20080456 Ver 1_WRC Comments_20080714

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TO: Amanda. Jones, USACOE
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FROM: Ron Linville, Regional Coordinator
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DATE: March 18, 2008 Tt p,NDS AND STORMWA E ?'f 4CH
SUBJECT: Lewis Blackburn, Hollow Springs Circle, Unnamed Tributary Beaver Creek, DWQ No.
20080456, Wilkes/Caldwell Counties
The applicant proposes to restore stream flow and stabilize stream banks affected by a fallen tree. Biologists with
the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission are familiar with habitat values in the area. These comments
are provided in accordance with the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended;
16 U.S.C. 661-667d) and the North Carolina Environmental Policy Act (G.S. 113A-1 through 113A-10; NCAC 25).
The project will affect 1,000 feet of an unnamed tributary. Stream banks will be graded, stabilized, fortified at the
toe of the slope, and cross vanes will be used "at appropriate" locations. Trout are not indicated for this area.
Based on our review of the submittal, we will not object to the project as proposed providing the following
conditions are implemented:
1. All stream restoration work should be done using state-of-the-art natural channel design and
construction methodologies. It is preferential to use natural channel or bioengineering instead of toe of
bank armoring. If properly designed and installed with native riparian buffers, these measures will
provide long-term stability and increase habitat values.
2. Undisturbed forested buffers should be preserved or established. We recommend 50-foot intermittent
and 100-foot perennial stream buffers. Maximum available buffers should be provided. Only native
riparian plants should be used to establish buffers.
3. Temporary or permanent native herbaceous vegetation should be established on all bare soil within ten
(10) days of ground disturbing activities in the buffer to provide long-term erosion control. We
encourage use of natural fiber matting instead of plastic matting that can entrap and kill small animals.
Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on this project during the early planning stages. If you have
any questions regarding these comments, please contact me at 336-769-9453.
E-copy: Sue Homewood, DWQ-WSRO
Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries - 1721 Mail Service Center - Raleigh, NC 27699-1721
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