667.000 No - -
Tl,T1A,T1B,T2,
Buffer Rural Yes I/P Restoration 0-100 T4,T5,T5A,T5B, 356,716 356,716 1 100% 1.00000 Yes 356,716.000 Yes + 18,613.918 -
T6
Buffer Rural Yes I/P Restoration 101-200 T2,T4,T5A,T5B 48,375 48,375 1 33% 3.03030 Yes 15,963.766 Yes 2,524.272 -
Buffer Rural No Ephemeral Restoration 0-100 T3 15,114 15,114 1 100% 1.00000 Yes 15,114.000 Yes 788.669 -
Coastal
Buffer Rural Yes Headwater Restoration 0-100 TSC 13,073 13,073 1 100% 1.00000 Yes 13,073.000 No - -
Buffer Rural Yes I/P Enhancement 0-50 T4 217 217 2 100% 2.00000 Yes 108.500 Yes 11.323 -
Buffer Rural Yes I/P Enhancement 0-100 T4 59,812 59,812 2 100% 2.00000 Yes 29,906.000 Yes 3,121.070 -
Buffer Rural Yes I/P Enhancement 101-200 T4 3,129 3,129 2 33% 6.06061 Yes 516.285 Yes 163.275 -
Enhancement
xa
Buffer Rural Yes I/P via Cattle 20-29 SassariTs Creek, 735 735 2 75% 2.66667 Yes 275.625 No - -
Exclusion
Enhancement
Buffer Rural Yes I/P via Cattle 0-50 Sassarixa Creek, 6,000 6,000 2 100% 2.00000 Yes 3,000.000 No - -
Exclusion T5,T6
Enhancement Sassarixa Creek,
Buffer Rural Yes I/P via Cattle 0-100 Ti,T1A,T1B, 1,070,780 1,070,780 2 100% 2.00000 Yes 535,390.000 No - -
Exclusion T1C,T2,T3,T5,
TSA,TSB,T6
Enhancement Sassarixa Creek,
Buffer Rural Yes I/P via Cattle 101-200 T1A,T2,T3,T5, 358,197 358,197 2 33% 6.06061 Yes 59,102.467 No - -
Exclusion TSA,T5C
Totals(ft2): 1,935,815 1,935,815 1,032,832.642 25,222.527 -
Total Buffer(ft2): 1,935,815 1,935,815
Total Nutrient Offset(ft2): 0 N/A
Total Ephemeral Area(ft2)for Credit: 20,358 20,358
Total Eligible Ephemeral Area(ft2): 601,785 0.8% Ephemeral Reaches as%TABM
Enter Preservation Credits Below Total Eligible for Preservation(ft2): 645,272 18.3% Preservation as%TABM
Total
Min-Max Initial Final Riparian
Mitigation Total Area (Creditable) %Full
Credit Type Location Subject? Feature Type Activity Buffer Feature Name (sf) Area for Buffer Credit Credit Credit Buffer
Width(ft) i Ratio(x:1) Ratio(x:1) Credits
• Mitigation(ft) 11
Rural Yes I/P 20-29 T4 750 750 10 75% 13.33333 56.250
Rural Yes I/P 0-50 T4,T5 1,847 1,847 10 100% 10.00000 184.700
Buffer Rural Yes I/P Preservation 0-100 T3,T4,T5 460,676 460,676 10 100% 10.00000 46,067.600
Rural Yes I/P 101-200 T4 2,806 2,806 10 33% 30.30303 92.598
Rural No Ephemeral 0-100 T3 5,244 5,244 5 100% 5.00000 1,048.800
Preservation Area Subtotals(ft2): 471,323 471,323

Table lb. Total Area of Buffer and Nutrient Offset Mitigation
Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1-2021
TOTAL AREA OF BUFFER MITIGATION (TABM)
Mitigation Totals Square Feet Credits
Restoration: 436,945 404,533.766
Enhancement: 1,498,870 628,298.876
Preservation: 471,323 47,449.948
Total Riparian Buffer: 2,407,138 1,080,282.590
TOTAL NUTRIENT OFFSET MITIGATION
Mitigation Totals Square Feet Credits
Nitrogen: 0.000
Nutrient Offset: 0
Phosphorus: 0.000

