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r - lr_ U -- V r _ r _ i-- r t t r t _ f t f I f Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page II-29 Forward Inc.Landfill 2014 Expansion Project habitat type and the ability oft e watershed to support the target habitats. • The stated goal of the mitigation effort shall be to establish self-sustaining native riparian vegetation that shall not require long-term irrigation or maintenance. • The mitigation site shall include the establishment of a vegetated upland buffer no less than 50 feet wide on all sides, where practicable. • Provide grading details, analysis of site hydrology and its ability to support the proposed riparian vegetation, location and quantities of all plant materials to be installed, native seed mixes to be used on all bare ground surfaces,monitoring procedures and schedules,identification of remedial measures, and performance criteria to be used by the agencies to assess success or failure of the mitigation effort. • Long-term monitoring of at least five years shall be funded by the project sponsors, subject to approval by the regulatory agencies. • Annual monitoring reports shall be submitted to each permitting agency. • A wetland delineation and habitat map shall be prepared during the final year of monitoring and included in the final annual report. • Subject to review and modification by the regulatory agencies, specified success standards shall call for, at a minimum, 80% survival of all container plantings and 75% total vegetative cover. H.2 Loss of Chinook Identified in This EIR: Less than salmon and steelhead. Significant Mitigation Measure H.2-1. To ensure that no aquatic vertebrates are stranded during abandonment of the existing South Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohn's Creek,the following measures shall be implemented: • Channel abandonment shall be restricted to the dry season(i.e.,between June 15 and October 15). • Channel abandonment shall occur only when the channel bottom has been dry for at least one week, that is, at least one week after the most recent release of water from Farmington Reservoir or any other sources. • Prior to initiation of any work within the abandoned channel(e.g.,