4.5 River Basins
Location of the Lumber River Basin
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Waters (ORW) because they either have excellent water quality or they are a signifcant resource to humans and/or wildlife (NCDWQ 2010) . Coastal estuarine waters and waters at the mouth of the Lockwoods Folly and Shallotte rivers and their tributaries carry either an HWQ or ORW classifcation (NCDWR 2015a) .Tere are ORW Special Management Strategy Areas in the basin for the Lumber River (65,169 acres), Naked Creek (25,189 acres), and Lake Waccamaw (9,760 acres) (NCDWR 2015c) . Tese areas require site-specifc provisions to pro- tect resource values (e.g., no new discharges or expansion of existing discharges) (see 15A NCAC 02B.0225).
Table 4.65 provides information on water quality classifcations and use support ratings in the basin.
4.5.11.3 Aquatic Species Tere are 25 SGCN in the basin: 2 aquatic snail species, 3 crayfshes, 14 freshwater fshes, and 6 freshwater mussel species. Appendix G provides a list of SGCN and other priority spe- cies for which there are knowledge gaps or management concerns. Appendix H identifes
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2015 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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