MansfieldStreamRestoration_UTMongerCr_Macon_NCWRCComments

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Cameron Ingram, Executive Director

Mailing Address: Habitat Conservation • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699-1721
Telephone: [phone] • Fax: [phone]
April 9, 2024

Ms. Shannon Healy
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, North Carolina 28801-5006

SUBJECT: Mansfield Stream Restoration
UT Monger Creek, Macon County

Dear Ms. Healy:

Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) reviewed an
application to restore 130 ft of an unnamed tributary (UT) to Monger Creek through an old pond
bed in Macon 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 would not be impacted by project activities, and a trout moratorium
would not apply to the project.

The application proposes to remove a failed concrete dam and restore a stream through the old
pond bed. All work will be done in the dry, with flows pumped around the work area.

We offer the following recommendations to minimize impacts to the aquatic community:
1. Vigilance should be 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.
2. Any erosion control matting used should be free of plastic or nylon mesh, as this type of
mesh frequently entangles wildlife and is slow to degrade, resulting in a hazard that may last
for years.

Mansfield Stream Restoration Page 2 April 9, 2024
UT Monger Cr, Macon 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: Ronnie Dilbeck, CreekStone
Joey Winston, NC Division of Water Resources