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MY4FINALMONITORINGREPORT
BurnettsChapelMitigationSitePhaseII
GuilfordCounty,NC
RandlemanLakeWatershed
CapeFearRiverBasin
HUC03030003
DMSProjectNo.100045
DMSContractNo.7430
DMSRFPNo.16007242
DWRProjectNumber20110841
DataCollectionPeriod:September2022
SubmissionDate:November2022
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NCDepartmentofEnvironmentalQuality,
DivisionofMitigationServices
viceCenter
1652MailSer
Raleigh,NC276991652

December16,2022
ATTN:Ms.LindsayCrocker
EasternRegionalSupervisor
DivisionofMitigationServices
217WestJonesSt.
Raleigh,NC27603
RE:BurnettsChapelMitigationSitePhaseIIMY4ReportComments
CapeFearRiverBasinΑHU#03030003,GuilfordCounty
DMSProjectNo.100045
DMSContractNo.7430
DMSRFPNo.16007242
DWRProjectNo.20110841
DearMs.Crocker,
ThankyouforyourcommentsintheletterdatedNovember28,2022referencingtheBurnettsChapel
MitigationSiteMonitoringYear4(MY4)Report.WildlandsEngineering,Inc.(Wildlands)hasreviewed
thesecommentsandourresponsesarenotedbelow.
1.Thisreportisapprovedassubmitted.However,itshouldbenotedthattherearenoheight
requirementsintheriparianbufferprogram,andthatthebufferrulerequires260stemsperacre
(notplantedstemsperacre).Additionally,theprovidermanipulatedresultsofvegetationsuccessto
matchIRTvegetativesuccessratherthantypicalDWRsuccess.DMSsuggeststhattheprovideruse
successtorepresentrequirementsinDWRruleforfuture(MY5report)becausethiswascriteriaset
byDWRatprojectinception,anditsetsprecedentforfuturemorestrenuoussuccesscriteria.
WildlandsResponse:Assuggested,Wildlandswillmakethecorrectionstothevegetation
assessmentfortheMY5reportnextyear.Theaverageheightofthestemsisincludedas
additionalinformationandnotascriteria.Countingalloftheplantedstemsinvegetationplot5
wouldproduceanaveragedensityof324stemsperacre;allplotswouldthenbemeetingthe
DWRsuccesscriteria.Thetotalaveragestemdensityforthesiteis944stemsperacreatthe
endofMY4,aspreviouslynotedinTable8.
Enclosed,pleasefindone(1)hardcopyandone(1)electronicpdfoftheFinalMonitoringReportonUSB
alongwithallofthedigitalfiles.
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
AndreaEckardt
EcologicalAssessmentTeamLeader

