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Monitoring Report
Twin Bays Wetland Restoration Site
DMS Contract 004739
DMS Project Number 95363
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Prepared for:
NCDMS, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652
Construction Completed: March 2014
Data Collection: 2015
Submitted: January 2016

Design and Monitoring Firm
KCI
ASSOCIATES OF NC
Landmark Center II, Suite 220
4601 Six Forks Road
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Project Contact: Tim Morris
Email: tim.morris(a)kci.com
KCI Project No: 20122265

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY/PROJECT ABSTRACT................................................................1
2.0 MONITORING RESULTS..........................................................................................................2
2.1 Vegetation Monitoring..............................................................................................................2
2.2 Hydrology Monitoring..............................................................................................................2
3.0 METHODOLOGY.......................................................................................................................3
4.0 REFERENCES.............................................................................................................................4
Appendix A — Project Vicinity Map and Background Tables
Figure 1. Project Site Vicinity Map............................................................................................................. 5
Figure 2. Project Site Mitigation Plan View................................................................................................6
Table1 — Project Components..................................................................................................................... 7
Table 2 — Project Activity and Reporting History....................................................................................... 7
Table3 — Project Contacts........................................................................................................................... 8
Table4 — Project Attributes......................................................................................................................... 9
Appendix B — Visual Assessment Data
Figure 3. Current Condition Plan View..................................................................................................... 10
Table 5 — Vegetation Condition Assessment............................................................................................. 11
PhotoPoint Photos..................................................................................................................................... 12
VegetationPlot Photos............................................................................................................................... 16
Appendix C — Vegetation Plot Data
Table 6 — Vegetation Plot Criteria Attainment.......................................................................................... 19
Table 7 — CVS Vegetation Plot Metadata.................................................................................................. 20
Table 8 — CVS Stem Count Total and Planted by Plot and Species.......................................................... 21
Appendix D — Hydrologic Data
PercentSaturation Figure........................................................................................................................... 24
30-70 Percentile Graph.............................................................................................................................. 25
Precipitation and Water Level Plots........................................................................................................... 26
Table 9 — Wetland Hydrology Criteria Attainment.................................................................................... 43
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1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY / PROJECT ABSTRACT
The Twin Bays Wetland Restoration Site, (TBWRS) completed in March 2014, restored 10.6 acres of
non -riparian wetland along with 0.4 acre of upland preservation. The TBWRS is a non -riparian wetland
system in the Cape Fear Basin (03030007 8 -digit HUC) in southern Duplin County, North Carolina. The
project is located in the 14 -digit HUC 03030007090040 (Rock Fish Creek), which DMS has identified as
a Targeted Local Watershed (TLW) (NCDENR, EEP 2009).
The project site is protected by an 11.72 -acre permanent conservation easement held by the State of North
Carolina. TBWRS is located on a single parcel located off of Cornwallis Road approximately two miles
northwest of Wallace, North Carolina. The project site is bounded by Cornwallis Road to the west, a ditch
along the property line to the south, and agricultural land to the east and north. Prior to construction, the
site was actively used for row crop farming. The site had a long history of hydrologic modification in
order to allow for farming to take place on the property.
The Cape Fear River Basin Restoration Priorities state the goals for the TBWRS's 14 -digit HUC are to
expand restoration opportunities and repair riparian buffers (NCDENR EEP, 2009). The project goals for
TBWRS are in line with the basin priorities and include the following:
- Slow and treat the runoff of upslope agricultural drainage.
- Restore a Hardwood Flats Community.
- Develop valuable wetland habitat niches within a drained agricultural landscape.
The project goals will be addressed through the following objectives:
- Fill field ditches to restore surface flow retention and elevate local groundwater levels.
- Redevelop longer wetland flow patterns to increase surface flow retention time.
- Modify an existing pond to its natural seep condition to feed the downslope wetland.
- Restore a native forested hardwood wetland community using natives trees and seed mixes.
