4.5 River Basins
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Location of the Yadkin — Pee Dee River Basin
4.5.20.2 Aquatic Resource Conditions Tere are over 7,800 miles of freshwater streams in the basin that have been classifed by NCDWR for best uses (NCDWR 2015d) . In addition to the best-use classifcations, NCDWR also monitors state waters to determine if they are supporting their use classifcation(s), and assigns use-support ratings based on that information. Tese ratings are published in the most recent 303(d) impaired waterbodies list (NCDWQ 2015a, 2015b) . Table 4.91 provides infor- mation on water quality classifcations and use-support ratings. Some waterbodies 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 or wildlife (NCDWQ 2015d) . Tere are 112 stream reaches that have a HQW classifcation, including portions of Elkin Creek (River), Dutch Bufalo Creek, Denson’s Creek and the Fisher, Little, Reddies, and South Yadkin rivers as well as other headwaters and tributaries (NCDWR 2015a) . Tere are 58 stream reaches that have a supplemental ORW classifcation including Mitchell River, Elk Creek, Laurel Creek, Stewart Fork and other headwaters and tributaries.
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2015 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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