2025-036 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

A TRUEP"If-ov CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE RYAN L. BUTLER, CLERK Indian River County Work Order Number — 2023051-5 Sector 4 Dune Restoration Project Exhibit 1 - Scope of Work • mark (using a series of stakes and surveyor's tape) a representative sample of nests in the Project and Reference Areas for determination of nest fate and reproductive success (not to exceed 750 nests total) via: o monitoring throughout the nest incubation period to determine nest fate (e.g., hatched, washed out, depredated, vandalized, etc.). After an appropriate incubation period, and o excavation of the nest in accordance with the FWC Handbook, to determine reproductive success as hatching and emerging. • prepare a Nesting Season Summary Report summarizing methods, numbers of sea turtle emergences by species, nest fates of all marked nests, and reproductive success of evaluated nests, and an assessment of project performance on sea turtle nesting and reproductive success, including interpretive analyses and graphic representations —with an Excel spreadsheet summarizing all nesting activity and reproductive success within the Project and Reference Areas; and • submit the Nesting Season Summary Report to FWC — following COASTAL TECH and COUNTY acceptance of the Report. Following completion of construction or beginning on March 1, 2025 (whichever is later), to monitor nesting shorebirds, EAI will perform weekly surveys to identify shorebird/seabird nesting activity within the Project area through September 1, 2025. The surveys will be conducted on foot or by ATV and will cover all potential beach nesting bird habitats within the Sector 4 Project Area. EAI will report all breeding activity to the Florida Shorebird Database within one week of data collection. Shorebird monitoring activities will comply with all protocols outlined on the Florida Shorebird Database website. If construction activities take place entirely outside the breeding season, shorebird surveys are not required. To monitor potential escarpments that may affect nesting sea turtles - following completion of construction or beginning on March 1, 2025 (whichever is later) through October 31, 2025 - EAI will perform scarp surveys in accordance with permit requirements on a weekly basis within the Project Area. EAI will: • document for each observed scarp: o the location (sub -meter GPS coordinates and relative to R -monuments), of both the northern and southern terminus of each observed scarp, o average scarp height - assigned to one of three categories (0 to 2 feet, 2 to 4 feet, and 4 feet or higher), • prepare a tabular and/or graphic format report summarizing the location, approximate length, height category, maximum height, and percentage of beach with scarps • notify COASTAL TECH and the COUNTY of any persistent scarps within the Project Area that may interfere with sea turtle nesting. COASTAL TECH in coordination with the COUNTY will notify FWC of the presence of scarps as required by the permits. The COUNTY will provide for any FWC required remediation measures. Page 3 of 3 January 23, 2025