There are three non-credit generating areas on the site. There is 0.4 -acre of uplands located in the forested
northeastern corner of the project boundary. This area remained undisturbed and is included in the
TBWRS conservation easement. There is a 0.2 acre utility easement on the west side of the site along
Cornwallis Road that remained undisturbed. Additionally, the southernmost ditch, located adjacent to
project easement, was left open and not filled. It is anticipated that leaving this ditch open will have
minimal impacts to the overall hydrologic performance of the site. The hydrologic influence of this ditch
was modeled using Lateral Effect, a software program that determines the lateral effect of a drainage
ditch or borrow pit on adjacent wetland hydrology (NCSU BAE, 2011). This analysis determined that the
potential horizontal drainage influence averages 76'. Due to the fact that the southern ditch cannot be
filled because of the potential for hydrologic trespass, the area immediately adjacent to the ditch will not
be a credit generating part of the site. It is assumed that with the onsite modifications, such as filling
ditches and surface roughening, the entire site will have more surface and groundwater, which may
decrease the effect of the ditch. For this reason, the non-credit generating portion of the site is assumed to
be half of the zone of influence for the ditch.
The TBWRS provided mitigation for wetland impacts within Hydrologic Unit 03030007 by restoring
10.6 acres of wetland and preserving 0.4 -acre of uplands, generating 10.6 riparian wetland mitigation
units (WMU's). The TBWRS will be monitored to determine if the project is on -track to meeting
jurisdictional wetland status. The wetland site will be deemed successful once hydrology is established
and vegetation success criteria are met.
Summary information/data related to the occurrence of items such as beaver or encroachment and
statistics related to performance of various project and monitoring elements can be found in the tables and
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figures in the report appendices. Narrative background and supporting information formerly found in
these reports can be found in the Baseline Monitoring Report and in the Mitigation Plan documents
available on the DMSs website. All raw data supporting the tables and figures in the appendices are
available from DMS upon request.
2.0 MONITORING RESULTS
The TBWRS will be monitored to determine if the project is on -track to meeting jurisdictional wetland
status. The wetland restoration area will be deemed successful once hydrology is established and
vegetation success criteria are met. The site will be monitored for at least seven years or until the success
criteria are achieved.
2.1 VEGETATION MONITORING
The success criteria for the planted species in the mitigation area will be based on survival. The site will
demonstrate the re-establishment of targeted vegetative communities based on survival and growth of
planted species and volunteer colonization, with an average stem density of 320 stems/acre after three
years, 288 stems/acre after four years, 260 stems/acre after five years, and 210 stems/acre after seven
years to be considered successful. To determine the success of the planted mitigation area, ten permanent
vegetation monitoring plots (10 by 10 meters) have been established in the wetland restoration area at a
density that represents the total mitigation acreage. The average density of these plots will determine
whether the site meets the success criterion.
The second -year vegetation monitoring was based on the Level 2 CVS-EEP vegetation monitoring
protocol. The site's average density for this monitoring period was 983 planted stems/acre. This
represents an increase from the first year of monitoring, which is due to a supplemental planting that KCI
conducted in March 2015. All ten plots had greater than 320 planted stems/acre. Including volunteers, the
site averaged 1,117 total stems/acre. In general the site is well vegetated, with widespread herbaceous
coverage and healthy planted stems.
2.2 HYDROLOGY MONITORING
Wetland hydrology will be monitored with a series of automatic gauges that record water table depth. The
site must present continuous saturated or inundated hydrologic conditions for at least 8% of the growing
season with a 50% probability of reoccurrence during normal weather conditions. A "normal" year is
based on NRCS climatological data for Duplin County using the 30th to 70th percentile thresholds as the
range of normal as documented in the USACE Technical Report "Accessing and Using Meteorological
Data to Evaluate Wetland Hydrology, April 2000." The soil survey for Duplin County does not contain
growing season data; therefore, due to its close proximity, the Sampson County soil survey was used. The
estimated growing season begins March 18 and ends November 11 (239 days). The water table of the
restored wetlands must be within 12" of the soils surface continuously for at least 8% (19 days) of the
239 -day growing season. Wetland hydrology will be monitored with sixteen automatic gauges that record
water table depth. Daily data will be collected from the automatic gauges over the 7 -year monitoring
period.
