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Waterfowl And Shorebird Use <br /> An inventory will be taken bimonthly from November- May to document waterfowl and <br /> shorebird use of the mitigation area. The wetland will be surveyed using a point-count <br /> method. All birds observed from established viewing points will be counted and identified <br /> to species. Relative abundance codes can be derived and used for trend analysis. Those <br /> species strictly using the mitigation area will be separated from the overall wetland counts. <br /> An attempt will be made to classify habitat use (activity patterns)in the mitigation site. <br /> This information could then be correlated to vegetation and invertebrate survey data. A <br /> species list for all birds identified will be compiled and eventually made available to the <br /> general public at the winery's visitor center. <br /> Invertebrate Populations <br /> The mitigation site will be sampled three times each winter(November,January, and <br /> March) by pulling a dipnet along the bottom of the wetland. Three separate transects will <br /> be sampled,one in the control wetland. Species collected will be fixed in a suitable <br /> solution and ultimately stored in 70% Ethyl Alcohol,for preservation prior to sorting and <br /> identification. A list of species collected and relative abundance will be evaluated. <br /> Water levels and plant associations will be made for each of the different wetland areas and <br /> types by the biologist. The success of the wetlands area will be determined by plant <br /> species richness and percent cover, as well as wildlife use of the area. In five years, 80% <br /> of the vegetation within this habitat will be wetland annual and perennial plants consistent <br /> with water level management objectives. Annual reports will compare monitoring data <br /> results with performance standards. <br /> Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan (November, 1993) <br /> 237 <br />