20190623 Ver 1_Stokes 105 Small anthered bittercress Survey 20180503_20190510

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MEMORANDUM TO: Amy Euliss — NCDOT Division 9 Environmental Officer
FROM: Heather Smith — Ecological Engineering, LLP
SUBJECT: Protected Species Update for WBS 17BP.9.R.100
Stokes County
Bridge No. 840105 on SR 1697 (Pitzer Rd.) over Snow Creek
This memo serves to update the status of federally protected species for the above -referenced
project.
Species: Small-anthered bittercress (Cardamine micranthera)
Survey Date: 4/30/2018
Survey Information: Surveyed for small-anthered bittercress on 4/30/2018. Study area
surveyed: 500' east and west of Bridge No. 105, 200' from the centerline of SR 1697 (Pitzer
Rd.). Survey results: suitable habitat present within study area, but no specimens of targeted
plants observed within study area. No known occurrences within 1.0 mile per NCNHP records
dated January 2018.
Length of Survey: 1.0 Person Hours
Biological Conclusion: No Effect
Principal Investigators:
Heather Smith, LSS, Environmental Scientist -Ecological Engineering, LLP
David Cooper, Environmental Scientist — Ecological Engineering, LLP
If you have any questions, please contact Heather Smith at [e-mail] or (919)
557-0929.