north carolina ecosystem enhancement program (eep) cvs/eep vegetation monitoring protocol
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District. North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) CVS/EEP Vegetation Monitoring Protocol. Why are we doing this…. ?. The Why…. MOA Mandate and overarching goals Current Status of Vegetative Monitoring Opportunity. Overarching…. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
U.S. Army Corpsof EngineersWilmington District
North Carolina North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement ProgramEcosystem Enhancement Program
(EEP)(EEP)
CVS/EEP Vegetation Monitoring CVS/EEP Vegetation Monitoring ProtocolProtocol
Why are we doing this…Why are we doing this…
?
The Why…The Why…
MOA Mandate and overarching goalsMOA Mandate and overarching goals Current Status of Vegetative Current Status of Vegetative
MonitoringMonitoring OpportunityOpportunity
Overarching…Overarching…
EEP Monitoring has three primary EEP Monitoring has three primary objectives:objectives: Develop functional measuresDevelop functional measures Demonstrate net ecological benefit at project Demonstrate net ecological benefit at project
and watershed/catchment scaleand watershed/catchment scale Change/guide regulatory policy of success Change/guide regulatory policy of success
criteria through monitoring datacriteria through monitoring data
Current Status of Veg Current Status of Veg MonitoringMonitoring
260 woody stems/acre surviving at 260 woody stems/acre surviving at year 5 of monitoringyear 5 of monitoring
Current Status of Veg Current Status of Veg Monitoring (the before…)Monitoring (the before…)
Based on wetland hardwood Based on wetland hardwood guidance from mid-70sguidance from mid-70s Pushes successionPushes succession Many different sampling techniquesMany different sampling techniques Compared to what??Compared to what?? Variability of sitesVariability of sites
• streams, wetlands, marshes, BMPs??streams, wetlands, marshes, BMPs??
Current Status of Veg Current Status of Veg Monitoring (the after…)Monitoring (the after…)
Based on established techniqueBased on established technique Standardization of samplingStandardization of sampling
• Examines other characteristics besides Examines other characteristics besides survivalsurvival
Analysis of community trendsAnalysis of community trends Compared to existing reference Compared to existing reference
databasedatabase
OpportunityOpportunity
Number of projectsNumber of projects Location of projectsLocation of projects
USE THE DATA!!!!USE THE DATA!!!!
OpportunityOpportunity Number of projectsNumber of projects
Design Bid BuildDesign Bid Build• 110 projects in monitoring now110 projects in monitoring now• 56 projects in some phase of 56 projects in some phase of
design/constructiondesign/construction Full DeliveryFull Delivery
• 75 projects in monitoring this year75 projects in monitoring this year• 75 more in design and construction75 more in design and construction
Total-316 projectsTotal-316 projects
Ecoregions for Functional AssessmentEcoregions for Functional Assessment
Ecoregions with Project LocationsEcoregions with Project Locations
Challenges to MonitoringChallenges to Monitoring
ConsistencyConsistency Documentation of pre-restoration Documentation of pre-restoration
conditions (in a large developing program conditions (in a large developing program pressured by a time commitment)pressured by a time commitment)
Trend assessment with limited evaluation Trend assessment with limited evaluation period (and data points, costs constraints)period (and data points, costs constraints)
Site specific vs watershed (scale)Site specific vs watershed (scale) Functional measuresFunctional measures
So what does CVS do for EEP?So what does CVS do for EEP?
Consistency (save $$??)Consistency (save $$??) Data management/analysis (save $$)Data management/analysis (save $$) Reference community info (save $$)Reference community info (save $$) Better data for Closeout Better data for Closeout
EEP Monitoring FolksEEP Monitoring FolksRita Mroczek-Wetland specialist Steve Roberts-Vegetation specialist
Greg Melia- Stream specialist
Kevin Miller- Research/Grants Coordinator
Zack Mondry- Stream specialist
NC Ecosystem Enhancement ProgramNC Ecosystem Enhancement Program1652 Mail Service Center1652 Mail Service CenterRaleigh, NC 27699-1652Raleigh, NC 27699-1652
(919) 715-0476(919) 715-0476www.nceep.net
Mac HauptMac [email protected]
919-715-1070919-715-1070