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Home My WebLink About20190863 Ver 1_Field Meeting Notes_20190722Mitigation Site Meeting Notes Date: July 22, 2019 Project Name: Oak Hill Dairy Prepared By: Erin Davis, NCDWR Type of Site: NCDMS Stream and Wetland Site Meeting Type: Technical Site Review Sponsor/Provider: Wildlands Engineering USACE AID: County: Gaston *Denotes County w/ 30 -foot Buffer NCDWR ID: 20190863 HUC and Basin: Catawba - 03050102 Weather: Coordinates: °N °W Attendees: USACE - Todd Tugwell, Kim Browning WEI - Shawn Wilkerson, Eric Neuhaus, Jake McLean DWR - Mac Haupt, Erin Davis WRC - Olivia Munzer DMS - Paul Wiesner, Matthew Reid, Periann Russell, Kristen Ullman 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 ❑ 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) ❑ 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: July 22, 2019 Project Name: Oak Hill Dairy Notes, Sketch, Action Items, etc.: Invasives - Knotweed, kudzu, bamboo, privet, honeysuckle, multiflora, Existing channel highly incised, over wide - lateral instability, lack of buffer, rubble right side "armor", pasture converted to crop in last year, soil samples better down slope from crop edge - nonhydric to some redox, recommend well in stream side zone - levee next to proposed riparian wetland, tile drains question? existing channel large sediment deposits, gets flashy flow, some cobble & rock can be mined for new channel, sewer stream crossing stabilized rock/slabs, oak hill creek - eroding outer bends, over wide, large sediment deposits, E2 proposed - spot bank grading & brush toe, invasive treatment, supplemental planting, Wetland 3 - baseline gauges needed to show hydrology uplift, redox 6-10", UT1- significant incision, ok bedform pockets, invasives- privet & walnut, Wetland 2 - soil bright, indicators not present in 10", propose excavation 6" or more, question re-establishment vs creation (still restoration but different ratio), channel relocation & hillside seep adjacent, UT1- section not bad incision, good bedform & width, then gets worse again - ok restoration approach UT113 - JD linear wetland or intermittent stream UT1A - cattle in channel, devoid of buffer, significant impacts, bamboo, UT1 top - perched culvert, priority 1, kudzu Wrap-up focus on wetland - current non -hydric within 10-12" then creation credit 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 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