20230201 Ver 1_WRC Comments_20230310

9 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
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