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Mitigation Planting and Monitoring: Implementation
November 13, 2017
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Introduction
The Beckett Point Fisherman’s Club (BPFC, Club) has developed a parking area on Beckett
Point in Jefferson County, WA. Because this site is located in a FEMA Frequently Flooded
Area, Marine Surveys and Assessments (MSA) of Port Townsend, WA was hired by the Club
to conduct a FEMA Habitat Assessment for the project in accordance with the requirements
noted in the Jefferson County Code (JCC) 18.15.15. In the report, MSA determined that the
project would result in no net loss of ecological resources to the property, and developed a
habitat mitigation plan to enhance the wetland buffer and retain ecological functions and
values near the parking area. The following paper is to document BPFC implementation of
the habitat mitigation plan written by MSA and submitted to the Jefferson County DCD.
Mitigation Planting by Club Member Volunteers on November 4, 2017
Project Information
Beckett Point Fisherman’s Club
c/o Christine Heycke
P.O. Box 1657
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Project Location: Beckett Point Rd., Port Townsend, WA 98368
Parcel # 932200801
Section 23, Township 30N, Range 02W
Lat. 48 04 45.93 N, Lon. 122 53 19.42 W
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Mitigation Plan
The mitigation plan for this site has been designed to offset the impacts to the 972 square feet
of wetland buffer that will be impacted by six parking spaces, each 9 feet by 18 feet. A strip
measuring 54 feet by 8 feet (432 square feet) has been graveled. This area is considered
County Right of Way (ROW) and is not included in the mitigation compensation. The
parking area remains in grass, and log wheel stops have been placed on the NE side. These
untreated logs cover approximated 36 square feet of grass. In accordance with the plan, the
BPFC has removed approximately 400 square feet of non-native Himalayan blackberry,
replanted the area with 400 native dune grass plugs (Elymus mollis) on 12” centers and 9
native rose shrubs (Rosa nutkana) on 5 foot centers, and will ensure that leaseholders do not
park vehicles on the spot if they are leaking fluids.
Monitoring Plan and Performance Standards
The present report is submitted as documentation of the implementation of the approved
planting plan. Photos of the site and the plantings included in this report are taken from
photo stations used by MSA in the FEMA Habitat Assessment. These locations will be used
for each of the yearly reports that will be filed with DCD for the next five years to document
plant mortality and success in meeting each of the three performance standards identified
below:
Performance Standard #1 (survival rate): At the end of each growing season (late Aug-early
Sep) plots will be visited and a count of surviving plants will be documented. The percent
survival for the plots will be calculated by dividing the total number of plans after planting
by the total number of surviving plants at the end of the season. Photo stations for each
replanting site will be determined and a photograph of each transplant location will be taken
on an annual basis. Individual plans that die must be replaced with native species in order to
meet the survival performance standards.
Years 1 and 2: Achieve 100% survival success of mitigation plants
Years 3, 4, 5: Achieve 80% survival success of mitigation plants
Performance Standard #2 (percent cover): The percent cover standard will be monitored by
looking at each monitoring unit of the enhanced areas from above and estimating the area
covered by the individual species. The percent cover within an area can be quantified as a
total greater than 100% because plants (in high/low shrub and herbaceous layers) overlap in
cover.
Years 1 and 2: Achieve 100% survival success of mitigation plants
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Years 3, 4, 5: Achieve 80% survival success of mitigation plants
Performance Standard #3 (invasive removal): All areas where invasive plants were removed
will be surveyed visually and categorized with photo stations. This is to ensure that 0%
(none) of the target invasive species (Himalayan blackberry) will be present and have not
reestablished within each monitoring year.
Years 1 - 5: Achieve 100% removal of targeted invasive species from mitigation areas
Maintenance will occur at least twice yearly and will include weeding and watering as
necessary to ensure survival of native plants and removal of non-native plants. If the
required survival rate is not met by the end of any monitoring year, plants lost to mortality
will be replaced to achieve the percentage cover performance standard described above. The
cause of plant mortality (species/site selection, animal damage, etc.) will be determined at
that time and measures will be taken to prevent the loss of replacement plants. If a particular
species is shown not to endure site conditions then another, more appropriate species will be
selected by the project biologist.
2017 Project Development and Implementation
On June 26-27, 2017, the road approach to the parking area was graded and graveled by a
licensed excavating contractor. Untreated logs that had been harvested from private land in
the nearby foothills and donated for the parking project were placed on the grass at the edge
of the wetland buffer to serve as wheel stops. This work was authorized under Jefferson
County permit #RAP16-00064.
Between June and November, 2017, six members of BPFC removed non-native Himalayan
blackberry plants and non-native grasses from the wetland mitigation area. On November 4,
2017, 12 members of BPFC planted 400 dune grass plugs (Elymus mollis) that had been
purchased from a native plant nursery in Everett, and 9 native rose shrubs (Rosa nutkana)
that had been dug from private land in the spring of 2017, repotted, and donated for the
mitigation project.
The figures on the following pages show:
— An “As-Built” drawing for the mitigation planting area
— The project area before and after parking lot development
— The patch of Himalayan blackberries before and after it’s removal
— The newly sited mitigation plants and site photo plots that will be used in the
annual analysis and report to determine if performance standards have been met.
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Project “As-Built”
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Project Area Photos
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BPFC Parking Project Leaders:
Christine Heycke and Alec Lang
Project Biologist:
Aleta Erickson, MS, MMA
Coastal Ecologist
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