20231435 Ver 1_WRC Comments_20231115

® North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission 9
Cameron Ingram, Executive Director
November 15, 2023
Ms. Brandee Boggs
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, North Carolina 28801-5006
SUBJECT: Bean Shoals Horne Cr Restoration & Crossing Improvements
Horne Cr and UT, Surry County
Dear Ms. Boggs:
Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) reviewed an
application to restore 3,045 ft of Horne 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).
Wild trout reproduction should not be impacted by project activities, and a trout moratorium does
not apply to the project.
The project proposes to repair reaches of stream that have been previously stabilized.
Constructed riffles, boulder/log steps and vanes, toewood, and floodplain benches will be used.
Three fords will be replaced with bottomless arch culverts. A riparian buffer of at least 30 ft in
width will be established. Work will be done in the dry and also in the wet, with cobble/gravel
berms used to divert flows around work areas.
We offer the following recommendations to minimize impacts to the aquatic community:
1. In -channel work should be accomplished as quickly as possible and vigilance used in
sediment and erosion control during site preparation, construction, and clean up. Disturbed
areas should be seeded, mulched and/or matted as soon as possible, preferably at the end of
each work day.
2. Any erosion control matting used should be free of plastic mesh, as this type of mesh netting
frequently entangles wildlife and is slow to degrade, resulting in a hazard that may last for
years.
Mailing Address: Habitat Conservation • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699-1721
Telephone: [phone] • Fax: [phone]

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Horne Cr & UT, Surry Co
Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on this project. Please contact me at
[phone] if you have any questions about these comments.
Sincerely,
Andrea Leslie
Mountain Region Coordinator, Habitat Conservation Program
ec: David Brown, Jennings Environmental
Rebecca Chandler, NC Division of Water Resources