Turkey Point -Scout Lagoon: Monitoring Report #5 for the April 2006 Monitoring Event

Native Technologies, Inc.

The following document addresses one aspect of the Project's mitigation plans: The creation of a marine lagoon (Scout Lagoon) and seagrass habitat. Due to the requirements of the expansion project, Gardner Lagoon (a man-made lagoon) has been filled. Mitigation for the loss of seagrass within Gardner Lagoon consisted of transplanting seagrass to the newly created Scout Lagoon. Scout Lagoon was excavated to create approximately 1.3 acres for new seagrass habitat. Upon excavation of Scout Lagoon, a 75/25 mix of sand/muck was graded into the lagoon to create optimal growing substrate for the transplanted sea grasses. The muck was acquired from Gardner Lagoon in order to closely mimic the seagrass donor site conditions. Approximately 120 cubic yards of native material was excavated from Gardner Lagoon and mixed with sand before placement into Scout Lagoon. After the planting site was graded, the lagoon was allowed to settle for approximately 72 hours before planting. Approximately 8,000 Halodule wright ii were transplanted to the lagoon between February 28 and March 9, 2005. The surrounding shore line was planted with 260 red mangroves(Rhizophora mangle) in two rows every five feet. This report was written to document the conditions in the month of April 2006. The data collection for this report was completed on April 4, 2006.