Table 2. Project Activity and Reporting History
Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1-2021
Activity or Deliverable Task Completion or Deliverable
Submission
Project Instituted NA January 2018
Mitigation Plan Approved November 2019 November 2019
Construction(Grading)Completed NA January 2021
Planting Completed NA March 2021
Baseline Monitoring Document(Year 0) March 2021 July 2021
Easement Encroachment July 2021
Year 1 Monitoring September 2021 December 2021
Year Monitoring 2022 December2022
Year Monitoring 2023 December2023
Year 4 Monitoring 2024 December 2024
Years Monitoring 2025 December2025
Table 3. Project Contact Table
Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1-2021
Wildlands Engineering,Inc.
Designer 312 West Millbrook Road,Suite 225
Angela Allen,PE Raleigh,NC 27609
919.851.9986
Land Mechanic Designs,Inc.
Construction Contractor 126 Circle G Lane
Willow Spring,NC 27592
Monitoring Performers Wildlands Engineering,Inc.
Monitoring,POC Jason Lorch
919.851.9986

Table 4. Project Information and Attributes
Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1-2021
-1.1"81111116-
Project Name Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
County Johnston County
Project Coordinates(latitude and longitude) 35°28'19.75"N,78°26'9.60"W
Project Area(acres) 65.06
Planted Acreage(acres of woody stems planted) 13.03
Project Watershed Summary Information
Physiographic Province Rolling Coastal Plains
River Basin Neuse River
USGS Hydrologic Unit 8-digit 03020201
USGS Hydrologic Unit 14-digit 03020201130030
DWR Sub-basin 03-04-04
Project Drainiage Area(acres) 5,024
Project Drainage Area Percentage of Impervious Area 0.9%
CGIA Land Use Classification 66%agriculture,27%forested,7%developed
Table 5. Adjacent Forested Areas Existing Tree and Shrub Species
Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1-2021
Common Name Scientific Name Wetland Indicator
Status
Red Maple Acer rubrum FAC
Sweet Gum Liquidambar styraciflua FAC
Sycamore Platanus occidentalis FACW
Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana FAC
Water Oak Quercus nigra FAC
Willow Oak Quercus phellos FACW
Black Willow Salix nigra OBL
Tulip Poplar Lirodendron tulipifera FACU
Table 6. Planted Tree Species
Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1-2021
e Scientific Name Number o%of Total
Planted
Willow Oak Quercus phellos 1,379 14.3%
Sycamore Platanus occidentalis 1,907 19.8%
River Birch Betula nigra 1,907 19.8%
Water Oak Quercus nigra 551 5.7%
Swamp Chestnut Oak Quercus michauxii 1,396 14.5%
Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides 540 5.6%
Box Elder Acer negundo 1,350 14.0%
Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana 463 4.8%
Cherrybark Oak Quercus pagoda 66 0.7%
American Elm Ulmus alata 33 0.3%
Black Willow Salix nigra 55 0.6%