BURNETTSCHAPELMITIGATIONSITEPHASEII
MonitoringYear4AnnualReport
TABLEOFCONTENTS
Section1:PROJECTOVERVIEW........................................................................................................11
1.1ProjectDescription.....................................................................................................................11
1.2ProjectGoalsandObjectives.....................................................................................................11
1.3ProjectHistory...........................................................................................................................12
1.4ProjectLocation.........................................................................................................................12
1.5ProjectDesign............................................................................................................................12
Section2:DETERMINATIONOFCREDITS..........................................................................................21
Section3:PERFORMANCECRITERIAANDMONITORINGPROTOCOLS...............................................31
3.1AnnualMonitoringandReporting.............................................................................................31
3.2VegetationSuccessCriteriaandMonitoringProtocol...............................................................31
3.3PhotoReferenceStations..........................................................................................................31
3.4VisualAssessments....................................................................................................................32
Section4:RESULTSOFYEAR4MONITORING...................................................................................41
4.1VegetativeSuccess.....................................................................................................................41
4.2VegetativeProblemAreas.........................................................................................................41
4.3ParcelMaintenance...................................................................................................................42
4.4Conclusions................................................................................................................................42
Section5:REFERENCES....................................................................................................................51
APPENDICES
AppendixAGeneralTablesandFigures
Figure1ProjectVicinityMap
Figure2ProjectComponent/AssetMap
Table1BufferProjectAreasandAssets
Table2ProjectActivityandReportingHistory
Table3ProjectContactTable
Table4ProjectInformationandAttributes
Table5MonitoringComponentsSummary
NCDWRSiteViabilityLetter
NCDWROnsiteDeterminationApprovalLetter
AppendixBVisualAssessmentData
Figure3CurrentConditionPlanView
Table6VegetationConditionAssessmentTable
Buffer&SiteConditionsPhotographs
VegetationPlotPhotographs
AppendixCVegetationPlotData
Table7VegetationPlotCriteriaAttainment
Table8PlantedandTotalStemCount
VegetationPlotFieldDataSheets
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Section1:PROJECTOVERVIEW
1.1ProjectDescription
TheBurnettsChapelMitigationSitePhaseII(Site)isabufferrestorationprojectlocatedapproximately
threemileswestoftheTownofPleasantGardenandfourmilessouthoftheCityofGreensboroin
GuilfordCounty,NC(Figure1).TheSiteiscomprisedof7.50acresalongseveralunnamedtributariesto
theRandlemanReservoir(Figure2).TheSiteissurroundedbyfieldsthatareusedforagricultureandis
immediatelyadjacenttoPhaseIoftheBurnettsChapelMitigationProject,whichwassuccessfully
completedbyWildlandsin2017fortheNorthCarolinaDivisionofEnvironmentalQuality(NCDEQ)
DivisionofMitigationServices(DMS).TheprojectexpandsthePhaseIriparianbufferareafrom50feet
to100to200feetonfiveoftheoriginalprojectstreamsandchannels.TheSiteisexpectedtogenerate
280,577.321riparianbuffercredits.
TheSiteislocatedwithintheCapeFearRiverBasinHydrologicUnitCode(HUC)03030003010050and
theNorthCarolinaDepartmentofWaterResources(NCDWR)Subbasin030608.Fiveunnamed
tributariesontheSiteflowintotheRandlemanReservoir(ReachesB1B5).Thesewaterbodiesare
classifiedasWSIV,astheRandlemanReservoirisamajorsourceofdrinkingwaterfortheregion.
Thisbufferrestorationprojectwillreducesedimentandnutrientloadingandimproveterrestrialhabitat.
Theareasurroundingthestreamsproposedforrestorationisprimarilyopenagriculturalfields.
Restoringthevegetativebufferontheareasupto200feetfromthestreamswillremovethehayfields
andfertilizerinputswithintheprojectarea.Therestoredfloodplainareaswillfiltersedimentladenfarm
runoffduringrainfallevents.Theestablishmentofriparianbufferswillcreateshadingtominimize
thermalpollution.Finally,invasivevegetationwillbetreatedwithintheprojectareaasneededandthe
proposednativevegetationwillprovidecoverandfoodforwildlife.
Tables1and2inAppendixAprovidemoredetailedwatershedandSitebackgroundinformationforthis
project.
1.2ProjectGoalsandObjectives
Themajorgoalsoftheproposedbufferrestorationprojectaretoprovideecologicalandwaterquality
enhancementstotheRandlemanReservoirwatershedoftheCapeFearRiverBasinbycreatinga
functionalripariancorridorandrestoringtheriparianbuffer.Specificenhancementstowaterquality
andecologicalprocessesareoutlinedbelow.
GoalsObjectives
Nutrientinputwillbedecreasedbyfilteringrunofffromthe
agriculturalfieldsthroughrestorednativebufferzones.The
Decreasenutrientlevels
offsitenutrientinputwillalsobeabsorbedonsiteby
dispersingfloodflowsthroughnativevegetation.
Sedimentfromoffsitesourceswillbedepositedon
Decreasesedimentinputrestoredfloodplainareaswherenativevegetationwillslow
overlandflowvelocities.
Bufferareaswillberestoredbyremovinginvasive
Createappropriateterrestrialhabitat
vegetationandplantingnativevegetation.
AconservationeasementwillbeestablishedontheSite.
PermanentlyprotecttheSitefromharmfuluses.
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1.3ProjectHistory
OnMarch26,2018,NCDWRconductedonsitedeterminationstoreviewfeaturesandlandusewithin
theprojectboundary.TheresultingNCDWRsiteviabilityletterandmapconfirmingtheSiteassuitable
forriparianbuffermitigationislocatedinAppendixA.NCDWRalsoapprovedthefiveprojectreachesas
appropriateforbuffermitigationasrelatedtotherulessetforthintheRandlemanLakeWaterSupply
Watershed:MitigationProgramforProtectionandMaintenanceofExistingRiparianBuffers(15ANCAC
02B.0252).TheonsitedeterminationapprovalletterfromNCDWRisalsoincludedinAppendixA.
ThefinalmitigationplanwassubmittedandacceptedbytheNCDMSinSeptember2018.Planting
activitieswerecompletedbyBrutonNaturalSystems,Inc.inMarch2019.Thebaselinemonitoringand
asbuiltsurveywerecompletedinMay2019.Therewerenosignificantdeviationsreportedinthe
projectelementsincomparisontothedesignplans.Tables1and2inAppendixAprovidesmore
detailedprojectactivity,history,andcontactinformationforthisproject.
1.4ProjectLocation
TheSiteislocated(Centerofproject35.944022Nand79.845255W)inGuilfordCounty,NC
approximatelythreemileswestoftheTownofPleasantGardenandfourmilessouthoftheCityof
