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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20230201 Ver 1_WRC Comments_202303109 North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission 9 Cameron Ingram, Executive Director March 10, 2023 Ms. Brooke Davis U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch 151 Patton Avenue, Room 208 Asheville, North Carolina 28801-5006 SUBJECT: Dodge's Convenience Store Wetland in the Cane Creek watershed, Henderson County Dear Ms. Davis: Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) reviewed an application to permanently impact 0.234 acre of wetland for the construction of a convenience store and gas station in Henderson County. Our comments on this application are offered for your consideration under provisions of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. 466 et. seq.) and Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661-667d). Wild trout reproduction should not be impacted by project activities and a trout moratorium is not needed. The application proposes to mitigate for project impacts. We recommend that a mitigation ratio of 2:1 be used for the wetland impact, as this project is in the rapidly developing area of Fletcher; many wetlands in this area have already been lost to human activity. Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on this project. Please contact me at (828) 400- 4223 if you have any questions about these comments. Sincerely, Andrea Leslie Mountain Region Coordinator, Habitat Conservation Program ec: Alex Lowdermilk, McGill Associates Andrew Moore, NC Division of Water Resources Mailing Address: Habitat Conservation • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699-1721 Telephone: (919) 707-0220 • Fax: (919) 707-0028