20150634 Ver 1_Year 1 Monitoring Report Comments_20170310

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
March 10, 2017
To: Tim Baumgartner
NCDMS
From: Katie Merritt
NCDWR
Through: Karen Higgins 46
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
ROY COOPER
covenror
MICHAEL S. REGAN
.Secr'etrvv
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
Re: Year 1 Monitoring Report Review Comments
UT to Falls Lake (McDaniel Farm) Riparian Buffer & Nutrient Offset Site
Durham County
DMS Project ID: 95389
DWR # 15-0634
The Division of Water Resources received the Year 1 Monitoring Report for the above -referenced
site submitted January 2017 by Division of Mitigation Services (DMS).
Vegetation success criteria for this site is an average density of 260 stems per acre of planted species
surviving after five monitoring years. Vegetation data was collected in October 2016. Based on a
visual assessment performed by DMS staff, there were areas of low stem density. According to
DMS, this low stem density prompts the need for supplemental planting. Therefore, supplemental
plantings need to be performed prior to the collection of monitoring data for Year 2.
Please feel free to contact me at 919-807-6371 if you have any questions regarding this project or our
comments.
Cc via email: Jeff Schaffer, DMS
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