APPENDIX 2. VISUAL ASSESSMENT DATA

..
.«: 3 d
.,,,,
.. , ,,,,. .
- Black Creek R
C,'eek Rd'- ` •'� ,.'. ., ` I_ _j Conservation Easement Buffer Preservation
- 1 � �� U {• a Internal Crossing Not for Credit
�! •`� r a �` ,' 1 - 111$ Utility Easement Vegetation Plot Condition MY1
x I— r r• `. " :'0 Project Features Criteria Met
- .� i r I
a±,�, (� E
Stream I-7 Criteria Not Met
^• � .� Ephemeral Channel Cattle Encroachment- MY1
1' iIlk-
, ik + 1414;,. 1` ; j� �_ \ Ditch Invasive Area of Concern-MY1
1 is. ,A �` A 17, - X 4\y Mitigation Approach ' ' Chinese Privet
�I \ fiTO r; x X \ v Buffer Restoration = Fencing
X`<.� j . w x 4,hst....ittiii--Te&t-z Buffer Enhancement Surveyed Treeline
1 �`��+`� `� +\, \A� Cattle Exclusion b Gates
•
x ; \ r 0 Coastal Headwaters
+ � —„
x 11 - \ i l
kg. �. . r ' Figure '�ige �� f
It "'
Il � / + .. St
•
:.A. ��
+ ;fir . � . ��� � 1\ I. _r , }
•
1 III 4 � ' •':,4 ` /off 40
fi - -t.--'v • ' ' •1'V I!l'....,,,4'
I.
1� 400: fv, :6:111-\:\\±1:+1'7(6A)(11.'!:44''''l
��
6.
,11.:;:*':;.—?*-1-----:j---‘:::'
'..,:eri
� fe
i a .k 1 II s +� ir, ti �' ,
•
�:1 - --_ '' -w / ill; I 'r 41-1IP r �" 1 ;;� i�` -0v- ^-
_'' . ":4 I ''r ``fJ v �#w'i. c f(.u, \l� ►1 E3 F+, t` @ !'i'f ;.' •{ • • j r' �., .` 19'
"'' j• nA r�. 1s T:. •, .I C' ir II ! �.* _ ; • 71 , "� rt?�1 y . k1 S[- .+'Sf-,'` c,
Iif y(Jp ✓.•'..�:h..•.r r : '., •,r•+, $, ,fit ■ 3 . * < Ta `.y�f ; '14 •J Y ". ,> 1�
/ �.i.l " L '�" • •' .-^ C.�n. ► 4,...'t `�J _../ ''' .Y •' • . • ,.Al Of it , __ .. +
p+S,'~c f'... 0.5%r•¢j. 7.c' `i = .•�•• •4 t -r� 1- V i9 ' • V. '
ill
f .
obl,„ .... .. . • "
r��y.��+w�.. •ry 1 is Y•' T. l'ti.7 4--,!. . - Y- .ti t y t // I 0 .. .
,....L •yry.'�'t''4• -r ',. .�. y {.'ds`et`i ..er,v, ", ,IttAt i. ,- *- - 5' _L�� �..�,.. .�e t� A ! +• ,.. ,r. -
.. y . ;f.••. - ,. 4"e'`4., . • = '- ••t ', .,rtr"'," t y.t- ...4,•5.. 0-1 : I �� }q, .�1'� .I?.y .
•
•
•
2019 Aerial Photography t ^' -#, ':,+, •to •�•��yy!.,'t",. '° Figure 4b. — 1:' I.
•
Figure 4. Monitoring Plan View Map Key
4WILDLANDS 0 500 1 ,000 Feet Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
ENGINEERING Monitoring Year 1-2021
I I I I I Neuse River Basin (03020201)
N Johnston County, NC

iii
AN" v°‘iI , "'AI,i• ,.•.,.;• 4:. ..
R�, , .*�t ,�; �•, ���,_�}`''► r-_j Conservation Easement Not for Credit
t '� •.1 t 0 & ..ti
4 n Internal Crossing Vegetation Plot Condition-MY1
ifil
.o� �-• 4. IP.• ,(41 , •.• ' / ` Project Features [J Criteria Met
�'�, , I� , • �� t _ Project Stream [J Criteria Not Met
f"' Project Ephemeral Channel Cattle Encroachment- MY1
1101641010
r �• r. Project Ditch Invasive Area of Concern-MY1
•' 4 w• 1.. • .• 4► t , '"'` Mitigation Approach . . Chinese Privet
' • ' �. !`i * Buffer Restoration g Fencing
T'' _ _ _ P. Cattle Exclusion -- Surveyed Treeline
-t,,` ___ _ -7
' r, i) Buffer Preservation C Gates
fir : ill,
,,,„ _
, .. \ ,... , 44
X;
x it
i• \ .::• •. +r l' +� .
'I w \ k
•
I III
I' /4\1' • • .4 ,... ';, ". 1 1 / „„,,
i I 114.4k, ), Q
- w 4
'I / i / .
" A. .
c
0., .4" ,
,..,,
____
_ . .. „,
�f:�
I�
:Po- ,4t .
)116
` 11
1\ r' �'.
\\ •
y.
. A�
II O .fir
r•
II •A' ',,-,'
II r .i
4
II ♦ i'"
, © _
firs
Ii +
•4 , . * t. =,, , ..
,,,,,,_. ±,
, , ,
. ._ . .„‘„,
i-s-, + , ,
k,i, . :,. . i, , • _. , ,
Attif 1 /,4, .,.. + ,�
4k. . Ailir .. . -\ y!
' .‘. ' 4. •.• • . • s, IA...gr.-4 1
j ,
y .. • , .
, . 4"
,4 rr n
*...) '‘.. 'LlrIp•Zr ' . . .
.11►
--- --- --- - ` ' -
• .
Ilk .t z S. . .11, . .,1,4,-11' ,.. , 44 2019 Aerial Photography '
:�,, X
Figure 4a. Monitoring Plan View Map
14WILDLANDS 0 200 400 Feet N Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
ENGINEERING Monitoring Year 1 2021
I I I I I Neuse River Basin (03020201)
Johnston County, NC

