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03/15/2022 Item 5.E. <br />Preliminary Observations: <br />■ Very subtle change in topography on Hog's Head and Earman <br />islands; more notable relief on Duck Head (closest to current <br />ICW) <br />■ No interior low spots or wetlands <br />■ Vegetation fairly homogenous - dominated by exotic canopy <br />■ Duck Head has a spine of large native oaks, and some native <br />understory; Earman has clusters of oaks in the center; Hog's <br />Head dominated by exotics, few native trees. <br />■ Mitigation areas have recruited desirable native upland and <br />wetland species; significant cover by white mangroves within <br />interior areas <br />Preliminary Observations: <br />■ Fringing mangroves on east side of Earman and to a lesser <br />extent Duck Head; Hog's Head has very narrow mangrove fringe. <br />■ No significant use by wildlife at present - no obvious roosting or <br />nesting, tracks, scat, etc. <br />■ No obvious areas of significant erosion along shoreline <br />■ Sparse cover of seagrass observed on the west side of Duck <br />Head Island <br />IiL <br />