Due to the inherent variability in the site's soils and associated drainage characteristics, it is unlikely that
the project will exhibit uniform hydrologic conditions across the site, making a single hydrologic
performance criterion unrepresentative of the site's performance. As such, the gauge data can be
evaluated and presented as a spatial average with each gauge representing the area half the distance to
adjacent gauges. The spatial average will be the calculated value for comparison with the performance
standard for credit validation. Gauges representing areas not achieving a minimum of 6.5% saturation will
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be considered non -attaining even if the spatial average exceeds the credit validation performance
standard.
To monitor the effect of the unfilled ditch described in Section 1.0, four sets of coupled gauges were
installed perpendicular to the unfilled ditch. Each set includes a gauge that is 40' from the open ditch and
another that is 75' from the ditch. An additional two gauges were installed between the coupled gauges to
monitor hydrology less than 40' from the open ditch in the non-credit bearing zone.
The daily rainfall data were obtained from the NC State Climate Office for a local weather station in
Jacksonville, NC. In 2015, the months of February, May, October and November experienced above
average rainfall, while January, April, June, August, and September experienced average rainfall. The
months of March, and July recorded below average rainfall for the site. Overall, the area experienced
average rainfall during the 2015 growing season.
During the site's second growing season, all four of the gauges located 75' from the ditch had continuous
saturation within 12 inches of the ground surface for 8% (19 days) of the 239 day growing season (March
18 to November 11). All four of the gauges located 40' from the ditch also met this metric while only one
of the two gauges located less than 40' from the ditch achieved 8% continuous saturation. A new gauge
(Gauge 17) was installed in the restoration area before the start of the 2015 growing season. No gauges in
the restoration area were below 8% saturation. Since no gauges were below 6.5% continuous saturation,
all gauges were used in the analysis to determine the spatial average for the hydrology of the entire site.
This analysis is based off percent saturation contours for the restoration area calculated from the gauge
data. Following the method described above and as illustrated in the figure in Appendix D, it is
determined that based on the spatial average, the site was continuously saturated for 30.6% of the growing
season and met the hydrology success criteria of 8% for the second year of monitoring.
3.0 METHODOLOGY
The CVS-EEP protocol, Level 2 (http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/methods.htm) was used to collect vegetation data
from the site. The vegetation monitoring was completed on June 30, 2015.
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4.0 REFERENCES
Lee, M.T., R.K. Peet, S.D. Roberts, and T.R. Wentworth. 2008. CVS-EEP Protocol for Recording
Vegetation, Version 4.2 (http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/methods.htm)
NCDENR, Ecosystem Enhancement Program. 2009. Lower Yadkin Pee -Dee River Basin
Priorities 2009. Raleigh, NC.
hiip://www.nceep.net/services/restplans/Yadkin_ Pee_Dee _RBRP_2009_Final.pdf
NCSU BAE. North Carolina State University, Biological and Agricultural Engineering. 2011.
Method to Determine Lateral Effect of a Drainage Ditch on Adjacent Wetland
Hydrology. Last accessed 11/2012 at:
hqp://www.bae.ncsu.edu/soil wateL/projects/lateral_effect.html
USACE. 2003. Stream Mitigation Guidelines. USACE, NCDENR-DWQ, USEPA, NCWRC.
