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ATTACHMENT 2 <br />CASPER CREEK MDNS (SEPA N92-89) <br />MONITORING ELEMENT OF THE WETLAND MITIGATION PLAN <br />The tollowing provides a suqpested framework for monitorinp of the Casper Cresk <br />wetlands. <br />A commonly ovarlxked component of a restoration project is monitorinp, which <br />providea invaluable feedbsdc on: <br />1) Compliance of the restoratlon plan with tha stated roatoration yoals; <br />2) Croatlon of habitat values fhat aro equivalent to those lost dunnp <br />conatructlon or thoae that wero oncs prosent in the Pelustrins, suub/shrub <br />wstlands; <br />3) Major probtema in the restoratlon proqram �at can be correctsd with revised <br />plantiny, and waterinp or bufferiny measuros; and <br />4) Ways in which ths rostoradon desiqn and tachniquea can be modified to <br />improvo auxe�s. This typ� of intortnabon will aid in the planniny and dssiqn <br />oi other roatoradon efforts. <br />Without data on ths four aroea liatsd abovs, thero is no way to evaluete the success of <br />the reatorarion within the Caaper Croek Palustrine ecrub/shrub wetlenda. To detertnine <br />if complianu has occurtnd with the stated pwla of the restoration, it ia neaasary to <br />develop a hypoth�sis and pMortnance afteria. The hypothesis estabiishes a senes of <br />well defined statemenb, b�ted on the observation of other Palustnns saub/shrub <br />wetland ecasyetema in the area, fhat aaeert wh�t type of environmental conditions will <br />occur in the roetoration ana within a certain pariod of time. To provid� "prooP that <br />these environmenUl conditlon� have bsen achieved, sci�nWic rosaaurument of venous <br />parameten for sp�ciflc aitical componenb oi th� Pelustrin� scn�b/ahrub habitat <br />ecoayst�m muat W mad� ovK dm�. Thee� componenb indud�, but a�r� not Ifmited to, <br />tha flora, faun�, w�t�r qu�lfty, and soil chamistry. Psrfortnena criteria set <br />meaauroment levsl� tor eac;h compornnt, baa�d on oba�vation af oth�r similar <br />relativey prinlne Palustrin� saub/shrub wetland ecosy�t�ms, at which the atitemenb <br />within tM hypotl�als would b� "prov�n." <br />Hypaf!►NI� <br />HypotNNN: D�p►sd�d ►wWnd arsas wifhin ths Caspa Crssk prop�riy (Siher Laks <br />waMral� pn b� �iMr�d to: (1) exhiblf physical end biobpial atMbutss that oocur <br />WIfhM �M Mhllsl VIIIIbI�� 0/ Ifl0�l�0Ad IMIMVrIy (1ASlIM PaIYJMM SCN�JhNb <br />wedand scosy�Mms wiHNn M� SIMr Laks watrrsMd and tM sd%oininQ w�bmMdr, (2) <br />provids o6sen�ed functlon�l v�lurs (s.p. /ood chsin suppoR) ol tMis natu►sl habrhh; <br />and (3) �sauR in ��N-sushinirp ecosystsm, at tM end ol a 3 yrar monito�Yrp psnod, <br />takirrp into consid�radon any ecosystem d�dirre fhat haa bNn obssn�d wrthln <br />monito►�d natur�l InWt�ta. <br />