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successfully reclaimed to a riparian habitat at that time. The relocated channel was <br />demonstrated, via monitoring over a five year period, to be stable and has continued <br />to show no sign or erosion or damage of any kind. <br />Pond 4 is slated for riparian reclamation practices as riparian wildlife habitat, yet it is <br />already heavily infested with willows. This pond has a relatively short embankment <br />and seldom holds any appreciable amount of water due to the limited upland area <br />draining to this sediment control structure. <br />Pond 4- middle 1/3 of photo <br />Willows in Pond 4 bottom <br />Upper portion of pond 4 left of truck <br />South embankment of Pond 4 <br />Under the current plan, pond 4 would be reclaimed following approval of the required <br />sediment demonstration, and the current heavy stand of willows and riparian species <br />would be destroyed. Topsoil would be spread, and the operator would seed the <br />approved seed mix, followed by planting cottonwood and willow tubling transplants <br />on five foot centers over the entire area. In other words, riparian habitat would be <br />destroy, only to immediately follow with an expensive replanting of riparian <br />species. NECC believes the habitat would be better served to leave pond 4 in place as <br />a permanent impoundment, allowing the natural invasion of local and native riparian <br />species to continue. On -site inspection also reveals that wildlife species already <br />heavily use this immediate area for loafing and as a movement corridor to and from <br />the adjacent river channel. Wetland species are abundant in the bottom of pond 4. <br />