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Back Creek Mitigation site, Mecklenburg Co.
Subject: Back Creek Mitigation site, Mecklenburg Co.
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 17:32:29 -0500
From: "Marla J. Chambers" <[e-mail]>
Organization: NC Wildlife Res. Comm.
To: "'Elis, Ward"' <[e-mail]?
"'Lund, Steve"' <[e-mail]?-
"'Buncick Marella"' <[e-mail]?-
"'Barnes, Beth"' <[e-mail]>
During the site visit on March 4, Steve Lund found & I picked up a mussel
shell at the creek, as some will recall. I just got back from the
Freshwater Mussel Conservation Society symposium, where I asked Judy
Ratcliffe, our Eastern Aquatic Nongame Coordinator, to ID it. It is a
Villosa vaughaniana, Carolina creekshell, State Endangered, & Fed. SC. She
estimated it had been dead approx. 1 year. I'm sure a survey is planned,
and I fully support that, however some of the preliminary restoration
design plans may need to be changed. Judy recommends against a new channel
being cut. Ward, please pass this info on to the right people at NCDOT &
all those involved in the project.
Thanks,
Marla J. Chambers
Highway Projects Coordinator, Western Region
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
12275 Swift Rd.
Oakboro, NC 28129
[phone]
[e-mail]
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