20100898 Ver 2_WRC Comments_20150518

E North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Gordon Myers, Executive Director
May 18, 2015
Ms. Tasha Alexander
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, North Carolina 28801 -5006
SUBJECT: Candiff Creek Restoration Project
Candiff Creek and UTs, Surry County
Dear Ms. Alexander:
Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) reviewed an application to
restore 863 feet of channel on Candiff Creek and an unnamed tributary (UT) in Surry 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).
The site is part of an NC Division of Mitigation Services mitigation project; a previous attempt to
stabilize this portion of the project with fencing and vegetation was unsuccessful. The project proposes to
address instability by creating a bankfull bench, installing instream structures, and planting.
This project should not affect trout and the activities do not need to be avoided during the trout spawning
moratorium.
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 or need further assistance.
Sincerely,
Andrea Leslie
Mountain Region Coordinator, Habitat Conservation Program
ec: Jake Byers, Michael Baker Engineering
Sue Homewood, NC Division of Water Resources
Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699 -1721
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