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Appendix A
Project Vicinity Map and Background Tables
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Wallace Highway). Next, take a slight right onto Cornwallis 11
Road. The site will be approximately 0-5 mile ahead on the right. 4� 4— '
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FIGURE 1. PROJECT SITE VICINITY MAP I9
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Table 1. Project Components and Mitigation Credits
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Miti ation Credits
Nitrogen
Phosphoro
Stream
Riparian Non -riparian
Buffer Nutrient
us
Wetland Wetland
Offset
Nutrient
Offset
Type R RE R RE R RE
Acres 10.6
Credits 10.6
TOTAL 10.6
CREDITS
Project Components
Restoratio
Project
Existing
n -or-
Restoratio
Component
Stationing/
Footage/
Approach
Restoratio
n Footage
Mitigation
-or-
Location
Acreage
(PI, PH etc.)
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Ratio
Reach ID
Equivalen
Acreage
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Central and
Wetland Area
Southern portion
10.6 acres
-
Restoration
10.6 acres
1:1
of project
easement
Component Summation
Restoration
Stream
Riparian Wetland
Non -riparian
Buffer
Upland
Level
(linear feet)
(acres)
Wetland (acres)
(square
(acres)
feet)
Riverme
Non-
Riverine
Restoration
10.6 acres
Enhancement
Enhancement I
Enhancement II
Creation
Preservation
0.4 acre
High Quality
Preservation
TOTAL
-
-
-
10.6 acres
-
0.4 acre
TOTAL
_
_
_
10.6
-
-
WMU
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Table 2. Project Activity & Reporting History
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Design Firm
Activity or Report
Data Collection
Complete
Actual Completion or
Deliver
Mitigation Plan
4601 Six Forks Rd.
Oct 13
Final Design - Construction Plans
Dec 13
Construction
Phone: [phone]
Feb/March 14
Planting
Construction Contractor
March 14
Baseline Monitoring/Report
April 14
May 14
Year 1 Monitoring
Nov 14
Dec 14
Supplemental Planting
Raleigh, NC 27609
March 15
Year 2 Monitoring
July 15
Jan 16
Table 3. Project Contacts
Twin Bays Wetland Restoration Site, DMS Project # 95363
Design Firm
KCI Associates of North Carolina, PC
Landmark Center 11, Suite 220
4601 Six Forks Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27609
Contact: Mr. Tim Morris
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Construction Contractor
KCI Environmental Technologies and
Construction, Inc.
Landmark Center 11, Suite 220
4601 Six Forks Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27609
Contact: Mr. Tim Morris
Phone: [phone] Fax: (919) 783-
9266
Planting Contractor
Forestree Management Co.
1280 Maudis Road
Bailey, NC 27807
Contact: Mr. Tony Cortez
Phone: [phone]
Monitoring Performers
MY -00-02
KCI Associates of North Carolina, PC
Landmark Center 11, Suite 220
4601 Six Forks Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27609
Contact: Mr. Adam Spiller
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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Table 4. Project Information
Twin Bas Wetland Restoration Site, DMS Project # 95363
Project Name
Twin Bays Wetland Restoration Site
County
Duplin County
Project Area (acres)
11.72 acres
Project Coordinates (lat. and
long.)
34.748418 N, -78.027129 W
Project Watershed Summary Information
Physiographic Province
Coastal Plain
River Basin
Cape Fear
USGS Hydrologic Unit 8-digit
03030007
USGS Hydrologic Unit 14-digit
0303000709004
0
DWQ Sub-basin
18-74-29b
Project Drainage Area (acres)
25.4 acres
Project Drainage Area
Percentage of Impervious Area
2%
CGIA Land Use Classification
1 93% Cultivated, 2% Mixed Shrubland, and 5% Low-Intensity Development
Wetland Summary Information (Post-Restoration
Parameters
Wetland Area
Size of Wetland (acres)
10.6 acres
Wetland Type (non-riparian,
riparian riverine or riparian non-
riverine)
Non-riparian
Mapped Soil Series
Rains
(Torhunta, Murville/Leon and Udorthents by detailed soil investigation)
Drainage class
Poorly drained
Soil Hydric Status
Drained Hydric
Source of Hydrology
Hillside seepage / precipitation
Hydrologic Impairment
Ditching and Crops
Native vegetation community
Hardwood Flats Community
Percent composition of exotic
invasive vegetation
0%
Regulatory Considerations
Regulation
Applicable?