:.,.,
: .. + , .
4......x....it: • .
II ♦. /i, 1 �4. • �•- �V .�d .1 Imo'. ,Y'..�'�X • * It'
! GM
i .fir‘, ..,„11,-,,---.0- ,:3\1 k. ' ,• •„... .
1 •l, 41 'lam .a•• ..�- `. ��i ...a.ik. r, .• !
jr.,7144
•
( i A \1
'..Iiiill iti..; ' 0 . ,06
• - i MIII o i /i �',. r T• r ., `,- ..iy% I - ,� 7�..
1• at ` III �� • -� • • 4''fi;r �.j fj :,,...''141.....).
� y� � �Y'
) 1$ P. //,1 ;X: ' 4 .„ilk
-0 4 714 , / 1- : e , ,•
• U t'; M II ti .! 44 } X
X `
' ( it
;4 \-• . III toot* jt. F
fJityr-• , . ', t ,
iiik A .
11111
.„,. •_ .• ")46 t ty /I _
1 r�• ' � '•r . .\I ; I ICI lb
tlk .4 4,9 ! , , - *,+ •.••:• ` ' J• ' -" .1'rl',
•It. • 1
, Ai( • •11-'• .
) II * ••
44ip
C. I • 4 . •tom• IS .
. -' '", : ''' ., ...1. . ,,X. t I)11 Aj .1 : .1-
. . fies . "4 - dillijll
1111:0-,... .
♦ :� -, k i x r IJ �i + . . N t. •�`Y. �-_j Conservation Easement Cattle Exclusion
� ��•� _ke +, �; IIJ � �� s �' Internal Crossing Buffer Preservation
bi"���!thi, • r:• r"� ll� j y, . _ t`' aill �t • , Utility Easement Not for Credit
,� fr <<1d• r" Y.-- , -' �~r' j ' .1,. 1 , ;,it '1 4, #'• t. �� It �' • , Project Features Vegetation Plot Condition-MY1
J�►�. :� v;9• viit N -. ,
,�:� IIII
e' Project Stream r7 Criteria Met
t' " • dr•. ,� A r� 40\ ,,-' Mitigation Approach Fencing
�wl�' "t�,. y . . , le. J �'� ,. Buffer Restoration Surveyed Treeline
i 't�� ; +,� ••' ity " ' M' r'e r `, , . Buffer Enhancement
r.
if +r s l: ti f t• C Gates
201 -Aerial Photography!'graphY� ''�{� + .T�1� e r "- ` ' •. •• t ,.`
• '2� .••:.'i� _ i h!` + -. _+` • __ - /i.u. A.• 'y •_ ' ' •t i .e'�l'Mi "1► �I v �.
Figure 4b. Monitoring Plan View Map
kiPi/Niv W I L D L A N D S 0 300 600 Feet , Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
ENGINEERING Monitoring Year l 2021
I I I I I N Neuse River Basin (03020201)
Johnston County, NC

. _
. .
. -
.
k ioj wraip. , -it' 1
•.-.."•_____A-x ---% T.? LA -- _ .
....,..p.
\ .
I t • :"V....51
'..., ".•-•W'
•
. '\•;"
. . ..
... •
, ..
,•
( \
-4"... ‘•••`..
\ i •
I, - .. d,•
1 %
. 3
i .11....4, • .
• 40 47101.1t ' \ \ fk 1
, • • •••. :it , ,,, .,>,,t
. -,-...,- , „,r:',.; .1111'.• \\
, -.,, ,,,,,,,,, , 9, '' 4tt,tt 4/ , g•,.
•,,,,,.:: .. ,.. ,,,,,,,
.... , ,..., ;.,,. . • , i„,, t , ,
,..?„ .
\v, • ,2.....,-- i
I
. •,-Y.eirikrqr:t 7N4.•1:#0'•,` ''' ±
4
w. .• '0 -4.11 •
%•":, ......14:g1 W .. - f.ii-, —_ ........ 4;
. ,ill i iii•l; -‘: ,, .0.x l•N .LO' \''11 ' '..,t1
\.s'..•', , .. • .• "-,,,
,
7.4` . k A ‘.17-1.61 4".. ! 4a •
I AA
i.x. •vw A—=__7-,—. -__ ___,......,,,,_,__ .---
,,
A
44
ONO 4-..„,-....
,-v---..-- ii..A r
Ais .').• '4.1.3
_.,
-'-1 Conservation Easement Not for Credit W. • -
L -.1 IIg= U-----i3---Z------N--> ----.N -7----\<- ;" K
Project Features Vegetation Plot Condition-MY1 .4:
A
Project Stream = Criteria Met
Mitigation Approach
- — Fencing 1 •
it...' t '
ill
itt
. Buffer Restoration
——- Surveyed Treeline
Cattle Exclusion
U Gates
obvt.
Coastal Headwaters *cr:eit...
...to , 1 • ..'
. ‘ '
7;r7 ow
.''... ...sr
Figure 4c. Monitoring Plan View Map
11Pki/ WILDLANDS 0 100 200 Feet Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
I.
ENGINEERING
N Monitoring Year 1-2021
I I I I I
Neuse River Basin (03020201)
Johnston County, NC