Greensboro)withintheCapeFearRiverBasin(HUC03030003010050)andtheNCDWRSubbasin03
0608.Directionstotheprojectareasfollows:TravelingsouthonI73fromGreensboro,takeExit94for
OldRandlemanRoad.TurnrightontoOldRandlemanRoad.Travel0.5milesandtakeaslightrightonto
KivettDrive.ContinueonKivettDrivefor0.7milesandtakealeftontoDrakeRoad.ContinueonDrake
Roadfor1.7milesandturnleftontoBurnettsChapelRoad.Theprojectparcelwillbeontheright
approximately0.1milesdownBurnettsChapelRoad.EntertheSiteviathegraveldriveway.The
propertylocationisdepictedontheVicinityMap(Figure1),whichislocatedinAppendixA.
1.5ProjectDesign
TheWildlandsTeamrestoredhighqualityriparianbuffersalongseveralunnamedtributariesontheSite.
Theprojectdesignensuredthatnoadverseimpactstowetlandsorexistingriparianbuffersoccurred.
Figure2illustratestheconceptualdesignfortheSite.Detaileddescriptionsoftheproposedrestoration
activityfollowinSections1.5.1through1.5.2.Generalsiteandbufferphotographsareincludedin
AppendixB.
1.5.1RiparianAreaRestorationActivities
Priortoplanting,thebufferrestorationareawasusedasagriculturalfields.Theseareasweretilledwith
achiselplowtoreducesoilcompactionpriortoplanting.Thefieldswithintheprojectareacontained
onlyafewinvasivespecies;therefore,onlysomeselectivespotherbicidetreatmentswererequired.The
{źƷĻ͸ƭephemeralchannelswerelocatedfullywithintheconservationeasementareaandwere
completelybufferedaspartoftheproject;therefore,nolanddisturbancetomaintaindiffuseflowwas
required.
Therevegetationplanforthebufferrestorationareaincludedpermanentseeding,plantingbareroot
trees,livestakes,andherbaceousplugs.Theserevegetationeffortswerecoupledwiththeselect
treatmentofinvasivespeciestocontroltheirpopulation.Thespecificspeciescompositionplantedwas
selectedbasedonthedesiredcommunitytype,observationofoccurrenceofspeciesinriparianbuffers
adjacenttotheSite,andbestprofessionaljudgementonspeciesestablishmentandanticipatedsite
conditionsintheearlyyearsfollowingprojectimplementation.Thetotalnumberoftreespeciesplanted
acrossthebufferareasareasfollows:tulippoplar(Liriodendrontulipifera)450stems,willowoak
(Quercusphellos)900stems,Americansycamore(Platanusoccidentalis)900stems,riverbirch(Betula
nigra)900stems,greenash(Fraxinuspennsylvanica)900stems,andswampchestnutoak(Quercus
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michauxii)450stems.Intotal,4,500stemswereplantedacrossthebufferareasoftheSiteresultingina
plantingdensityof608stemsperacre.Treeswereplantedatadensitysufficienttomeetthe
performancestandardsoutlinedintheRule15ANCAC02B.0295of260treesperacreattheendoffive
ciesplantedwasgreaterthan50%oftheestablishedstems.Anappropriateseed
years.Noonetreespe
mixwasappliedasnecessarytoprovidetemporarygroundcoverforsoilstabilizationandreductionof
sedimentlossduringraineventsindisturbedareas.Thiswasfollowedbyanappropriateperman
ent
seedmixture.PlantingwascompletedonMarch16,2019.
Vegetationmanagementandherbicideapplicationswereimplementedasneededduringtree
establishmentintherestorationareastopreventestablishmentofinvasivespeciesthatcouldcompete
withtheplantednativespecies.
1.5.2RiparianAreaPreservationActivities
Noworkwasdoneinthebufferpreservationareas,asallowedunder15ANCAC02B.0295(o).The
preservationareawillbeprotectedinperpetuityunderaconservationeasement.
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Section2:DETERMINATIONOFCREDITS
Inadditiontobufferrestorationonsubjectstreams,pertheConsolidatedBufferMitigationRules(15A
NCAC02B0.0295(o)),alternativemitigationisproposedontheSiteintheformofbufferrestorationon
ephemeralchannelsandpreservationofforestedbufferonsubjectstreams.Theproposedprojectisin
compliancewiththeserulesinthefollowingways:
BufferRestorationonEphemeralChannels(15ANCAC02B0.0295(o)(7)):
NCDWRperformedanevaluationoftheSite(PhaseIin2011andPhaseIIin2018)andidentified
theperennial,intermittent,andephemeralchannelsontheproperty.
Themitigationareaonthe{źƷĻ͸ƭephemeralchannelsislocatedcompletelywithintheirdrainage
areas.
Theephemeralchannelsaredirectlyconnectedtointermittentorperennialstreamchannels
andwillbeprotectedunderthesamecontiguouseasementboundary.
Themitigationareaontheephemeralchannelsislessthan25%ofthetotalbuffermitigation
areaontheSite(Table1,AppendixA).
PreservationonSubjectStreams(15ANCAC02B.0295(o)(5):
Thebufferwidthisatleast30feetfromthestream.
Theareameetstherequirementsof15ANCAC02R0.0403(c)(7),(8),and(11)withnoknown
structures,infrastructure,hazardoussubstances,solidwaste,orencumbranceswithinthe
mitigationboundary.
Preservationmitigationisbeingrequestedonnomorethan25%ofthetotalbuffermitigation
area(Table1,AppendixA).
MitigationcreditsarepresentedinTable1andFigure2inAppendixAandarebasedupontheasbuilt
surveyincludedintheBurnettsChapelMitigationSitePhaseIIBaselineMonitoringReport(2019).
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Section3:PERFORMANCECRITERIAANDMONITORINGPROTOCOLS
TheperformancecriteriafortheSitefollowsapprovedperformancecriteriapresentedinBurnetts
ChapelMitigationSitePhaseIIMitigationPlan(WildlandsEngineering,Inc.,2018),theNCDMSRiparian
BufferandNutrientOffsetBufferBaseline&AnnualMonitoringReportTemplate,Version2.0(May
2017)andtheConsolidatedBufferRule(15ANCAC02B.0295).
Thebufferrestorationprojecthasbeenassignedspecificperformancecriteriacomponentsfor
vegetation.Performancecriteriawillbeevaluatedthroughoutthefiveyearpostconstruction
monitoring.Themonitoringperiodwillextendforfiveyearsbeyondthecompletionofconstructionor
untilperformancecriteriahavebeenmet.Anoutlineoftheperformancecriteriaandmonitoring
componentsaredescribedbelow.
3.1AnnualMonitoringandReporting
Annualmonitoringandsemiannualsitevisitswillbeconductedtoassesstheconditionofthefinished
project.Theextentofinvasivespeciescoveragewillalsobemonitoredandtreatedasnecessary
throughouttherequiredmonitoringperiod(fiveyears).Completemonitoringreportswillbepreparedin
thefallofeachmonitoringyearandsubmittedtoDMS.Annualmonitoringreportswillbebasedonthe
abovereferencedDMSTemplate(May2017).
3.2VegetationSuccessCriteriaandMonitoringProtocol
Thefinalvegetativesuccesscriteriawillbethesurvivalof260plantedstemsperacreintheriparian
corridorattheendoftherequiredmonitoringperiod(MonitoringYear(MY)5).Thefinalperformance
standardshallincludeaminimumoffournativehardwoodtreespeciesorfournativehardwoodtree
andnativeshrubspecies,wherenoonespeciesisgreaterthan50percentofstems.Nativehardwood
andnativeshrubvolunteerspeciesmaybeincludedtomeetthefinalperformancestandardof260
stemsperacre.Performancecriteriawillbeevaluatedthroughoutthefiveyearpostconstruction
monitoringoruntilperformancecriteriahavebeenmet.Annualvegetationmonitoringwillfollowthe
CVSEEPLevel1&2ProtocolforRecordingVegetation(2008).
Atotalofsix(6)vegetationmonitoringquadrantswereestablishedwithintheprojecteasementarea
usingstandard10met
erby10metervegetationmonitoringplots.Plotswererandomlyestablished
withinplantedportionsoftheriparianbufferareastocapturetheheterogeneityofthedesigned
vegetativecommunities.Theplotcornershavebeenmarkedandarerecoverableeitherthroughfield
