2019-04-02_PERMIT FILE - M2019016

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David Brown Koinonia LLC 12500 E. HWY 160 # 2 Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147 Dear Mr. Brown: We are responding to your request for a Department of the Army permit for the Wolf Creek Enhancement at Bootjack Ranch. This project involves activities, including discharges of dredged or fill material, in waters of the United States to construct grade control and bank stabilization structures. This site is located within Wolf Creek in Section 20, Township 37, Range 1, NMP&M, Latitude 370 26-}-1.39 ,l ongitude 1060 53429.0 Mineral County, Colorado. Based on the information you provided, the proposed activity is authorized by Nationwide Permit Number 27. Your work must comply with the general terms and conditions fisted on the enclosed Nationwide Permit information sheets and the following special conditions: 1) The proposed project shall not cause additional degradation to Wolf Creek or the San Juan River. If the Corps Durango Office determines that river degradation, such as sedimentation, erosion, decrease of water quality, etc..., has occurred as a result of your project, you will be required to initiate approved corrective measures to reduce and prevent further degradation from occurring. 2) You shall implement appropriate best management practices to insure that the project causes minimal disturbances to the aquatic resources. Banks shall be stabilized with material that will not erode under expected highflows. You shall plant and maintain regionally appropriate native riparian trees at a 1:1 replacement ratio along the affected reach of Wolf Creek, to mitigate project impacts to the aquatic resource and associated habitat. Willows, oaks, alders, and/or cottonwoods shall be planted to shade the entire stream reach. Bank stabilization areas using rock or boulders must also be planted with native trees to insure long-term survival of these trees. 3) You shall have a biologist, who is familiar with the function of riparian and 33 0 3/2 812 0 1 9