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<br />. <br /> <br />at the end of the operating schedule to check for damage or matfunction. Barring any operational <br />maffunction, all maintenance and cleaning of systems will be conducted during these inspections. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />4. PhOto monitoring points will be established at six locations on the mitigation area as shown in Map <br />5. Photo point, compass direction, date. time of day, and type of equipment will be identical for each <br />photo location point to facilitate yearty comparisons. Photographs will be taken from these points <br />annually for the first five years following implementation of this plan and el/ery three years for the life <br />of the project. This will document the progress of the proposed management. Photographs will also <br />be used to document changes resulting from management. Additional photo points could be added <br />as determined by the persons conducting monitoring activities. Copies of photographs will be <br />deposited with the Kremmling Resource Area of the BLM and the COE. <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />5. Permanent transects, three within each wetland vegetation type, will be established at locations <br />presented in Map 5. Three wetland vegetation types occur on the mitigation area including wet <br />meadow, willow riparian, and cottonwood/Willow riparian, giving a total of nine transects. These will <br />be read once prior to implementation 01 the mitigation plan and annually for the first five years of the <br />projeC1. After that, they will be read once every six years for the life of the project. Transects will be <br />read during the period from July 15 to July 31. Each transect will consist of a 5O-meter line, with end <br />points marked by 3-foot sections of rebar driven into the ground so that approximately 4 inches <br />remains showing. This rebar will be used to fix the tape while a transect is read. The starting point <br />of the transeC1 will also be marked using a 6~foot metal fencepost driven into the ground until secure. <br />This will aid in locating the transects throughout the life of the project. A photograph will be taken <br />from the starting point of the transeC1, lacing down the transeC1, each time data is collected. <br />Vegetative parameters read will include herbaceous cover, herbaceous height, shrub height, shrub <br />cover, species diversity, and species composition. A line-intercept method will be used to measure <br />shrub cover. Herbaceous cover, herbaceous height, and species composition will be measured using <br />ocular estimates within 10 one-meter square quadrats placed on alternating sides of the transect, every <br />three meters beginning on the right side at the 3-meler marlc Species diversity will be measured by <br />counting the number of species rooted in each quadrat. Shrub height will be detennined by <br />measuring the nearest shrub to the transect at every 3-meter interval. Data collected during monitoring <br />will be deposited with the Kremmling Resource Area of the BLM and the COE Grand Junction office. <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />Estimated costs are as follows: <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Installation of transects and photo monitoring sites: <br />Initial data collection and photography: <br />Monitoring program for the life of the project: <br />Total estimated cost for management action #6: <br /> <br />$ 7.500 <br />$ 5,000 <br />$44,000 <br />$56,500 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />WETlAND HABITAT IMPACTS AND ASSOCIATED MANAGEMENT ACTIONS <br /> <br />WETLAND HABITAT IMPACT #1: Loss of 20 habttat untts associated wtth wildlife species <br />represented by the beaver model. <br /> <br />Associated MansQement ActIons: <br /> <br />Wetland habitat managemem aC1ions #1, 2, 3, and 6. <br /> <br />21 <br />