ephotographsofthevegetationplotsaretaken
identificationorwiththeuseofaGPSunit.Referenc
annuallyfromtheoriginlookingdiagonallyacrosstheplottotheoppositecorner.
VegetationplotlocationsaredepictedontheCurrentConditionsPlanView(CCPV)Map(Figure3)in
AppendixB.PhotosdepictingthecurrentconditionsofthevegetationplotsforMY4arealsopresented
inAppendixB.
3.3PhotoReferenceStations
Photographswillbetakenwithintheprojectareaonceayeartovisuallydocumentstabilityforfive
yearsfollowingconstruction.Atotalofeight(8)permanentmarkerswereestablishedandlocatedwith
GPSequipmentsothatthesamelocationsandviewdirectionsontheSitearephotographedeachyear.
PhotoreferencelocationsaredepictedontheIntegratedCCPVmap(Figure3)inAppendixB.Photos
depicting the current conditions of the conservation easement for MY4 are also presented in Appendix B.
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3.4VisualAssessments
Visualassessmentsshouldsupportthespecificperformancestandardsforeachmetricasdescribed
above.VisualassessmentswillbeperformedwithintheSiteonasemiannualbasisduringthefiveyear
monitoringperiod.Problemareaswithvegetativehealthwillbenoted(e.g.lowstemdensity,vegetation
mortality,invasivespecies,and/orencroachment).Areasofconcernwillbemapped,photographed,and
accompaniedbyawrittendescriptionintheannualmonitoringreport.Problemareaswillbere
evaluatedduringeachsubsequentvisualassessment.
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Section4:RESULTSOFYEAR4MONITORING
4.1VegetativeSuccess
ThesixvegetationplotsweresampledinSeptember2022towardstheendofthegrowingseason.A
referencephotowastakenfromthesouthwestcornerofeachplot,whichcanbefoundinAppendixB.
Totalnumbersoftreespeciesidentifiedwithinthemonitoringplotsaswellasdensityandcomposition
aresummarizedinTable8.ThefielddatasheetsarealsoinAppendixC.
TheMY4vegetationmonitoringresultedinanaveragestemdensityof472plantedstemsperacre,
whichexceedsthefinalstemdensityrequirementofatleast260stemsperacrebytheendofMY5.This
alsorepresentsastemsurvivalrateof78%sincetheMY0planting.Stemdensitieswithinindividual
monitoringplotsrangedfrom243to607plantedstemsperacre.The Q.michauxii inVP5madeupmore
than50%ofthetotalstems,sothePnoLSstemcountwasloweredtothreestems(50%oftheƦƌƚƷ͸ƭ
totalstemcount)whichresultedinastemdensityof243stemsperacreforplot5.Averagestemheight
increased35cmsincelastyearandnowaverages142cm.InMY4,thenumberofdifferentspecies
plantedperplotrangedfromthreetosixwithaSitetotalofsevenplantedspecies,whichexceedsthe
speciesdiversitycriteriaofaminimumoffournativehardwoodspecies.Withtheinclusionofdesirable
volunteerspeciessuchaspersimmon(Diospyrosvirginiana),blackwalnut(Juglansnigra),northernred
lspeciesdiversityincreasesto
oak(Quercusrubra),andAmericanelm(Ulmusamericana),thetota
elevennativespecies.PlotsonethroughfivemetorexceededtheMY5speciesdiversitycriteria.VP6
onlyhadthreespecies.FortheSiteasawhole,nooneplantedspeciesrepresentedmorethan50%of
thetotalplantedspecies.Volunteerspecieswerenotedaspresent,butnotincludedinthemonitoring
assessmentvegetativesuccessresultsforMY4.
Speciesdiversitythroughoutthesite,aswellaswithinthemonitoringplots,willlikelyincreasein
subsequentmonitoringyearswiththecontinuedintroductionofvolunteerspecies.Pleasereferto
AppendixCforvegetationplotdataandvegetationplotphotographs.TheSiteisontracktomeetits
finalsuccesscriteria.
4.2VegetativeProblemAreas
Anassessmentofthevegetationconditionwasconductedthroughoutthesite.Similartolastyear,
therewerenobareorencroachmentareas,andonly0.1acreswithalowvisualstemdensity.
Vegetativeareasofconcerncontinuetobeminimalandarenotnegativelyaffectingtheoverall
vegetativesuccessoftheSite.Theseareasareoutlinedbelow,presentedinTable6,andaredepictedin
Figure3ofAppendixB.
4.2.1InvasiveSpecies
Therewasasmallpatchoftreeofheaven(Ailanthusaltissima)andJapanesehoneysuckle(Lonicera
japonica)inthewesternportionoftheproject;itwascutandtreatedwithanherbicideinSeptemberof
2022andwasremovedfromtheMY4CCPVmap(Figure3).Pinetreesaplingsweregrowinginthe
easternportionoftheeasement;thesewerecutdownbyhandtofacilitatethegrowthofthetargeted
hardwoodcommunity.SeveralCallerypears(Pyruscalleryana)weregrowingthroughouttheeasement;
thesetreeswerecutbyhandandtreatedwithanherbicide.Approximately1.2acresofJohnsongrass
thatwereidentifiedwithintheeasementlastyearcontinuetopersistbuthavenotexpandedinsize.
SpotherbicidetreatmentswereappliedaroundthebaseofthetreesinApril2021toreducethe
competitionfrom S.halepense andallowthetreestogrowandshadeoutthegrass.Basedonvisual
assessmentsandthevegetationplotdata,Johnsongrassisnotaffectingtreesurvivalorthesuccessof
theplantedstems.SinceJohnsongrassislistedasaspeciesoflow/moderateconcernandisnot
suppressingtheviability,density,orgrowthoftheplantedwoodystems,itisnotshownontheCCPV
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map.Invasivespeciespopulationswillcontinuetobemonitoredandspotherbicidetreatmentswillbe
conductedasneededduringtheappropriatetimeofyear.
4.2.2Bare,LowStemDensity,&PoorGrowthRateAreas
ThereisanareaoflowstemdensityalongReachB4thatconsistsoflessthan0.1acres;however,the
andthriving.ItislikelythatthisğƩĻğ͸ƭstemdensitywillincrease
ğƩĻğ͸ƭherbaceouscoverisdense
throughoutthemonitoringperiodbywayofresproutsandthecontinuedintroductionofvolunteer
species;therefore,noadditionalplantingisneededatthistime.Wildlandswillcontinuetomonitorthis
areafortheemergenceofwoodyspecies.
4.3ParcelMaintenance
Adaptivemeasureswillbedeveloped,orappropriateremedialactionswillbeimplementedintheevent
thattheSiteoraspecificcomponentoftheSitefailstoachievethesuccesscriteriaoutlinedinthe{źƷĻ͸ƭ
MitigationPlan.SitemaintenancewillbeperformedtocorrectanyidentifiedproblemsontheSitethat
haveahighlikelihoodofaffectingprojectsuccess.Suchitemsincludebutarenotlimitedtoexcesstree
mortalitycausedbyfire,flooding,drought,orinsects.Anyactionsimplementedwillbedesignedto
achievethesuccesscriteriaandwillincludeaworkscheduleandupdatedmonitoringcriteria.
Earlyin2022,itwasnoticedthatnarrowareasofmowinghadoccurredacrossthesite.Theseswaths
extendedonly612inchesintotheeasementandwerenotsubstantialenoughtocutanyofthetrees
closetotheboundary.Horsetapeand15additionaleasementsignswereaddedtobetterdemarcate
portionsoftheboundary.TheboundarytapeandsignswerestillupinSeptemberandtheissueis
consideredresolved.WildlandswillcontinuetomonitortheSiteforadditionalencroachmentareas.
4.4Conclusions
VegetationisthrivingacrosstheSiteandisexceedingmostoftheperformancestandards.Monitoring
Year4datashowsanaveragedensityof472plantedstemsperacreacrossallvegetationplots,whichis
almostdoublethefinalcriteria.Fiveofthesixplotmeetthefinalstemdensitycriteria,andfiveplots
ciesdiversitycriteria.Herbaceouscoveriswellestablishedthroughoutthesite.Thetrees
meetthespe
aredoingwellwithanaveragestemheightof4.7feetandappearlargelyunaffectedbythe
Johnsongrass.Aswiththepreviousyear,monitoringdatashowspositivetrendsinvegetation
establishmentandthistrajectoryisexpectedtocontinue.
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APPENDIXA.GeneralTablesandFigures

