US Army Corps of Engineers

BUILDING STRONG®

Pine Savannah Success Criteria

Mike Moxey,

Special Projects Manager

IRT Chair

Mobile, Alabama

BUILDING STRONG®

Objective

Develop ecological based wetland mitigation success criteria for Pine Savannah Wetlands that are objective, measurable, and based on the best available science.

BUILDING STRONG®

Best Available Science: HGM Manuals

- Objective Scientific Studies

- Regionally Specific

- Habitat Specific

- Developed By Corps

BUILDING STRONG®

Abbreviated HGM Procedure for Success Criteria -Plants -Hydrology

Measurable Success Criteria target is a FCI score of 0.9

Three ecological goals are:

a. Very few to 0 trees (longleaf pine trees)

b. No midstory

c. Diverse Herbaceous composition

Strong grass component

FCIplant Groundcover Subcanopy Pines 3

Where;

Groundcover Exotics MAX Herb,Nbg, Cypress Sedges Subc / 2

Objective Measurable Vegetation Requirements

Field Sampling Methodology Tree Density Guide

2003 Success Criteria Found on our Mobile District RIBITS Site

Plant Identification Guides Found on RIBITS

Book Guide and Real Life Pictures

Blue Flower Coyote Thistle FACW

How to Achieve Success Criteria

Three ecological goals are:

a. Very few to 0 trees (longleaf pine trees)

b. No midstory

c. Diverse Herbaceous composition

Strong grass component

Before Management

South Mississippi Mitigation Bank

Pine Savannah Wetlands

910 acres

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Goal:

PROTECT THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT and

PUBLIC INTEREST

Thank You

Mike Moxey

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

(251) 694-3771

South Mississippi Mitigation Bank

225 acres