20220897 Ver 1_CRF BDA Monitoring Document_20220630

CATAWBA
RI V ERKEEPER'
05/05/2022
Catawba Riverkeeper
Grant Buckner: Watershed Manager- Northern Basin
Beaver Dam Analog Restoration of an Unnamed Tributary of Canoe Creek
Monitoring Plan
The following is a short document summarizing the minimal monitoring efforts that our
partners have agreed to work on for the Beaver Dam Analog Restoration of an Unnamed
Tributary of Canoe Creek.
• Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation
o Monthly photos of a transect for 3 years
o Basic groundwater monitoring
o Game Camera timelapse 3-year monitoring
• Montreat College - Joshua Holbrook
o Pre- and post -installation survey for amphibians and reptiles. Sampling included
would be aqu traps and vocalization
• Appalachian State University:
o Dr. Michael Gangloff and Lab
■ Annual sampling for crayfish, fish, and mussels for 2 years pre and post
collections included
o Dr. Derek Martin
■ Ten permanent transects throughout the project area will be used to
monitor:
• Bed Sediment Characterization
• Channel Geometry
• Particle Size Distribution
■ Monitoring Frequency will be every 2 months for a year including a pre -
installation sample
o Dr. Shea Tuberty and Lab
■ Annual sampling for aquatic macroinvertebrates for 2 years pre and post
collections included
• The University of North Carolina at Charlotte- Dr. Sandra Clinton and Lab
o Installation of level loggers and staff gauges to monitor water levels. Every 3
months data download from level loggers for monitoring flow and discharge.
Calculate flux if able to install above and below project area

o Water Quality at least monthly (potentially more frequently) monitoring to
include anions and cations (nitrate, phosphate, ammonium, sulfate, magnesium,
calcium, etc.); plus, Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC), Total Organic Carbon
(TOC), Total Nitrogen (TN), Total Phosphorus (TP). Additionally, Total
Suspended Solids (TSS), Fine Particulate Organic Matter (FPOM) as well as
Dissolved Oxygen (DO), temperature, conductivity, pH.
o Potentially- EDNA pre- and post -collections for aquatic macroinvertebrates.