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Merritt, Katie
From:Merritt, Katie
Sent:Friday, October 24, 2014 4:58 PM
To:Merritt, Katie
Subject:FW: Norwood Gainey: Record of Meeting-DWQ 6.13.2012
Put in LF

From: Merritt, Katie
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:07 AM
To: Corson, Kristie; Kulz, Eric; Baumgartner, Tim
Subject: RE: Norwood Gainey: Record of Meeting-DWQ 6.13.2012

The only thing I see that should be added to the letter, is that we couldn’t make a complete determination on the
ground in areas that appeared to be low in survivability, because your monitoring report didn’t have all of the plot data
recorded.

From: Corson, Kristie
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 9:56 AM
To: Merritt, Katie; Kulz, Eric; Baumgartner, Tim
Subject: Norwood Gainey: Record of Meeting-DWQ 6.13.2012

PLEASE OFFER ANY CLARIFICATIONS &/OR COMMENTS NECESSARY FOR REVISION BASED ON OUR ONSITE MEETING:

The following serves as a Record of Meeting regarding nutrient offset closeout for EEP’s Norwood Gainey
Project located in Wayne County.

Date of Site Visit: June 13, 2012

Attendees:
Katie Merritt - NCDWQ
Eric Kulz – NCDWQ
Tim Baumgartner – NCEEP
Kristie Corson – NCEEP

The purpose of the site visit was to assess the current conditions of the Norwood Gainey Project located in Wayne
County. The group referred to the Monitoring Year 05 report. The MY05 report (attached) identifies 2,821,168 square
feet of nutrient offset riparian buffer restoration at a 1:1 ratio (2,821,168 total Mitigation Units); and 5.4 acres of
riparian wetland enhancement at a 2:1 ratio (2.7 total Wetland Mitigation Units).

Brief Project History:
Norwood Gainey is a grandfathered site.
0-50-foot zone - bare roots planted in December 2006
50-200 foot zone – herbaceous seed planted in December 2006; bare roots & Ball & Burlap (B&B) planted in December
2009; B&B replaced due to one-year warranty February 2010.
Herbivory by deer, beaver, and rodents remains a constant threat at this site. The result is a major loss in bare roots in
the 50-200 foot zone.

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EEP staff explained the proposed area of riparian wetland enhancement is not meeting success criteria. EEP staff will
recommend dropping the wetland mitigation component.

The group observed the overall vegetation conditions of the site. DWQ staff recommended doing stem counts in the 0-
50 foot zone; if supplemental planting is required to meet the 320 stems, then no additional monitoring will be required
in this zone. EEP will also perform stem counts in the 50-200 foot zone where the herbivory impacts have almost
depleted the bare root plantings. DWQ advised that if re-planting occurs in the 50-200 foot zone, a full five years of
monitoring will be required in this zone.

DWQ staff observed the successful vegetation growth occurring along the western portion of the project area between
the Dirt Access Road and the adjacent eastern ditch. They resolved that no further monitoring is required between
Approximate Veg Plot Locations 1-6 (as shown on Figure 2 of the attached MY05 Report).

Course of Action: EEP will perform stem counts along multiple random transects across the site and determine a course
of action for this project.

Attachment: Final Annual Monitoring Report Norwood Gainey Monitoring Year 5 of 5, January 2012.

Kristie Corson
Project Manager
[phone] office
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NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
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