Resolved?
Supporting
Documentation
Waters of the United States —
Section 404
Yes
Yes, received 404
permit
N/A
Waters of the United States —
Section 401
Yes
Yes, received 401
permit
N/A
Endangered Species Act*
No
N/A
N/A
Historic Preservation Act*
No
N/A
N/A
Coastal Zone Management Act
(CZMA)/ Coastal Area
Management Act CAMA
No
N/A
N/A
FEMA Floodplain Compliance
No
N/A
FEMA Floodplain
Checklist
Essential Fisheries Habitat*
No
N/A
N/A
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Appendix B
Visual Assessment Data
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Table 5. Vegetation Condition Assessment
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Planted Acreage 10.6 Easement Acreage 11.7
CCPV
Number of
Combined
Vegetation Categgu
Definitions
MappingThresholdDe
fiction
Pol ons
Acrea e
% of Planted Acreage
Very limited cover of both woody and
Pattern and
1. Bare Areas
0.1 acre
0
0.00
0.0%
herbaceous material.
Color
Woody stem densities clearly below
2. Low Stem Density
Pattern and
target levels based on MP3, 4, or 5
0.1 acre
0
0.00
0.0%
Areas
Color
stem count criteria.
Total
0
0.00
0.0%
3. Areas of Poor GrowthAreas
with woody stems of a size class
Pattern and
that are obviously small given the
Imonitorin
0.25 acre
0
0.00
0.0%
Rates or Vigor
Color
a year.
Cumulative Totall
0
1 0.00
1 0.0%
4. Invasive Areas of
Areas or points (if too small to render
Pattern and
las
1,000 SF
0
0.00
0.0%
Concern
polygons at ma scale).
Color
5. Easement
Areas or points (if too small to render
Pattern and
Encroachment Areas
las polygons at ma scale).
none
Color
0
0.00
0.0%
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Photo Reference Points
PPIaMY-004/10/14 PPIaMY027/30/15
PPlb— MY -00 — 4/10/14
PP2a — MY -00 — 4/10/14
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PP2a — MY02 — 7/30/15
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PP2b MY -00 4/10/14
PP3 — MY -00 — 4/10/14
PP2b — MY02 — 7/30/15
PP3 — MY02 — 7/30/15
PP4a — MY -00 — 4/10/14
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PP4a MY02 — 7/30/15
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PP4b — MY -00 4/10/14
PP4b MY02 7/30/15
Ma — MY -00 — 4/10/14
PP5b — MY -00 — 4/10/14
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Ma — W02 — 7/30/15
PP5b — MY02 — 7/30/15
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PP6a MY -00 4/10/114
PP6a MY02 7/30/15
PP6b— MY -00 — 4/10/14
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PP6b — MY02 — 7/30/15
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Vegetation Plot Photos
;q 4
Veg Plot #1— MY02 — 7/30/15
Vcg Plot #3 MY02 — 7/30/15
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Veg Plot #5 — MY02 — 7/30/15
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Veg Plot #2 — MY02 — 7/30/15
Veg Plot #6 MY02 7/30/15
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Veg Plot #7 MY02 7/30/15
Veg Plot #9 — MY02 — 7/30/15
Veg Plot #8 — MY02 — 7/30/15
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Veg Plot #10 — MY02 — 7/30/15
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Veg Plot #9 — MY02 — 7/30/15
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Appendix C
Vegetation Plot Data
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Table 6. Vegetation Plot Criteria Attainment
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Vegetation Plot ID
Vegetation Survival Threshold Met?
