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Kimberly Meehan-Roulst, Wetland Specialist
407 Embody Road, Port Ludlow, WA 98365
Phone:360-732-0073, Cell: 360-774-0551
Email: meehanroulstconsulting@gmail.com
Specializing In:
Wetland, Shoreline and Stream Mapping, Delineation and
Mitigation
MITIGATION MONITORING REPORT
October 10, 2021
Reference: SDP2020-0001-07 Mitigation and Planting Plan
Parcel # 021294038
For
Heinzinger PFANN Family Trust
83 Heinzinger Road
Nordland, WA 98358
Located in Jefferson County WA
Sec 29, T 30N, R 1E,
CAM19-00642
Requesting Person: Greg Heinzinger
Phone number: 858-442-6059
Email: gheinzinger@gmail.com
Biologist: Meehan-Roulst Wetland Consulting
MEEHAN-ROULST WETLAND DELINEATING
Oct 20 2021
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PURPOSE OF THIS MITIGATION MONITORING REPORT
This Mitigation Monitoring Report is the first yearly monitoring of the mitigation
plantings installed in accordance with the Mitigation Report/Planting Plan submitted with
permits SDP2020-0001, BLD2020-00019 & BLD2020-00020. Initial compliance with
the Mitigation Report/Planting Plan (location, size, condition, and number) was inspected
and approved by Jefferson County DCD during a site visit in May 2021.
REQUIRED PLANTINGS
The following table is provided for reference and documents the required number and
type of plants from the approved Mitigation Report/Planting Plan.
TABLE 1
108 SHRUBS CHOSEN FOR PLANTING/MITIGATION BED
COMMON NAME &
SCIENTFIC NAME
NUMBER
NEEDED
SIZE
Salal
Gaultheria shallon
27
3.5:” Pots
Evergreen Huckleberrry
Vaccinium ovatum
27
1 gallon
Snow Berry
Symphoricarposalbus
27
1 gallon
Tall Oregon Grape
Mahonia aquifolium
27
3.5” Pots
CONDITION OF THE MITIGATION PLANTING
The Mitigation Plantings are in very good shape, with the plants beginning to grow and
become established. The homeowners took numerous steps to ensure the viability of the
mitigation plantings, many well beyond what was required and underlies the good
conditions observed.
The homeowners planted the mitigation planting directly adjacent to existing native
plants, allowing the plants to support one another and provide a larger contiguous buffer.
The bed was prepared by: a) removing turf, b) importing 5-6 inches of top soil, c)
planting of required plants, including approximately 25% additional, d) mulching the bed,
e) installing drip irrigation, and f) installing deer fencing. In addition, the bed has been
weeded to prevent the intrusion of undesired vegetation.
Due to the adjacency to the existing native plants volunteers grow into the mitigation
planting area. Jefferson County DCD’s initial direction was to remove these volunteers,
and the homeowners complied with this direction. Later WA state ecology directed that
the native plant volunteers should be allowed to grow. I observed quite a number of
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volunteers and there would have been substantially more if the homeowners had not been
directed to remove them. The adjacency to the existing native plants and the resulting
volunteers should allow the mitigation area to more quickly become vegetated.
PERFORMANCE MONITORING
The following table documents the plants I observed during my site visit on 10/7/2021.
TABLE 2
PLANTED SHRUBS SURVIVING in MITIGATION BED
COMMON NAME &
SCIENTFIC NAME
COUNT
Salal
Gaultheria shallon
34
Evergreen Huckleberrry
Vaccinium ovatum
33
Snow Berry
Symphoricarposalbus
30
Tall Oregon Grape
Mahonia aquifolium
36
TABLE 3
VOLUNTEER SHRUBS in MITIGATION BED
COMMON NAME &
SCIENTFIC NAME
COUNT
Nootka rose
Rose nutkana
45
Tall Oregon Grape
Mahonia aquifolium
20
I did not observe any non-native plants in the mitigation planting area.
CONCLUSION
The mitigation plantings are in good shape and exceed the performance standard as
specified in the Mitigation Report/Planting Plan. There are more plants that were planted
than required, and when including the native volunteers there are nearly twice the number
of plants. I did not observe any non-native plants in the mitigation planting area.
Sincerely,
Kim Meehan-Roulst
Meehan-Roulst Wetland Consulting
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APPENDIX A
FIELD PHOTOS OF MITIGATION BED
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