4.5 River Basins
Location of the Roanoke River Basin
F IGURE 4.29
4.5.15.2 Aquatic Resource Conditions Tere are about 8,439 miles of streams and rivers, including small intermittent and ephem- eral streams, and numerous acres of freshwater and estuarine wetland communities in the basin. Segments of Country Line Creek, South Hyco Creek, Storys Creek, Double Creek, their tributaries, and other streams in the basin have supplemental classifcations as High Quality Waters (HQW) or Outstanding Resource Waters (ORW) because they either have excellent water quality or they are a signifcant resource to humans and/or wildlife (NCDWR 2015c, 2015d) . Tere are ORW Special Management Strategy Areas in the basin for the Cascade Creek and Indian Creek areas (506 acres) (NCDWR 2015c) . Tese areas require site-specifc provisions to protect resource values (no new discharges or expansion of existing discharges) (see 15A NCAC 02B.0225). Table 4.77 provides information on water quality classifcations and use-support ratings in the basin. Another supplemental classifcation is NCDWR’s trout water designation (Tr), which protects freshwaters for natural propagation of trout and survival of stocked trout on a year-round basis. Tere are about 120 miles of streams in the Roanoke River Basin
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2015 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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