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Home My WebLink About20120747 Ver 1_Field Notes_20190513Mitigation Site Meeting Notes Date: May 13, 2019 Project Name: Devil's Racetrack Prepared By: Erin Davis, NCDWR Type of Site: NCDMS Stream and Wetland Site Meeting Type: Compliance Review Sponsor/Provider: Wildlands Engineering USACE AID: 2012-00810 County: Johnston *Denotes County w/ 30 -foot Buffer NCDWR ID: 20120747 HUC and Basin: Neuse - 03020201 Weather: Coordinates: ON °W Attendees: NCDWR - Mac Haupt, Erin Davis USACE - Todd Tugwell NCDMS - Melonie Allen, Jeremiah Dow, Jeff Schaffer Wildlands - John Hutton, Jason Lorch, Joe Lovenshimer Project Review Checklist - (provide additional detail in notes section on next page) General Site Issues/Concerns: ❑ Vegetation Composition or Density ❑ Inappropriate Credit Ratio Proposed ❑ Planted Stem Vigor (due to soil, browsing) ❑ JD Needed to Confirm Approach ❑ Invasive/Exotic Species ❑ Continuity/Fragmentation ❑ Beaver/Feral Hogs (management plan) ❑ Easement Issues (existing farm, CE, NRCS funding) ❑ Soil (manipulation, compaction, fertility) ❑ Easement Encroachments (livestock, clearing) ❑ Livestock Present/Evidence of Livestock Access ❑ Easement Marking/Signage ❑ Crossings or Utility Lines ❑ Insufficient Project Size ❑ BMPs or Alternate Approaches ❑ Adjacent Property Owner ❑ Fencing Issues or Fencing Needed ❑ T&E Species ❑ Ponds Within Project Area ❑ Section 106 (historic listing/tribal issues) Stream Issues/Concerns: ❑ Incised/Entrenched ❑ Insufficient Stream Drainage Area ❑ Headcuts Present/Forming ❑ Insufficient Hydrology (if raising channel bed) ❑ Stream Structures Failing/Piping IM Vegetation in Channel (stream vs wetland) ❑ Excess Sediment/Aggradation ❑ Flow Obstructions (undersized pipes, fords) ❑ Cross -Sections Missing/Indicate Problems ❑ Substrate Concerns (embeddedness, particle size) ❑ Bank Instability/Failure ❑ Live Stakes Absent/Failing ❑ Bench Rills/Erosion (constructed bench or P2 valley) ❑ Evidence of Water Quality Issues ❑ Excess Sinuosity (lack of flow) IM In -stream Habitat Weak/Missing ❑ Braided/Anabranch Channel ❑ Stream Buffer Width Inadequate Wetland Issues/Concerns: ❑ Evidence of Excessive Hydrology ❑ Missing Gauge Data (preconstruction or monitoring) ❑ Evidence of Insufficient Hydrology ❑ Gauge Location/Placement ❑ Hydric Soil Indicators/Soil Series ❑ Gauge Maintenance ❑ Surface Roughness or Bedding ❑ Drainage Ditches/Swales Present ❑ Channel Relocation/Riparian Connectivity ❑ Field Tiles/Subsurface Drainage ❑ Hydroperiod Length or Start/Stop Date ❑ Continued Ag Use Adjacent to Wetland Page 1 of 2 Date: May 13, 2019 Project Name: Devil's Racetrack Notes, Sketch, Action Items, etc.: High diversity & density wetland herb plants Veg/soil removal annually keeping channel open (small soil piles on bank) - 1'W - concern about seeing a false trajectory of site development Wildlands response - Canopy cover development /shading response Todd response - no more "maintenance" for 2019-2020 Compare to as -built? Slope is present, seep fed Asian spiderwort within channel Power line ROW woody veg cut to <1', herb cover still abundant, low disturbance footprint Wetland soil profiles (2) in Vicinity of soil profile near gauge 3 - redox present (1 photo for each profile) Gauge 34 area will be removed (upland) Soil profile 3 near gauge 13 (2 photos) Soil profile 4 near gauge 35 (2 photos) Soil profile 5 near gauge 27 (3 photos) Soil profile 6 near PP -25 (2 photos) Soils 5 & 6 - wetter, more clay, abundant mottles Large re-seeding/re-plant buffer area - looks better Channel concerns - no bedform diversity, habitat, low flow, coarse substrate, shading Add continuous flow gauge to main channel (near Neuse) Credit release - buffer better so release stream, but may delay close out; wetland soils look ok but based on hydro still at risk, keep at risk area (unreleased 2.95) Credit Release/Site Closeout Information (for monitoring or closeout reviews only) Stream Credits Wetland Credits Warm Cool Cold Riparian Riverine Riparian Non-Riverine Non -Riparian Coastal Requested Approved* Result of Monitoring Report or Closeout Review Extended Monitoring Required Project Manager Signature Date *The updated credit ledger for the project, which includes this release, must be approved by the Project Manager. Page 2 of 2 Form Updated 03/20/2019