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East Fork of Pigeon River Wetlands
Mitigation Plan Comments, Ginny Baker, 7 -11 -2014
The revisions in the plan increase the wetland units from 4 5 to 4 65 with a 3 1 ratio for the entire 13.95
ac This increase is due to increased treatment of invasives, however the planting area has decreased
from 5.64 to 2 26 ac.
The original plan had wetland enhancement at a 2.1 ratio for 5.66 ac and 8.29 for 5 1
If changing the ratio seems consistent with past plans then the request should be granted.
However, it might be wise to determine the areas that��iw��ere trea and planted and the areas that
were dust planted and the areas that were dust treatedfMaybe 2:1 for both treated and planted and dust
2 5 1 for either planted or treated. Then the rest would be preservation and receive 5 1. Figures 2 -5
seem to indicate that there is substantial areas that were not treated OR planted and therefore would
technically be considered preservation at a 5 1 ratio.