Monitoring Year 02 Planted
Stem Density (stems/acre)
Monitoring Year 02 Total
Stem Density (stems/acre)
1
Yes
1,093
1,174
2
Yes
971
1,295
3
Yes
647
647
4
Yes
1,093
1,133
5
Yes
931
1,012
6
Yes
1,578
1,700
7
Yes
769
809
8
Yes
728
890
9
Yes
1,133
1,416
10
Yes
890
1,093
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Table 7. CVS Vegetation Plot Metadata
Twin Bays Restoration Site DMS Project #95363
Report Prepared By
Bethany Williams
Date Prepared
7/31/2015 11:32
database name
KCI -2014-95363 Twin Ba s.mdb
database location
M:\2012\20122265 TwinBa s\Monitorin \Ve etation CVS Database
computer name
12-3ZV4FP1
file size
162296064
DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHEETS
IN THIS DOCUMENT------------
Metadata
Description of database file, the report worksheets, and a summary of project(s) and
project data.
Proj, planted
Each project is listed with its PLANTED stems per acre, for each year. This excludes live
stakes.
Proj, total stems
Each project is listed with its TOTAL stems per acre, for each year. This includes live
stakes all planted stems and all natural/volunteer stems.
Plots
List of plots surveyed with location and summary data (live stems, dead stems, missing,
etc.).
Vigor
Frequency distribution of vigor classes for stems for all plots.
Vigor bSpp
Frequency distribution of vigor classes listed by species.
Damage
List of most frequent damage classes with number of occurrences and percent of total
stems impacted by each.
Damage by Spp
Damage values tallied by type for each species.
Damage by Plot
Damage values tallied by type for each plot.
Planted Stems by Plot and Spp
A matrix of the count of PLANTED living stems of each species for each plot; dead and
missing stems are excluded.
ALL Stems by Plot and spp
A matrix of the count of total living stems of each species (planted and natural volunteers
combined) for each lot dead and missing stems are excluded.
PROJECT SUMMARY -------------------------------------
Project Code
95363
project Name
Twin Bas Restoration Site
Description
Wetland restoration site
River Basin
Cape Fear
area (s m)
24523.92
Required Plots calculated
10
Sampled Plots
10
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Table 8. CVS Stem Count Total and Planted by Plot and Species
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Current Plot Data (MY2 2015)
Scientific Name
Common Name
Species Type
95363-01-0001
95363-01-0002
95363-01-0003
95363-01-0004
95363-01-0005
95363-01-0006 1
95363-01-0007
95363-01-0008
95363-01-0009
95363-01-0010
Pnol-STP-all T Pnol-S P -all T Pnol-S P -all T PnoLS P -all T Pnol-S P -all T Pnol-S P -all T Pnol-S P -all T PnoLS P -all T Pnol-S P -all T Pnol-S P -all T
Acer rubrum
Red maple
Tree
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
Aronia arbutifolia
Red Chokeberry
Shrub
5
5
5
1
2
2
2
Baccharis halimifolia
Eastern Baccharis
Shrub
1
5
1
1
1
1
2
Betula nigra
River Birch
Tree
5
5
S
1
1
1
3
3
3
6
6
6
16
16
16
1
1
1
5
5
5
11
11
11
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Green Ash
Tree
11
11
11
1
1
1
3
3
3
8
8
8
2
2
2
1
1
1
Liquidambarsty racifIua
Sweetgum
Tree
1
Liriodendron tulipifera
Tuliptree
Tree
2
2
2
1
1
1
Magnolia virginiana
Sweetbay
Tree
1
1
1
6
6
6
3
3
3
5
5
5
Nyssa biflora
Swamp Tupelo
Tree
3
2
Platanus occidentalis
American Sycamore
Tree
3
3
3
4
Quercus michauxii
Swamp Chestnut Oak Tree
7
7
7
4
4
4
6
6
6
8
8
8
3
3
3
7
7
7
12
12
12
10
10
10
2
2
2
Quercus pagoda
Cherrybark Oak
Tree
11
11
11
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
5
Quercus phellos
Willow Oak
Tree
4
4
4
2
2
2
1
1
1
9
9
9
4
4
4
Salix nigra
Black Willow
Tree
2
Sambucus canadensis
Common Elderberry
Shrub
3
Taxodium distichum
Bald Cypress
Tree
6
6
6
1
1
1
8
8
8
1
1
1
Ulmus americana
American Elm
Tree
Unknown
Shrub or Tree
Vaccinium corymbosum
Highbush Blueberry
Shrub
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
