20220840 Ver 1_Running Creek Rd Plant Survey_20220623

Yaya, Abdou Salami
From: Parker, Jerry A
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2022 9:31 AM
To: Yaya, Abdou Salami
Subject: FW: [External] RE: Plant Surveys
From : Neil Medlin <[e-mail] >
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2022 1 : 35 PM
To: Parker, Jerry A <[e-mail]>
Cc: Della Moore <[e-mail]>; Pete Stafford < pstafford@rl<k.com>
Subject: RE: [ External] RE : Plant Surveys
CAUTION: External email. Do not click links or open attachments unless you verify. Send all suspicious email as an attachment to
Report Spam.
Jerry,
I just wanted to follow up after our phone conversation . After confirming with Michael Turchy ( NCDOT ECAP group), in
situations where there is habitat for federally protected plant species but a survey does not detect that species, the
Biological Conclusion for that scenario will be No Effect. Therefore, for the 3 projects where habitat for small whorled
pogonia was noted but no plants of that species were observed, the Biological Conclusions are No Effect. I am working
on the survey memos today.
Site BC Habitat Present
Rambling Road No Effect No
Running Creek No Effect Yes
High Rock Road No Effect Yes
Ingold Road No Effect Yes
I apologize for the earlier confusion . USFWS Asheville office has a different opinion and aquatic species are evaluated
differently as well . Please let me know if you have any questions. Again, sorry for the confusion .
Take care,
Neil