Table 7. Vegetation Condition Assessment Table
Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
DMS Project No.100040
Monitoring Year 1-2021
Planted Acrea:e 13.03
Mapping
Definitions Threshold(ac) Combined %of Planted
Acreage Acreage
Bare Areas Very limited cover of both woody and herbaceous material. 0.10 0 0%
Low Stem Density Woody stem densities clearly below target levels based on current MY stem count 0.10 0 0%
Areas criteria.
Total 0 0%
Areas of Poor Growth Planted areas where average height is not meeting current MY Performance 0.10 0 0%
Rates Standard.
Cumulative Total 0.0 0%
Easement Acreage 65.06
Ma..in: %of
ombined
tion Catego Definitions Easement
Acrea:e
Invasives may occur outside of planted areas and within the easement and will
therefore be calculated against the total easement acreage.Include species with the
Invasive Areas of
potential to directly outcompete native,young,woody stems in the short-term or 0.10 11.99* 18%
Concern
community structure for existing communities. Invasive species included in
summation above should be identified in report summary.
Encroachment may be point, line, or polygon. Encroachment to be mapped consists
Easement of any violation of restrictions specified in the conservation easement. Common 1 Encroachment Noted
none
Encroachment Areas encroachments are mowing, cattle access, vehicular access. Encroachment has no /11.39ac**
threshold value as will need to be addressed regardless of impact area.
*Chinese privet(Ligustrum sinense)resprouted throughout an existing mautre canopy forest along Sassarixa Creek.
**Cattle accessed the Site in July but minimal impacts were made and the encroachment has been resolved.

VEGETATION PLOT PHOTOGRAPHS

wo
•
J •yFA �I -S
, ,
._
FIXED VEG PLOT 1(9/2/2021) FIXED VEG PLOT 2(9/2/2021)
r,, ,, ,...„*....,, , ,„. - , ,.:__0!,. !
__kti,
_..
il
,ii _ . . ,
, . ..
, ,. ,.
4, 4 . , . .. .,f i,. . , „oliti.;,,, 4 ..,..:4
.. „..0.„4,,, .., .. ,,,,„, „.so.4.41 :.
F 1 0Y" Y
f l
R t,, N
FIXED VEG PLOT 3(9/2/2021) FIXED VEG PLOT 4(9/2/2021)
, ., ,':',-,8,11g, irito
-'4.' ,Altf?..'•••,i i ' ** * ,' ,^ , -w -,A.,.4 ' 4 it
---4----, 1., ,,-1,-;--",', 1-4---f.).,-!..4*,trooit,10 ,r4.1"-Ai-frci`jt
-w:s• N „„„pr,..,,,, ..,.i„ ,_,v 49
1!
yy u+
yy Hi f ..y 1c ._,,
,h
FIXED VEG PLOT 5(9/2/2021) FIXED VEG PLOT 6(9/2/2021)
wSassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Appendix 2:Visual Assessment Data—Vegetation Plot Photographs