41
4
4
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
11
1
11
11
1
Stem count
size (ares)
size (ACRES)
Species count
Stems per ACRE
27
27 29
24
24
32
16
16
16
27
27
28
231
231 25
39
39
42
19
19
20
18
18
22
28
281
35
221
221
27
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
5 -51 7 41 41 7 71 71 7 51 5 6 71 71 9 61 61 83 3 4 7 7 8 6 6 9 6 6
8
1093 1093 1174 971 971 1295 647 647 647 1093 1093 1133 931 931 1012 1578 1578 1700 769 7691 809 7281 7281 8901 11331 11331 1416 8901 8901
1093
Twin Bays Wetland Restoration Site KCI Associates of'NC, PA
DMS Project 4 95363 22 2015— MY02

Table 8. CVS Stem Count Total and Planted by Plot and Species
DMS Proiect Code 95363. Proiect Name: Twin Bays Restoration Site
Twin Bays Wetland Restoration Site KCIAssociates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 95363 23 2015— MY02
Annual Means
Scientific Name
Common Name
MY2 (2015)
Species Type PnoLS[P-all T
MY1 (2014)
PnoLS P -all T
MYO (2014)
PnoLS P -all T
Acer rubrum
Red Maple
Tree
31
3
9
3
3
7
5
5
5
Aronia arbutifolia
Red Chokeberry
Shrub
7
7
7
8
8
8
11
11
11
Baccharis halimifolia
Eastern Baccharis
Shrub
11
7
Betula nigra
River Birch
Tree
48
48
48
48
48
48
47
47
47
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Green Ash
Tree
26
26
26
24
24
24
5
5
5
Liquidambarstyraciflua
Sweetgum
Tree
1
1
Liriodendron tulipifera
Tuliptree
Tree
3
3
3
1
1
1
18
18
18
Magnolia virginiana
Sweetbay
Tree
15
15
15
13
13
13
17
17
17
Nyssa biflora
Swamp Tupelo
Tree
5
Platanus occidentalis
American Sycamore
Tree
3
3
7
3
3
3
Quercus michauxii
Swamp Chestnut Oak Tree
59
59
59
54
54
54
Quercus pagoda
Cherrybark Oak
Tree
21
21
22
23
23
23
22
22
22
Quercus phellos
Willow Oak
Tree
20
20
20
9
9
9
Salix nigra
Black Willow
Tree
2
3
Sambucus canadensis
Common Elderberry
Shrub
3
Taxodium distichum
Bald Cypress
Tree
16
16
16
6
6
6
1
1
1
Ulmus americana
American Elm
Tree
8
8
8
Unknown
Shrub or Tree
10
10
10
104
104
104
Vaccinium corymbosum
Highbush Blueberry
Shrub
22
22
22
20
20
20
22
22
22
Stem count
size (ares)
size (ACRES)
Species count
Stems per ACRE
243
121
9831
24-31
10
0.25
121
983
276
17
1117
2221
13
8981
2221
10
0.25
13
8981
237
16
9.591
260
111
10521
260
10
0.25
11
1052
260
11
1052
Twin Bays Wetland Restoration Site KCIAssociates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 95363 23 2015— MY02

Appendix D
Hydrologic Data
Twin Bays Wetland Restoration Site KCI Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 95363 24 2015— MY02

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GA17 43.5% {
GA13 30.8%
GA12 43.1%•
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GA11 41.8%
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4 GA8 31.2%
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GA3 7.3%-G 438.5% 1 F {GA70 9.2
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GA6 17.2% GA9 38.3
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OEasement Area (11.7 ac)
Upland Preservation (0.4 ac) Division of
Non -Credit Bearing Zone (0.88 ac) Average Percent Saturation for
Percent Saturation Wetland Restoration Area = 30.59% Mitigation
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Twin Bays Restoration Site
Hydrograph
Wetland Gauge 4
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497
496
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4
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Twin Bays Restoration Site
Hydrograph
Wetland Gauge 5
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496
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Twin Bays Restoration Site
Hydrograph
Wetland Gauge 6 - non-credit bearing
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s�
2
1.5
1
0.5
0

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501
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499
498
497
496
Twin Bays Restoration Site
Hydrograph
Wetland Gauge 7
