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CBCL Limited Appendices

APPENDIX A

Fish Habitat Assessment Data Form


APPENDIX B

Wood Turtle Habitat Assessment Form

CBCL LIMITED Wood Turtle Habitat Assessment Form (Glytemys insculpta)

Part I: Survey Details Date Time Waypoint Stream Name Crew

Part II: Environmental Conditions Temperature (°C) Cloud Cover (5) Wind Speed Precipitation

Wind Speed: Calm – C, Light – L, Moderate – M, Strong – S Precipitation: None – N, Drizzle/Mist – D, Light Rain – L, Moderate or Heavy – M, Other – O (specify)

Part III: Stream Characteristics and Water Quality Temp. (°C) Presence of sand/gravel banks/bars/island (un-vegetated)? Yes/No D.O. (mg/L) Are sand/gravel areas elevated (flood-risk free)? Yes/No pH Are the sand/gravel areas on an east or south facing slope? Yes/No Channel Width (m) Are there deep pools greater than 0.5 m? Yes/No Channel Depth (m) Stream Pattern Straight Sinuous Meandering Other (explain) Flow Conditions Dry Low Mid High Flood (in floodplain) Water Clarity Clear Turbid Tannic Zero Visibility Velocity Flat Slow Moderate Fast Turbulent Dom. Substrate Silt Sand Gravel Cobble Boulder Overwintering Features Root masses of lrg trees Undercut banks Oxbows Lrg woody debris Log jams Boulders

Part IV: Riparian Habitat Check all that apply within 50m of tributary. Write “D” for dominant beside the most prevalent habitat type.

Upland Deciduous Forest Wetland Other (specify) Upland Coniferous Forest Agriculture Upland Mixedwood Forest Sand/Gravel Extraction Pits Upland Shrub-Scrub Residential Shrub Floodplain Commercial Forest Floodplain Industrial Emergent Wetland (herbaceous) Other (specify)

Overstory Density None (<2%) Low (2-20%) Medium (20-80%) High (>80%) Understory Density None (<2%) Low (2-20%) Medium (20-80%) High (>80%) Sunlit Openings (within 50m) None Few Frequent Abundant

CBCL LIMITED Wood Turtle Habitat Assessment Form (Glytemys insculpta)

Observed Food Source Densities. Write N (none), L (low), M (moderate), or H (high) beside each potential food preference.

Raspberries Hawthorn Algae Tadpoles Strawberries Grasses Mushrooms Snails Blueberries Willows Slugs Small fish (trout) Chokecherry Alders Earthworms Moss

Is there evidence of Beaver or Muskrat Dens? Yes/No

Part V: High Risk Habitats Check all that apply within 100 m of the tributary.

Haying Fields Highways Roads (Excluding Highways) ATV Trails Garbage/Recreation

Part V1: Potential for Wood Turtle Habitat Basking Sites. Yes/No Comment: Photos: Foraging Potential. Yes/No Comment: Photos: Nesting Areas. Yes/No Comment: Photos: Overwintering Sites. Yes/No Comment: Photos: Movement Corridors. Yes/No Comment: Photos: Suitable Stream Characteristics. Yes/No Comment: Photos:

Recommend a full wood turtle survey during spring and/or fall: Yes / No


APPENDIX C

Visual Encounter Survey Data Form

CBCL Limited Wood Turtle Visual Encounter Survey Form Date___________________ Team size________ Team member names ________________________________ WC name__________________________________ Stream name_______________________________________ Start time_____________ End time_____________ Total survey time (minutes) ____________ Survey recommendation from: ___ Wood turtle habitat assessment survey and/or ___ Designated critical habitat by NSDNR Environmental Conditions Cloud cover: Clear (C), partly cloudy (P), overcast (O), fog/smoke (F) Wind speed: Calm (C), light (L), moderate (M), strong (S) Precipitation: None (N), drizzle/mist (D), light rain (L), moderate of heavy (M), other (O) and please specify

Start of survey: Water temp______ Air temp_______ Cloud cover______ Wind speed ______ Precipitation _________ End of survey: Water temp_______ Air temp_______ Cloud cover______ Wind speed ______ Precipitation _________ WP number at start of survey____________ WP number at the end of the survey ____________ Average stream width __________m Average stream depth __________m General habitat description (dominant vegetation and features): Comments:

Wood Turtle observed? _____ No _____ Yes (continue on back) If more than 1 wood turtle is observed, please fill out the back section of another data sheet. Make sure to indicate WC at top of the data form and please number each data form (e.g. 1 of 2, 2 of 2).

CBCL Limited Wood Turtle Observation Form Environmental Conditions when observed: Cloud cover: Clear (C), partly cloudy (P), overcast (O), fog/smoke (F) Wind speed: Calm (C), light (L), moderate (M), strong (S) Precipitation: None (N), drizzle/mist (D), light rain (L), moderate of heavy (M), other (O) and please specify

Water temp______ Air temp_______ Cloud cover______ Wind speed ______ Precipitation _________ WP number of turtle location____________ Status: ___ Alive ___ Dead, suspected cause: _______________________________________ Injuries observed? ___ No ___ Yes, please specify: _______________________________________________________________ Behaviour observed (check those that apply):

__Aggression/Courtship __Atmospheric basking __Aquatic basking __Foraging/Eating __Aquatic active __Aquatic stationary __Terrestrial active __Terrestrial stationary __Copulating __Nesting

Other please specify ___________________________________________________________________________________ Position: In water: ___submerged ____ carapace (shell) exposed ____ head exposed On land: ___ all exposed ____ partially covered ____ covered Distance from: nearest water _______m (if observed on land) OR bank _______m (if observed in water)

Substrate type turtle found on ___________________________

Brief habitat description: _____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________

Photo numbers: Wood turtle on substrate _______ Surrounding area of wood turtle + habitat ________________________________________

Carapace _______ Plastron ________

Injuries _________ Sex: ___ Male ___ Female

Additional comments:


APPENDIX D

Wood Turtle SARA Permit


APPENDIX E

Watercourse Assessment Location Maps

Surveyed Watercourse - TypeLarge/ Small Permanent

Small Permanent/ Intermittent

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_̂ Atlantic Salmon Presence Assumed

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NSGC - 1: 10 000 Rivers/ Streams

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East Branch French RiverBrowning Brook

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