r,
a_ a711", g
F 'X i:, . L,''':''' m •:4';777::%' .-: 1 '
a
;N la l " t l �� \ \t
FIXED VEG PLOT 7(9/2/2021) FIXED VEG PLOT 8(9/2/2021)
vyiii.L �. i ( /
�t'. ,:?;,,,,k;'; If,Avt,t., 4',tklrir`.. - ' ..:,-, . ', . -7*"'" '0411%-:------
,-,,* --, ,-.,, , ,,-4,3.4.4_, -,, 7 ".-1,. a ,--,r . ' .0. ,-,..,-.,
-"_‘.,%,. %-„,..:-.1044.4-7Ait'i#41f---; 4F.' '•- ';"''., ‘47;,' -:-:::1: '''" ,, - „,44_.,,z ,
�.. J ,. ® — �.: .r - s bra.r 'y
•
4.
i 5 ld'.Y 4�`.
FIXED VEG PLOT 9(9/2/2021) FIXED VEG PLOT 10(9/2/2021)
Olk Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Appendix 2:Visual Assessment Data—Vegetation Plot Photographs

OVERVIEW PHOTOGRAPHS

v.
r � , _ :�
r.
3�7' r ' .'•%' awe
y 3T1110 x
1 _ ti
,
3 " Oil. 1964*
*le.
'��,a.
ilai Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Appendix 2:Visual Assessment Data—Overview Photographs

•
W •
•
•
•
•
•
f fix,
• Ya, � -
Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Appendix 2:Visual Assessment Data—Overview Photographs

-.+"
. ., ...,44
•
,r,,,,,INVN:4,''•;:r...'.'n'tr''.:'''..''',.,'•!1:04.,,,'''''.":**'.' .'?'''''*.
k st y Ni +L C � ...
'Ile
„.ijil,. .,,,„ ,_
•
tit Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Appendix 2:Visual Assessment Data—Overview Photographs

APPENDIX 3. VEGETATION PLOT DATA

Table 8. Vegetation Plot Data
Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1-2021
Planted Acreage 13.03
Date of Initial Plant 2021-03-05
Date of Current Survey 2021-09-06
Plot size(ACRES) 0.0247
IScientific Name Common Name Tree/ Indicator Veg Plot 1 F Veg Plot 2 F Veg Plot 3 F Veg Plot 4 F Veg Plot 5 F
Shrub Status Planted Total Planted Total Planted Total Planted Total Planted Total
Acer negundo boxelder Tree FAC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Betula nigra river birch Tree FACW 2 2 4 4 1 1 2 2
Species Liquidambar styraciflua sweetgum Tree FAC
Included in Magnolia virginiana sweetbay Tree FACW 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Approved Platanus occidentalis American sycamore Tree FACW 1 1 4 4 2 2 4 4
Mitigation Populusdeltoides eastern cottonwood Tree FAC 3 3 1 1 1 1
Plan Quercus michauxii swamp chestnut oak Tree FACW 2 2 2 2 4 4 1 1
Quercus nigra water oak Tree FAC 2 2 1 1
Quercus phellos willow oak Tree FACW 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2
Performance Standard 9 9 6 6 15 15 14 14 12 12
Current Year Stem Count 9 6 15 14 12
Mitigation Stems/Acre 364 243 607 567 486
Plan Species Count 6 3 6 8 7
Performance Dominant Species Composition(%) 22 50 27 29 33
Standard Average Plot Height 2 2 3 2 3
%Invasives 0 0 0 0 0
Current Year Stem Count 9 6 15 14 12
Post Stems/Acre 364 243 607 567 486
Mitigation
Plan Species Count 6 3 6 8 7
Performance Dominant Species Composition(%) 22 50 27 29 33
Standard Average Plot Height 2 2 3 2 3
%Invasives 0 11110 0 0
1).Bolded species are proposed for the current monitoring year,italicized species are not approved,and a regular font indicates that the species has been approved.
2).The"Species Included in Approved Mitigation Plan"section contains only those species that were included in the original approved mitigation plan.The"Post Mitigation Plan Species"section
includes species that are being proposed through a mitigation plan addendum for the current monitoring year(bolded),species that have been approved in prior monitoring years through a
mitigation plan addendum(regular font),and species that are not approved(italicized).
3).The"Mitigation Plan Performance Standard"section is derived only from stems included in the original mitigation plan,whereas the"Post Mitigation Plan Performance Standard"includes
data from mitigation plan approved,post mitigation plan approved,and proposed stems.