to
)
No
Offset
or
NoNoNoNo
Yes
(
Convertible
Nutrient
CreditsCredits
RiparianRiparian
387.000 387.000
280,190.321280,577.321
BufferBuffer
(x:1)(x:1)
CreditCredit
15.15152
RatioRatio
FinalFinal
FullFull
75%13.3333333%30.3030375%6.6666733%
100%10.00000100%5.00000
%%
CreditCredit
(x:1)(x:1)
CreditCredit
175%1.333331100%1.0000070,473.0001100%1.00000188,792.000133%3.03030936.211133%3.0303019,989.110275%2.666672100%2.00000233%6.06061555375%4.000003100%3.00000333%9.09091
101010
RatioRatio
InitialInitial
(sf)(sf)
107,558
3,870
322,675
326,545
AreaArea
CreditableCreditable
AreaArea
AREA
(sf)(sf)
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FeatureFeature
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s
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Asset
MethodMethod
Phase
and
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Enhancement~20Enhancement~101
Enhancement
02B.0295)
Site
Areas
ororororororororororor
NCAC
2022
SubjectSubjectSubject
StreamsStreams
Project
4(15A
100045SubjectSubjectSubjectSubjectSubjectSubjectSubject
SubjectSubjectSubjectSubject
Mitigation
NonsubjectNonsubjectNonsubjectNonsubjectNonsubjectNonsubjectNonsubjectNonsubjectNonsubjectNonsubjectNonsubjectNonsubjectNonsubjectNonsubject
JurisdictionalJurisdictional
No.
Year
Buffer
BUFFER
Chapel
orororororororor
1.
Project
RuralRuralRuralRuralRuralRural
UrbanUrbanUrbanUrban
UrbanUrbanUrbanUrbanUrbanUrbanUrban
RuralRuralRuralRuralRuralRuralRural
Rural
Location
Location
Table BurnettsDMS MonitoringRIPARIAN

