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Restoring Aquatic Organism Passage within Tipton Creek, North Carolina
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Tipton Creek is located within the Upper Tellico Off-Highway Vehicle Area on the Tusquitee Ranger District of the Nantahala National Forest. The entire watershed is in public ownership except for several small private inholdings, one of which is along a middle reach of Tipton Creek. Currently the Forest Service is evaluatingalternatives for future management of the Off-Highway Vehicle Area because of significant resources damage, particularly to streams and resident brook trout populations. This project will be the first of several designed to reconnect and restore brook trout habitat and populations within the Tellico River watershed. It will remove one barrier on Tipton Creek in the Upper Tellico River Watershed to reconnect approximately 4 miles of stream.
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Riparian Vegetation (NC)
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A species list for riparian vegetation plantings in the North Carolina mountains.
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Landowner Resources
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Scicomm webinar: development of a genetic baseline for brook trout in North Carolina
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Webinar by NCWRC Biologist Jake Rash. Jake explains in easy to understand terms how the NCWRC has been looking at genetic diversity and variation of brook trout to guide management in North Carolina.
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Brook Trout Video and Webinar Gallery
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Shade Your Stream (NC)
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A guide for landowners to restore healthy streamside vegetation on their land.
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Landowner Resources
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Small-scale Solutions to Eroding Streambanks (NC)
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Information to help landowners that are losing land during or after rain events.
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Landowner Resources
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Tipton Creek Culvert Replacement, NC_FY10 Project
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In the summer of 2011 the culvert at the Davis Creek Road (FSR 420) crossing of Tipton Creek was
removed and replaced with a concrete arch, stream simulation crossing for the purpose of passing
aquatic organisms, where the existing culvert was known to be a barrier to aquatic passage due to
velocity and outlet drop. The crossing was sized using the 100-year flow calculation derived from the
USGS Regression Equation for the mountains of North Carolina. Additionally, the width of the crossing
was designed to accommodate a bankfull flow channel dimension plus a small area of floodplain. The
channel was reconstructed through the crossing using the dimension, pattern, and profile of the
reference reach upstream. The new channel was constructed using imported boulders and onsite alluvial
materials. Grass seed was sown, and trees and shrubs were planted, both potted and live-stakes. Over
the last year since construction, the site has experienced several small flood events. The site remains
stable, passable to all aquatic species, and looks more and more natural every year as planted and
natural vegetation establishes.
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Trout Unlimited's Embrace A Stream
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Local Trout Unlimited chapters apply for grants for habitat restoration projects in partnership with private landowners.
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Landowner Resources
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Trout Unlimited's Land Conservancy Fund
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Local Trout Unlimited chapters apply for grants to conserve land in partnership with private landowners and land trusts.
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Landowner Resources
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USDA National Agforestry Center's Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer Guide
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Offers information about the diversity of benefits landowners can enjoy via multifunctional riparian buffers (including edible and marketable crops).
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Landowner Resources
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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in North Carolina
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Provides annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to establish resource conserving vegetation on eligible farmland pastures.
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Landowner Resources