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Scope of Work -Objective # 1: Riparian Stabilization <br />• Improve water quality <br />o by reducing sediment loading <br />o by stabilizing the stream-bank and <br />o by reconfiguring the stream channel to enhance sediment transport. <br />• Methods: Stabilize stream banks through use of native material revetment. Install <br />channel modification structures (rock weirs) and channel shaping to increase the dept <br />to width ratio. Use bioengineering techniques (vegetative methods): Re-establish <br />native riparian vegetation. Willow clumps will be planted as appropriate in the treated <br />reaches. Bioengineering will also be used with grazing BMPs when appropriate. Third <br />party engineering and contractor(s) will implement this work. <br />• Deliverables/products: Improved riparian zones. Stabilized stream banks and <br />reconfigured stream channel on five (5) sites. Reduced sediment loading. <br />* If planned work is not as costly as originally estimated and funds are available, <br />additional sites will be added to the project. <br />• Cost to Complete Objective # 1: $ 600,000.00 <br />Scope of Work -Objective # 2: Grazing Management <br />• Methods: Improved grazing management will be instituted. At sites where past <br />grazing practices have been a factor in the degradation of the riparian zone, <br />landowners will be required to implement grazing BMPs. <br />• Deliverables/products: Improved riparian zones. <br />• Cost to Complete Objective # 2: $1,000.00 <br />Scope of Work -Objective # 3: Project Monitoring <br />• Site monitoring. <br />• Methods: Monitoring will consist of several assessments that include changes in <br />stream bank locations and hence erosion rates, photographic documentation, visual <br />stream assessments, and compliance with BMPs. Surveys will map current <br />locations of the bank and channel, the bank location after construction, and follow- <br />upsurveys will monitor the sites for several years. Photographic documentation will <br />be used to track conditions of the riparian and shoreline plant communities, bank <br />stabilization, and overall visual condition of the stream channel. The United States <br />Department of Agriculture's (USDA) publication "Stream Visual Assessment <br />Protocol",1998, (SNAP) consists of several components that will be used in <br />assessing the sites. This monitoring strategy was used in the EPA 319 funded 2004 <br />Riparian Stabilization Project. The Foundation and the RGHRP will be responsible <br />for conducting monitoring. <br />• Deliverables/products: Annual Reports will compare current data to prior data in order