20170637 Ver 2_Meeting Minutes_20190823 (3)

Wanucha, Dave
From:Hining, Kevin J
Sent:Friday, August 16, 2019 12:42 PM
To:Wanucha, Dave
Cc:Blanton, James J
Subject:RE: Joes Creek, Watauga County___
Hey Dave,

10:00 next Tuesday works great for me. I can meet you on site, or you are welcome to stop by the office and ride with
me. Completely up to you.

Thanks and hope you have a good weekend,

Kevin

Kevin Hining
Division 11 Environmental Officer
North Carolina Department of Transportation

336 903 9129 office
828-386-8687 cell
[e-mail]

801 Statesville Rd.
PO Box 250
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659

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From: Wanucha, Dave <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 10:50 AM
To: Hining, Kevin J <[e-mail]>
Cc: Blanton, James J <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: Joes Creek, Watauga County

Kevin,
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I talked with Jarret this morning. We agreed to meet out there at around 10:00 next Tues (Aug 20) to review the project,
etc. I’ll be in and out of the office this afternoon, but let me know if this works for you. Thanks.

Dave Wanucha
Division of Water Resources
401 & Buffer Transportation Permitting
NC Department of Environmental Quality

336-776-9703 office
336-403-5655 mobile
[e-mail]

NC DEQ Winston Salem Regional Office
450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300
Winston Salem, NC 27105

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From: Hining, Kevin J <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 10:37 AM
To: Wanucha, Dave <[e-mail]>; Leslie, Andrea J <[e-mail]>
Cc: Russ, W. Thomas <[e-mail]>; Johnson, Thomas C <[e-mail]>; Hodges,
Kinnon B <[e-mail]>; Rash, Jacob M. <[e-mail]>; Hiatt, Todd M
<[e-mail]>; Blanton, James J <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Joes Creek, Watauga County

Hey Dave and Andrea,

I'll be in the office after lunch and will review the other emails on this chain, and follow up with Dave
regarding a site visit for early next week.

Thanks,

Kevin

Kevin Hining
Division 11 Environmental Officer
NC Department of Transportation

336-903-9129 office
828-386-8687 cell
[e-mail]

From: Wanucha, Dave <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 2:19 PM
To: Leslie, Andrea J <[e-mail]>; Hining, Kevin J <[e-mail]>
Cc: Russ, W. Thomas <[e-mail]>; Johnson, Thomas C <[e-mail]>; Hodges,
Kinnon B <[e-mail]>; Rash, Jacob M. <[e-mail]>; Hiatt, Todd M
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<[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: Joes Creek, Watauga County

Hey Andrea,
I will give Kevin a call and coordinate a project inspection next week Mon/Tues. I’ve cc’d Todd Hiatt with DOT’s
Roadside Environmental Unit who is responsible for erosion control planning and oversight in Division 11. He needs to
be made aware of your concerns as well. DOT may need to enhance erosion control measures out there where
practicable.

Thanks for letting me know of the concerns. I’ll let you know what we determine and actions taken moving forward.

Dave W.

Dave Wanucha
Division of Water Resources
401 & Buffer Transportation Permitting
NC Department of Environmental Quality

336-776-9703 office
336-403-5655 mobile
[e-mail]

NC DEQ Winston Salem Regional Office
450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300
Winston Salem, NC 27105

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From: Leslie, Andrea J <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 1:05 PM
To: Hining, Kevin J <[e-mail]>; Wanucha, Dave <[e-mail]>
Cc: Russ, W. Thomas <[e-mail]>; Johnson, Thomas C <[e-mail]>; Hodges,
Kinnon B <[e-mail]>; Rash, Jacob M. <[e-mail]>
Subject: FW: Joes Creek, Watauga County

Hi Kevin and Dave,

WRC staff have some real concerns about a DOT project on Sampson Road along Joes Creek. Can you help us
address this issue? TR attached a telling photo and video of what’s going on there.

Thank you!
Andrea

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Andrea Leslie
Mountain Habitat Conservation Coordinator
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
645 Fish Hatchery Rd., Building B
Marion, NC 28752
828-803-6054 (office)
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From: Russ, W. Thomas <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 12:16 PM
To: Rash, Jacob M. <[e-mail]>; Hodges, Kinnon B <[e-mail]>
Cc: Johnson, Thomas C <[e-mail]>; Leslie, Andrea J <[e-mail]>
Subject: Joes Creek, Watauga County

Hey yall, I think we have an issue in Joes Creek that needs Fisheries attention, again. This week I’ve heard from 3
landowners that live on or have property along Sampson Road, and they are highly frustrated with NCDOT. Apparently,
DOT has run out of money and Sampson Road is not going to get paved after all. The word on the street is they have
until October to pull out and stabilize what has been blasted. As you would imagine the amount of blasting and erosion
that has occurred along Joes Creek this year has been crazy. On top of this it seems like it rains up there every day! Joes
Creek and Buffalo Creek are suffering. We snorkeled Buffalo Creek this week and it was very bad, full of sediment and
very few mussels. I can’t imagine any trout still living in Joes Creek.
Sterling Carroll is involved and will likely get DWR involved; they have used his land for staging and mobilizing but now
they won’t finish the job. His motives are different than ours, but I think we should raise concern about what is
happening to Joes Creek and the Buffalo watershed as a whole.

I don’t believe DOT ever runs out of money; can we express concern? From a trout perspective do yall think we should
contact DOT or DWR? My data and views are somewhat anecdotal but erosion from road construction is obvious, I’m
happy to raise concerns on mussels but they are 10 miles downstream.
Thanks for any help.

TR
William T. Russ // Foothills Coordinator, Aquatic Wildlife Diversity Program
Division of Inland Fisheries

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