Delivery
2019
2019202020212022
2019101
2019
110
104
Scheduled
Ext.
Inc.
Inc.
Inc.
or May
Ext.
March
Rd
Suite
Rd.
NovemberNovemberNovemberNovember
September
37110
27830
28203
2022
Nursery
Creek
TN
Etter
Systems,
2022
NC
NC
Street,
2021
2020
Son
Engineering,Engineering,
704.332.7754,Black
&
July
Mint
704.332.7754,
April
Maude
March
704.332.7754
Natural
Old
September
Charlotte,
825
Freemont,
Dykes
South
150McMinnville,
Eckardt,
Suggs,
WildlandsWildlands
Bruton
202020212022
CompleteCompletion
1430
Kristi
2019
Andrea
2019
April
History
October
Collection
SeptemberSeptemberSeptember
IIII
PhasePhase
Reporting
(POC)(POC)
Table
SiteSite
and
0)
(Year
20222022
ReportData
Manager
ActivityContact
44
100045100045
Mitigation or TreatmentTreatmentTreatmentMitigation
Monitoring
Suppliers
No.No.
YearYearPerformers
Project
plantings
Plan
Monitoring
ProjectProject
ChapelChapel
Contractor
Monitoring
SpeciesSpecies Stock
Species
Activity
MonitoringMonitoringMonitoringMonitoringMonitoring
2.3.
ProjectProject
roots
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Table BurnettsDMS Monitoring MitigationBareBaselineYearInvasiveYearInvasiveYearBoundaryInvasiveYearYear Table BurnettsDMS MonitoringDesignersPlantingNurseryMonitoring

