2008/12/17 Council Agenda Packet

As requested by EPWD, this scope and cost estimate covers monitoring for 2009: Year 2 monitoring activities (January—October 2009), and the first 2 months of Year 3 (i.e., November and December 2009) with the tasks identified herein as Year 2 Tasks. The 2009 tasks listed below are required to occur during year 2 and start of year 3 (fall 2009 wildlife monitoring) and include the following elements: 1. Vegetation 2. Hydrology(inundation depth, tidal exchange, development of drainage patterns) 3. Water quality(temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen) 4. Fisheries 5. Wildlife, and 6. Annual Monitoring Report 2009 Tasks for Year 2 Monitoring Task 1 . Vegetation Monitoring Year 2 Task 1.1. Field preparation of Transects and Plots [CF Jones & Stokes will verify and relocate the field locations of the eastern and western ends of each of the 45 vegetation transects located in 2008. We will utilize a GPS unit with the UTM coordinates of each vegetation transect and will remark with rebar and PVC any transect stakes which have been lost. This task includes direct expenses for the replacement of up to 45 stakes (i.e. one half of the installed stakes). We will also utilize a random number generating spreadsheet to determine which 12 of the 45 transects will be sampled in 2009 and to determine the coordinates of the 10 sample plots along each transect. We will also prepare field supplies and maps necessary to conduct the vegetatioti'monitoring. Task 1 .2. Conduct Year 2 Vegetation Monitoring ICF Jones & Stokes will conduct up to five, 10-hour days of vegetation monitoring between mid July and mid September 2009 to monitor vegetation die off and establishment of new vegetation. Field data will be collected utilizing the sampling 2 Year 2 Monitoring Smith Island Restoration revised December 4,2008 4 9