North Shore Road (2)

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Michael F Easley, Govemor
March 3, 2006
MEMORANDUM
TO Melba McGee
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FROM Harry LeGrand, Natural Heritage Program
William G Ross Jr, Secretary
SUBJECT North Shore Road DEIS - Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Swain County
REFERENCE 06-0214
The Natural Heritage Program has a few records of rare species from the project area, and
essentially the entire North Carolina portion of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a
Registered Natural Heritage Area However, because the national park has its own natural
heritage program and database, much of which has not been shared with the North Carolina
NHP, our Program defers to the National Park Service for information about the significant
natural heritage resources in the project area
Because our data are incomplete for the project area, and because our Program understands that
the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources is planning to comment on the DEIS,
we defer to the Department regarding the proposed North Shore Road project
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