Table 8. Vegetation Plot Data
Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1-2021
Planted Acreage 13.03
Date of Initial Plant 2021-03-05
Date of Current Survey 2021-09-06
Plot size(ACRES) 0.0247
Tree/ Indicator Veg Plot 6 F Veg Plot 7 F Veg Plot 8 F Veg Plot 9 F Veg Plot 10 F
Scientific Name Common Name Shrub Status
Planted Total Planted Total Planted Total Planted Total Planted Total
Acer negundo boxelder Tree FAC 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
Betula nigra river birch Tree FACW 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 1 1
Species Liquidambar styraciflua sweetgum Tree FAC
Included in Magnolia virginiana sweetbay Tree FACW 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Approved Platanus occidentalis American sycamore Tree FACW 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 3 3
Mitigation Populus deltoides eastern cottonwood Tree FAC 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Plan Quercus michauxii swamp chestnut oak Tree FACW 3 3 3 3 4 4 1 1 2 2
Quercus nigra water oak Tree FAC 1 1 1 1
Quercus phellos willow oak Tree FACW 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2
Performance Standard 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 13 13
Current Year Stem Count 13 14 14 15 13
Mitigation Stems/Acre 526 567 567 607 526
Plan Species Count 6 8 7 7 7
Performance Dominant Species Composition(%) 23 21 29 33 23
Standard Average Plot Height 2 3 3 3 2
Invasives 0 0 0 0 0
Current Year Stem Count 13 14 14 15 13
Post Stems/Acre 526 567 567 607 526
Mitigation Species Count 6 8 7 7 7
Plan
Performance Dominant Species Composition(%) 23 21 29 33 23
Standard Average Plot Height 2 3 3 3 2
Invasives 0 Ilh0 0 0
1).Bolded species are proposed for the current monitoring year,italicized species are not approved,and a regular font indicates that the species has been approved.
2).The"Species Included in Approved Mitigation Plan"section contains only those species that were included in the original approved mitigation plan.The"Post Mitigation Plan Species"section
includes species that are being proposed through a mitigation plan addendum for the current monitoring year(bolded),species that have been approved in prior monitoring years through a
mitigation plan addendum(regular font),and species that are not approved(italicized).
3).The"Mitigation Plan Performance Standard"section is derived only from stems included in the original mitigation plan,whereas the"Post Mitigation Plan Performance Standard"includes
data from mitigation plan approved,post mitigation plan approved,and proposed stems.

Table 9. Vegetation Performance Standards Summary Table
Sassarixa Swamp Mitigation Site
Monitoring Year 1-2021
Veg Plot 1 F Veg Plot 2 F Veg Plot 3 F
Stems/Ac. Av.Ht.(ft) #Species %Invasives Stems/Ac. Av.Ht.(ft) #Species %Invasives Stems/Ac. Av.Ht.(ft) #Species %Invasives
Monitoring Year 7
Monitoring Year 5
Monitoring Year 3
Monitoring Year 2
Monitoring Year 1 364 2 6 0 243 2 3 0 607 3 6 0
Monitoring Year 0 567 3 8 0 44� 2 5 60 7 2 6
Veg Plot 4 F Veg Plot 5 F Veg Plot 6 F
Stems/Ac. Av.Ht.(ft) #Species %Invasives Stems/Ac. Av.Ht.(ft) #Species %Invasives Stems/Ac. Av.Ht.(ft) #Species %Invasives
Monitoring Year 7
Monitoring Year 5
Monitoring Year 3
Monitoring Year 2
Monitoring Year 1 567 2 8 0 486 3 7 0 526 2 6 0
Monitoring Year 0 607 2 8 + 0 486 3 0 + 56711111 3 ii ila
Veg Plot 7 F Veg Plot 8 F Veg Plot 9 F
Stems/Ac. Av.Ht.(ft) #Species %Invasives Stems/Ac. Av.Ht.(ft) #Species %Invasives Stems/Ac. Av.Ht.(ft) #Species %Invasives
Monitoring Year 7
Monitoring Year 5
Monitoring Year 3
Monitoring Year 2
Monitoring Year 1 567 3 0 567 3 7 0 607 3 7
Monitoring Year 07 2 0 567 3 7 0 648 2 7
Veg Plot 10 F
Stems/Ac. Av.Ht.(ft) #Species %Invasives
Monitoring Year 7
Monitoring Year 5
Monitoring Year 3
Monitoring Year 2
Monitoring Year 1 1526 2 7
Monitoring Year 0 607 2 8