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Attace..nt s <br />Casp�r Cr�alc 1�NS (SSPA /92-89) <br />Paq� 7 <br />Performance Crks�ia <br />The uitena used for monitonng should inGude thosa basic components that compnse a <br />healthy Palustrins saub/shnrb watland ecoaystem that is rslatively ��idisturbed <br />wmpered to ths project aro�. As discussed abovs, monitorinp of a rostorod Palustnne <br />sctublshrub wetland ahould indude both the structural and tunctional elaments of a <br />PalusUins suub/shrub wetland ecosystem. Thia inGud�s monitortnq of the vegetation, <br />temsaMal and aquatic invertebretes and vertebrates (i.s, inaecU, birds, mammals, <br />fishes), channsl benthos, birds, water and soil chemistry and procsases such as food <br />chain aupport. For thia ro:toretlon plan sipht basic aiterie havs been selected. The <br />uitetia that the auccess o} the rostoration will be meeeured aqainat aro as follows: <br />1) V�p�tadon - Ownll Obj�cdvrs. Ths propoaed rovsqetaUon plan will meet all of <br />the proposed vepetatlon rostoraUon yoala forth in ths Ca�per Croek m�ipation <br />plan. <br />2) V�p�hdon - Sp�ei�s Mix �nd P�rwM Cowr. Th� rostorod aroas (wetlend and <br />butter) shall support at le�st the native spsci�s sat forin in ths Wetland Mitiqation <br />Plan for Phss� I and II. Th� spsci�s mix should ���mbls that propoasd in ths <br />individwl habitat catpaies, but sMc! adherona to obtaininy all of tl�� species <br />shall not b� a aiterfa for sucast. Ay th� fifth year, the psresnt coverap� (canopy, <br />subcanopy and und�rstory combinsol of tM rostor�d areas (acc�u roads <br />exduded) shall b� at Is�st 8096 for th� watlend an�e and 5096 for Me upland <br />butter arsas. If an araa indudes moro thiri 50% ezotic epsdes (non-Palustrine <br />scrub/shrub wetland species andlor non-nativ� apsci�s) then ronorstion shall not <br />be conaidend sucosssful tor thet area. As a�nal test of 1M vpwtion aitena, ths <br />species diven�ty, mix, and psir.ent cover (individualy and cumulativ�) shauld <br />approbmate that o} similar monitorod "pristine" sroas within SiNer Laks watenhed <br />and other adjac�M Palustrin� urub/shrub vwtlsnd scosystema. (Ses box for <br />definition of }unctlonal Palustrine sauW�hrub wstl�nd ecosyatem.) Sianficant <br />dsyradatlon of �xiatlnq w�tland are��, b�yond that mributabl� to natural vanation, <br />shall be con�id�nd a tailure of the buffer and wrtl�nd �storatlon wak. <br />3) Aquatlo h�v�rbbra�s and V�rbb�abs (amphlblans) - SpeG�� re-colonizinq the <br />chrnN �np ad�own to nstor�d and enh�nc�d �rus should b� of a suMiaent <br />dlw�;�.Yy and abundana ro provid� food ch�in support for sp�d�s hfqh�r in ths <br />fpod .:lfin. Th� rfnq�, distributlon, and densitl�s of �p�cies should b� similar to <br />tfa� Ibund In hxxtlon� w�tland portions of tM Sfhnr Lak� W�tenhW and othx <br />a�� pMuztrirw �auWthrub w�tland sco�yet�mi. <br />4) T�rrsstrlal Ins�cts. Paluttrin� sauWshrub w�tland ins�cb n�wuary for ths <br />succeosful pollinatlon of Palu�Mn� scrub/shrub w�tland planb and �s food for <br />othK sp�� wHhfn tM food chain (birds, flsh) shall W pn�nt. 1Tw pr��nce of <br />the approprtata ineects shall b� detertninsd by monitoriny functionN wsUand aroas <br />of fhe SiN�r Uk� wabrsMd and other adj�ceM Pdu�Mno saub�shnib wetland <br />ecoayatema with aimilar Palwtrins scrub/ehrub wetland plarri sp�d�s. <br />