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<br />Ditch Maintenance Guidance <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />.FIGURE 5. Determination of Maximum Allowable Disturbance Area for <br />Herbaceous Vegetation (ie. Foraging habitat). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />110 FEET <br /> <br />= <br />~ <br />l <br /> <br /> <br />e <br />l <br /> <br />1I0rEET <br /> <br />HERBACEOUS <br />VEGErATION <br /> <br />"Total Area on one side of ditch = 300 ft x 110 ft <br />= 33000 sq ft <br /> <br />"Total Foraging area = 33,000 + 33,000 = 66,000 sq ft <br />(both sides of ditch) <br /> <br />.5% of Total Foraging area = 66,000 x 0.05 = 3300 sq ft <br /> <br />"Therefore, if disturbance is cOmpletely within the herbaceaous <br />vegetation, the maximum allowable disturbance area is 3300 sq ft. <br />However, if you take the maximum disturbance area of shrub (530 <br />square feet), then up to 2770 sq ft of foraging area can be <br />disturbed. <br />