From July 28 to July 30, 2008, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of the approximately 65-acre (26.3-hectare) Gum Log Wetland Mitigation Bank in Jackson County, Georgia. The survey was conducted for Wildlands, Inc., in order to determine the effects of the project on cultural resources. Cultural resources survey was required pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 CFR 320-330), in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended through 2000), and 36 CFR 800 (Protection of Historic Properties). The project entails the establishment of a wetland and stream mitigation bank under an individual Section 404 of the Clean Water Act permit application with the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Activities include replanting of native vegetation and restoration of the habitat to the lower-lying portions of the property. There should be no adverse effect to upland areas and no indirect adverse effects to any portion of the property. Most of the project area is currently hay fields and is covered with dense grasses. A mixture of mature hardwoods and scrubby, secondary vegetation fills in the areas along the seasonal drainages. The restoration of the natural wetland habitat will visually change the setting on the property. However, that visual alteration will result in the removal of the dense grasses and the restoration of a more natural, open appearance.
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