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05/21/98 16:19 $9169792770 FISH & WILDLIFE Z007 Restoration and Maintenance 1. Restore any damage done to the buffer area during construction. Provide erosion control and re- vegetate with appropriate native plants. - 2. Both core and buffer avoidance areas should continue to be protected after construction from adverse effects of the project. Measures such as fencing,signs,weeding, and trash removal are usually appropriate. 3. No insecticides,herbicides,fertilizers,or other chemicals that might harm the beetle or it host plant should be used in the core and buffer avoidance areas,or within 100 feet of any elderberry plant with a stem measuring 1.0 inch or greater in diameter at ground level. 4. The applicant should provide a written description of how the core and buffer avoidance areas are to be restored,protected,and maintained after construction is completed. Transplant Elderberry Plants That Cannot Be Avoided Elderberry plants should be transplanted if they can not be avoided by the proposed project. All elderberry plants with one or more stems measuring 1.0 inch or greater in diameter at ground level should be transplanted to a mitigation area(see below). At the Service's discretion,a plant that is unlikely to survive transplantation because of poor condition or location,or a plant that would be extremely difficult to move because of access problems,may be exempted from transplantation. 1 Monito . A qualified biologist(monitor) should be on-site for the duration of the transplanting of the clderb.erry shrubs,to insure that no unauthorized take of the valley elderberry longhorn beetle occurs. If unauthorized take occurs,the monitor should have the authority to stop work until corrective measures have been completed. The monitor shall immediately report any unauthorized take of the beetle or its habitat to the Service and to the California Department of Fish and Game. 2. TiTTOn . Transplant elderberry shrubs when the plants are dormant, approximately November through the first two weeks in February,after they have lost their leaves. Transplanting during the non-growing season will reduce shock to the plant and increase transplantation success. 3. Trans planting_Pr ure- a. Cut the shrub back 3 to 6 feet from the ground or to 50 percent of its height(whichever is taller)by removing branches and stems above this height. The trunk and all stems measuring 1.0 inch or greater in diameter at ground level should be replanted Any leaves remaining on the shrub should be removed. b. Excavate a hole of adequate size to receive the transplant. C. Excavate the plant using a Vemeer spade,backhoe, front end loader,or other suitable equipment,taking as much of the root ball as possible,and replant immediately at the mitigation site. Move the plant only by the root ball. If the plant is to be moved and transplanted off site,secure the root ball with wire and wrap it with burlap. Dampen the 3