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Please send comments on this DRAFT DOCUMENT to rob.breeding@ncdenr.gov by April 30, 2011. protect, augment and connect Natural Heritage Areas and other conservation lands CU 03020202 continue to implement the NCEEP Stoney Creek Local Watershed Plan protect, augment and connect Natural Heritage Areas and other conservation lands CU 03020203 continue to implement the NCEEP Hominy Swamp Creek Local Watershed Plan support removal of barriers to anadromous fish movement and to help improve nursery and spawning habitats support implementation of Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPP) strategies protect, augment and connect Natural Heritage Areas and other conservation lands CU 03020204 Monitoring wells used to collect hydrologic data to determine success of restoration projects. develop additional Strategic Habitat Areas (SHAs) and coordinate data and methodology improvements with other state and federal agencies participate in initiatives to map, monitor and restore submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) support the enhancement and restoration of shellfish beds implement agricultural BMPs to reduce nonpoint source inputs to the estuary support the removal of barriers to anadromous fish movement to help improve nursery and spawning habitats protect, augment and connect Natural Heritage Areas and other conservation lands Sea level rise will be incorporated into the RBRP plan within the next 1-2 years The Lower Neuse River Basin offers an array of assets, especially noteworthy are its large forested tracts and conservation areas. Arguably, the most important priority here is to promote projects that reestablish riparian buffers and corridors of substantial width to improve connectivity of these protected areas. Agricultural impacts are also prevalent throughout the CU, including nonpoint source runoff and hydrologic modification. Projects that address agricultural runoff are important here. The watershed will also benefit from stream restoration projects that reestablish more natural pattern, hydrology and habitat, especially in Neuse River Basin Restoration Priorities 2010 4
Please send comments on this DRAFT DOCUMENT to rob.breeding@ncdenr.gov by April 30, 2011. heavily ditched headwater areas. Additionally, this CU has an abundance of diverse marsh habitats along an extensive shoreline. Wetland and marsh restoration projects, as well as shoreline stabilization are high priorities for areas prone to erosion from natural exposure or from heavy boat traffic. NCEEP will also actively develop projects that can coincidentally meet CHPP objectives while meeting its primary mitigation requirements within designated planning areas. The program will continue to promote innovative coastal mitigation methods such as the split function crediting strategy proposed expert panels in the White Oak Local Watershed Plan project titled An Approach to Coordinate Compensatory Mitigation Requirements to Meet the Goals of the Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (2009). Perched culverts like this one in Duke Forest can be replaced with concrete spans or bridges to allow for natural stream bed formation below. Frequently called “stream simulation design”, the more natural bedform restores upstream passage for migratory fish and reconnects fragmented habitat. Neuse River Basin Restoration Priorities 2010 5
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