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Please send comments on this DRAFT DOCUMENT to rob.breeding@ncdenr.gov by April 30, 2011. Lick Creek: 03020201050030 Lick Creek is about 22 square miles in area. The Upper Neuse River Basin Association has developed a watershed restoration plan for the watershed. About 80% of the watershed lies in the Triassic Basin ecoregion. There are 68 miles of stream here, all WSW waters with nearly 8% designated impaired on the state’s 303(d) list. Twelve percent of streams are unbuffered. The watershed is only 7% developed, and 78% forested (12 square miles unfragmented). Fourteen percent 14% of land is in agriculture. Three square miles of land is designated conservation area. Two stormwater Best Management Practice (BMP) projects have been constructed by the City of Durham here. Priority projects for this watershed should include preservation efforts that augment existing natural areas and buffer establishment along streams. Priority projects for this watershed have been identified in the LWP Project Atlas (Lick Creek Project Atlas, 2009) including primarily riparian buffer projects. Neuse River Basin Restoration Priorities 2010 20
Please send comments on this DRAFT DOCUMENT to rob.breeding@ncdenr.gov by April 30, 2011. Ledge Creek: 03020201060010 The Ledge Creek watershed is 47 square miles in area and lies predominantly in the Triassic Basin ecoregion. EEP developed a LWP for the Lake Rogers portion of the watershed and is currently pursuing Phase IV implementation of priority projects. There are 145 stream miles in the watershed, all designated WSW. Twenty-two percent of streams are unbuffered. Three percent of the watershed area is open water due to Lake Rogers and the part of Falls Lake within the watershed boundaries. Approximately 62% of the watershed is either forest or wetland. Seven square miles of the forest are considered unfragmented. There are nine square miles of conservation area in the watershed. Twenty-eight NHEOs occur here. Twenty-three percent of soils are hydric (6% type A, 17% type B). Twenty-three percent of the watershed is used for agriculture and 12% is developed. There are four permitted animal operations in the watershed. Three agricultural BMPs have been implemented here to help improve water quality in Falls Lake. Priorities for this watershed include preservation and restoration that extends the forest and creates forested corridors. Buffer projects are also needed here. Priority projects for this watershed have been identified in the LWP Project Atlas (Ledge Creek (Lake Rogers) Project Atlas, 2009) and are predominantly nutrient offset and stream and wetland preservation projects. Neuse River Basin Restoration Priorities 2010 21
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