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282 1.6.1.1.1. Design of cut and fill areas, including slopes, volumes, and specifications for stabilization and cover (mulch). 1.6.1.1.2. Delineation of Preservation Lands, and preliminary (baseline) review of these areas. 1.6.1.1.3. Preparation of Wildlife Feed Plot areas (clearing) for planting and identification of seed source. 1.6.1.1.4. Coordination (field and office meetings and correspondence) with the Forest Service regarding trees to be planted; this task includes visiting various nurseries and seeking out the number and species of trees to be planted. 1.6.1.1.5. Coordination (office meetings and correspondence) with the Cabarrus County Mosquito Control and NC Division of Environmental Health, Public Health Pest Management Section, regarding specific monitoring plan for evaluation of mosquito and fish populations in pool; initial (baseline) monitoring of adult and larval mosquito populations should begin immediately. 1.6.1.2. Draft County Preservation Lands Guidelines - legally describing Preservation Lands and Habitat Creation areas; guidelines to "restrict (public) access, development, or use of lands...". 1.6.2. The following will be accomplished, in accordance with the specific conditions of the 404 permit as follows: littoral shelf construction by excavating and filling around the proposed shoreline; planting 186 acres of bottomland hardwoods around the reservoir perimeter; planting 170 acres of upland hardwoods and pines in the buffer area; and planting 6 acres of wildlife feed plots. 1.6.2.1. Construction observation of littoral shelf construction, accomplished through excavation and back-filling along the reservoir shoreline, than spreading a 4-inch to 6-inch layer of mulch on this shelf (mulch to originate from existing bottomland hardwood wetland areas). 1.6.2.2 Observation of planting, on 10-foot center, of sapling trees on the littoral shelf. 1.6.2.3. Observation of planting, on 10-foot centers, of sapling pines and hardwoods in upland reforestation areas. 1.6.2.4. Observation of planting of wildlife feed plots. 1.6.2.5. Development of a detailed monitoring plan which, in accordance with specific conditions of the 404 permit, will record the results of these mitigation efforts. 1.6.2.6. Development of a wildlife and habitat management plan in accordance with the 404 permit and in cooperation with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. 1.6.3. Post-Construction Phase (Monitoring and Maintenance). Evaluation of several parameters as described in the specific conditions of the 404 permit, as negotiated with the Division of Environmental Health, and/or as proposed by OWNER and HDR including: survivorship of planted vegetation; recruitment of native vegetation in mitigation areas; existing habitat and wildlife utilization in preservation areas; recruitment and effectiveness of mosquito fishes in the reservoir pool; maintenance (removal of nuisance species) and replanting as necessary; and periodic report generation of monitoring/maintenance events over the next seven years. 1.6.3.1. Monitoring This will require the specific evaluation, in accordance with the 404 permit and through statistically accurate methodology, of the following: · survivorship and growth of bottomland hardwoods and upland conifers and hardwoods installed in mitigation areas by the Forest Service; · recruitment in the mitigation areas of native vegetation; · baseline and successional data for wildlife and vegetation in preservation areas; · recruitment of mosquito fishes into the reservoir pool; this will include assessment of adult mosquito population data available from the local Mosquito Control District. Monitoring of the above parameters will be required at the beginning, middle and end of each growing season for the first 4 years, and at the beginning and end of each growing seasons for years 5 through 7. This results in a total of 18 monitoring events.