AnnualAnnualAnnual
AnnualAnnual
Frequency
YYSemiYYSemi
YYSemi
Reach
by
8
6
B3B4B5
B2
Quantity/Length
YYYYYYYYY
B1
II
Phase
Α
44.2"W
Site
2
50'&
1
Feature
Buffer
2755
Fear
79°
/
Level
Mitigation
Cape
8127
280,577.321
Photographs
Riparian
CVS
46.0"N,
03030003010050
Monitoring
Chapel
56'
35°
Burnetts
II
II
Summary
Attributes
Phase
PG)
Vegetation
Phase
and
Photos
(DB,
Site
Long)
Boundary
Site
Assessment
Nuisance
Parameter
Vegetation
(Lat,
Components
2022
2022
Project
Reference
Visual
and
4
Information 100045
Mitigation
Code
4
100045
Instrument
Mitigation
(BMU)
No.
Location
Year
No.
Unit
Exotic
Year
ProjectMonitoring Chapel
Credits
Chapel
Name
of
4.5.
Basin
Credits
Project
Project
Protection
Table BurnettsDMS MonitoringProjectHydrologicRiverGeographicSiteTotalTypesTable BurnettsDMS Monitoring

Governor
Secretary
Interim Director
Subject:
Subject Property:

APPENDIX B. Visual Assessment Data

ofof
%
%
PlantedPlanted
Acreage
Acreage
AcreageAcreage
CombinedCombined
ofof
10.01%10.01%00.00%
PolygonsPolygons
NumberNumber
TotalTotal
0.100.00%0.000.00%
0.110.11%
(SF)
none00.00%
1,000
(acres)
MappingMapping
ThresholdThreshold
the
Cumulative
stem
given
MY5
scale).scale).
small
on
mapmap
material
atat
based
obviously
walk.
are
levels
site
polygonspolygons
that
the
herbaceous
asas
target
and
class
during
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below
size
toto
a
woody
of
clearly
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assessement
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of
stems
tootoo
visual
(if(if
densities
and
cover
year.
woody
Table
site
pointspoints
stem
for
criteria.
withoror
limited
II
VeryWoodycountAreasmonitoring 7.5 AreasAreas
7.4
monitored
Assessment
Phase
plots
or
Site
Areas
1
Condition
Rates
vegetation
2022
CategoryCategory
Areas
Concern
4
100045
from
Mitigation
of
Growth
No.
Year
AcreageEncroachment
Density
Vegetation
Chapel
Poor
Areas
Acreage
Vegetation
Vegetation
calculated
6.
of
Project
Areas
Stem
Acreage
Table BurnettsDMS MonitoringPlantedBareLowEasementInvasiveEasement
AreasVigor 1

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.ǒŅŅĻƩ ğƓķ {źƷĻ /ƚƓķźƷźƚƓ tŷƚƷƚŭƩğƦŷƭ

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tŷƚƷƚ tƚźƓƷ А \[ƚƚƉźƓŭ ǒƦƭƷƩĻğƒ .Ў ΛЉВΉЉБΉЋЉЋЋΜ tŷƚƷƚ tƚźƓƷ А \[ƚƚƉźƓŭ ķƚǞƓƭƷƩĻğƒ .Ў ΛЉВΉЉБΉЋЉЋЋΜ

tŷƚƷƚ tƚźƓƷ Б \[ƚƚƉźƓŭ ǒƦƭƷƩĻğƒ .Ў ΛЉВΉЉБΉЋЉЋЋΜ tŷƚƷƚ tƚźƓƷ Б \[ƚƚƉźƓŭ ķƚǞƓƭƷƩĻğƒ .Ў ΛЉВΉЉБΉЋЉЋЋΜ

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ĻŭĻƷğƷźƚƓ tƌƚƷ tŷƚƷƚŭƩğƦŷƭ

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APPENDIX C. Vegetation Plot Data

Table7.VegetationPlotCriteriaAttainment
BurnettsChapelMitigationSitePhaseII
DMSProjectNo.100045
MonitoringYear42022
SuccessCriteria
PlotTractMean
Met(Y/N)
1Y
2Y
3Y
83%
4Y
5N
6Y

