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� <br />q�� <br />��� <br />M � <br />'�I M '9 <br />��p�H <br />M <br />Q� <br />C" y <br />� <br />N <br />�� <br />�� <br />i �� <br />� .. <br />stream course. 3lparian vegetatlChealfollowing h8� llow, d� ott n�noody <br />several plant types iacluding <br />blackberry, scotch hroom, :eed canary, and other grasses• The stream is <br />not adjacenc to significanc slopea, and slope stability and landelide <br />hazarda aze noc considered issues. Vo seiamic hazards are kno�+n to <br />exist on the slce relative to the strezi cortidar• "�8C storm eventss <br />pair to good in Yerzill and Ring Creek, ezcept during <br />Limited data show elavaced meeal conce�=tr9iO�9 ev nts hig�el elevated <br />suspended solida and silicon durin6elated to nmoff from the eziating <br />suapnnded solidr are aosc likely o eration <br />gruvel mine. Large volumes of sile from the gravel miain8 P <br />� have degraded dows[renm reac6ea of the crnek. Moreover, peak atorm <br />flwa have increased eroslon of the channel dovnatreem of che site. a <br />nus6er of blockages to fish migration pcevents a self-sus[aining <br />population of anadromoua fish froo re-eetablishing in the streem. <br />Furthermore, benthic Lnvertebrate and gravel conposition sampling <br />rnsults sug8eet tha[ Merrlll and Ring Creek has Sood incubation habitat <br />quality a� adequace food resourcea to support a viable fish popula[ion <br />Ln dowoetream reaches. <br />� part of ehn propoaed developmmc project, a stream corridor <br />reetoration project i Creekp�has bemt preparnd bY •Pentece Enviroomeataln <br />Eor Merrill and Rin6 <br />Thn goal of the plan is ta restore 825 feet of the stream corridor near <br />Nerrillnand�ing Cree�k.anc'�a�eciflccen izomantal objectivee of thn <br />project are to: <br />o eetabliah a 60-fooc corridor of native vegetation that contalaa the <br />streas; <br />a ma:imize infiltration chroughout che reatored atreem reach; <br />� to�theefu119davelapmnneeof ripari ne vngetation�nani�tion and prlor <br />o �p�� water quality to increase thn likelihood ehat a <br />self-auatainin6 run of salmonids could be maintained doxna[reem. <br />Re-eetabliahing a fiah populatioa within tha restored reach ia not a <br />goal of the propoeed Project. <br />31. The propoeed restoratioa of approzimately 825 feet of Creek Reatoration <br />Creek shall be in accordance aieh tha Merrill a� Ring <br />1991. (SEPA Farth, W tar r P1 nt /eAnimela Policiee) 00065-0001, Herch 19+ <br />32. eeaccep ablerybut [he schedule iauat be updatedted <br />earthirork must 6egia i.n mid-July and be completed <br />wi[h the application <br />The stteam reatoration <br />6y SeQtember 15, 1991, <br />when the stream tu .�^rlcauY driee up. A bond must be suhmitted for <br />both assuring timU.y and �;*vlete reatoration xork and for meeting long <br />-7- <br />� <br />