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1
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0

502
501
500
w
C
0
499
W
498
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497
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Twin Bays Restoration Site
Hydrograph
Wetland Gauge 8
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2
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1
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0

502
501
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Wetland Gauge 9
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w m w w Y a Y Y O O o Z Z Z C7 Cd
Date
Groundwater Depth Ground Surface 12 Inches Below Ground Surface Sensor Depth Rainfall
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2
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1
0.5
0

502
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Wetland Gauge 10
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4
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3
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2
1.5
1
0.5
0

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501
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Twin Bays Restoration Site
Hydrograph
Wetland Gauge 11
V
497
496
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501
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Hydrograph
Wetland Gauge 12
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Date
Groundwater Depth Ground Surface 12 Inches Below Ground Surface — Sensor Depth Rainfall
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m
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0.5
0

502
501
500
w
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499
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498
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497
496
Twin Bays Restoration Site
Hydrograph
Wetland Gauge 13
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501
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Wetland Gauge 14
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502
501
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Wetland Gauge 15
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4
3.5
3
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2
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1
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502
501
500
Twin Bays Restoration Site
Hydrograph
Wetland Gauge 16
V
497
496
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o oo iy v w D o 00 v N o ti oo w o oo O v Z N . o C7 00
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501
500
Twin Bays Restoration Site
Hydrograph
Wetland Gauge 17
V
497
496
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Table 9. Wetland Hydrology Attainment Table
Twin Bays Restoration Site, DMS Project #95363
Greater than 8% Continuous Saturation/Max Consecutive Days
During Growing Season (Percentage)
Gauge #
MY -01
MY -02
MY -03
MY -04
MY -05
MY -06
MY -07
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Yes/25
Yes/105
Gauge 1
(10.5%)
(43.9%)
No/16
Yes/75
Gauge 2
(6.5%)
(31.4%)
No/13
No/18
Gauge 3*
(5.2%)
(7.3%)
Yes/26
Yes/92
Gauge 4
(10.9%)
(38.5%)
Yes/27
Yes/98
Gauge 5
(11.1%)
(41.0%)
No/13
Yes/41
Gauge 6*
(5.4%)
(17.2%)
Yes/27
Yes/75
Gauge 7
(11.1%)
(31.4%)
Yes/24
Yes/75
Gauge 8
10.0%
(31.4%)
No/17
Yes/92
Gauge 9
(6.9%)
(38.3%)
Yes/24
Yes/22
Gauge 10
(9.8%)
(9.2%)
Yes/28
Yes/100
Gauge 11
(11.7%)
(41.8%)
No/o14
Yes/103
Gauge 12
(5.9%)
(43.1%)
No/15
Yes/74
Gauge 13
(6.1%)
(30.8%)
Yes/22
Yes/19
Gauge 14
(9.0%)
(8.0%)
Yes/27
Yes/76
Gauge 15
(11.1°%)
(31.8%)
Yes/49
Yes/76
Gauge 16
20.3%
(31.8%)
Gauge 17`*
_
Yes/104
(43.5%)
* = Gauge in the non-credit bearing zone
** = Gauge installed 3/8/2015
Twin Bays Wetland Restoration Site KCIAssociates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 95363 44 2015- MY02