2
6
Plot
allT
2
1/1358
Vegetation
444444
5
Plot
allTPnoLSPallT
(2019)
P
1/13581/2594
MY0
2
Vegetation
PnoLS
3622
4
Plot
allTallTPnoLSP
2(2019)77
1/13581/2594
2022)
MY1
Vegetation
(MY4
Data
32232222
33
Plot
3
1
Plot
Means
allTPnoLSPallTPnoLSP
6
Current
(2020)
1/13581/2594
MY2
Annual
Vegetation
2223333335527999:::222222
2:2:2:313131313131212121212121222222232323242424242424272727292929313131212121242424282828
count.
stem
1
2
20
2
plot's
Plot
total
allTPnoLSPallTPnoLSP
(2021)6
222
the
stakes
1/13581/2594
stakes
of
MY3
live
live
Vegetation
50%
than
excluding
including
more
211121111910101011
up
2020202010101010432144151212121216161616stems
46
stems
1
unchanged.
make
Plot
planted
total
planted
allTPnoLSPallTPnoLSP
2(2022)6of
can't
of
1/13581/2594
overall
MY4
stems
species
Number
Vegetation
Number
MY2;
6667775555552222222224445552222227333444222333222444555555222333466333778556772266:555445 441199 882588218821889777
26267625252623232:252534799::21 2020101012121416 818325184842178383219949495:1:1:1
any
718718374167867871859759787:678678:42354435435475475516583597:555:35:3826597597839671671678718718718
Total
All:
PnoLSPPnoLSP
PnoLS:PT:
since
during
ACREACRE
TypeType
count(ares)countcount(ares)count
stems
(ACRES)(ACRES)
3
counted
perper
TreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTreeTree
sizesize
to
StemStem
sizesize
SpeciesSpecies
SpeciesSpecies
StemsStems
sycamore
reduced
12
was
and
OakOak
birch
number
this
river
NameName
PossumwoodPossumwood
19
ChestnutChestnut
stems;
treetree
GumGum
BirchBirch
AshAsh
OakOak
sheets;
CommonCommon
RedRed
SwampSwamp
RedRed
II
RedRed
PlanePlane
Persimmon,ElmPersimmon,Elm10%
planted
RedRed
10%
data
Count
8 10%
OakOak
Oak,Oak,
Ash,Gum,Ash,Gum,
OakOak
on
of
WalnutWalnut
Birch,Birch,
Poplarthan
Phase
Poplar
MapleCedarMapleCedarthan
than
Stem
total
less
based
more
RedRiverAmericanGreenBlackRedSweetTulipSycamore,WhiteBasketWillowNorthernAmericanRedRiverAmericanGreenBlackRedSweetTulpSycamore,WhiteBasketWillowNorthernAmerican
less
Site a
by
by
by
for
Total
10%
but
by
2022
and
corrected
4
100045
Mitigation
NameName
michauxii
styracifluatulipiferastyracifluatulipifera
No.
countsQ.
requirements,requirements
Year
5
included
virginianavirginiana
Planted
virginianavirginiana
Chapel occidentalisoccidentalis
pennsylvanicapennsylvanica
albamichauxiiphellosrubraalbamichauxiiphellosrubra
nigranigra
requirementsrequirements,
stem
nigranigra
americanaamericanahad meetmeet
8.
ScientificScientific
Project
rubrumrubrum
toto
MY2VP5
Table BurnettsDMS Monitoring AcerBetulaDiospyrosFraxinusJuglansJuniperusLiquidambarLiriodendronPlatanusQuercusQuercusQuercusQuercusUlmusAcerBetulaDiospyrosFraxinusJuglansJuniperusLiquidambarLiriodend
ronPlatanusQuercusQuercusQuercusQuercusUlmus12 ExceedsExceedsFailsFailsVolunteers

BurnettsChapelMitigationSiteΑPhaseII(MY4)
VegetationMonitoringDataSheets
Plots16
Sampled:
09/08/2022
Notes:
Party:
JTJeffTurner
SEStephanieErickson
HRHenryReed
DDDomDixon
AbbreviationsforApprovedPlantedStems:
Be.ni.Betulanigra Riverbirch
Fr.pe.Fraxinuspennsylvanica Greenash
Li.tu.Liriodendrontulipifera Tulippoplar
Pl.oc.Platanusoccidentalis Americansycamore
Qu.mi.Quercusmichauxii Swampchestnutoak
Qu.ph.Quercusphellos Willowoak
AbbreviationsforNaturalWoodyStems:
Di.vi.Diospyrosvirginiana AmericanPersimmon
Ju.ni.Juglansnigra Easternblackwalnut
Ju.vi.JuniperusvirginianaRedCedar
Li.st.Liquidambarstyraciflua Sweetgum
Qu.al.Quercusalba WhiteOak