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s The River Watcber f .:: Haw River Watch Project News Kim Colvin, River Watch Project Coordinator PO Box 25, Saxapahaw NC 27340 (336) 376=9510 Email<hawriverwatch@mindspring.com - Ask Wade affect most of the benthic macro- 1 Welcome to the first addition of Ask invertebrate communities . Compounding 1 Wade ! ! River Watch ' s advisor and the effects of the low water levels were resident critter expert Wade Holland is the two floods following the drought that now fielding questions from River simply washed away most aquatic Watchers . The answers will appear in the communities still intact. The time River Watchers . Wade is an aquatic between the floods and the sample date Burlington Sewer Line insect specialist at UNC and is very wise was probably not sufficiently long enough The Burlington Sewer Line Project is in the ways of Haw River bugs . So if you to enable the aquatic communities to once again emerging from dormancy. have any questions about aquatic bugs reestablish themselves . By the winter The project has been on hold for several just let us know, sampling time, however, most of the months as Burlington submitted a revised streams should have recovered along with set of plans and the review process at the the critter populations . " DWQ was repeated. HRA was shown Please send any further questions the revised plans and has given their OK _ about sampling or aquatic insect commu- on two of the three sections of this pities to Kim and we ' ll pick a few to project. However, we still have objec- ,:.. fr answer in the next newsletter. flops to one leg of the project. The DWQ ;t = is now considering granting a public z - Winter Social at Arcadia hearing petitioned b HRA last ear, in an g P Y Y By Randy Dodd effort to allow our concerns to be j addressed and move ahead with the �y Warm your bones with hot drinks and, �= with any luck, the afternoon sunshine , permitting process . Watch for updates on while enjoying a fun and informative this situation in the next newsletter. Wade Hoiland at Work gathering . The Arcadia Common House After the fall snapshot many River will be the setting for the next River Snouffers Lake Watchers asked why the fall . Watch social on Sunday, January 30th River Watch Project is working on macroinvertebrate counts were low. So from 2600 to 4 * 00 . Wade Holland, a resolving a dangerous dam situation. this is the question we asked Wade to stream ecologist at UNC , will be sharing Several years ago the State ' s Dam Safety address . Here is his response , his insights on the macroinvertebrates that Division classified a dam in Burlington as "Just about all the River Watch teams call the Piedmont home . Kim and Kevin high risk and ordered it to be repaired or found low macroinvertebrate counts , and the steering committee will also be on breached. The dam, built in the 1930 ' s including my team. There are two logical hand to answer questions and share creating Snouffers Lake, an eight- acre and really quite simple explanations for stories . If you can , bring some yummy reservoir on Bowden Branch, poses a the low fall bug counts . The first part of snacks to share. considerable threat to residents down- the equation that must be taken into Arcadia is a cohousing residential stream. Unfortunately, the lake is part of account is the fact that all insects have community with extensive solar design an estate that was heavily in debt and the definite life cycles . In many cases , such features and community facilities . To get heirs to the estate have virtually no funds as most mayflies and some stoneflies , there, from downtown Carrboro , go to pay for the ordered repairs , so the emergence is synchronous ; all emerge at north on Greensboro Street about two process has been stalled for several years . nearly the same time in a region or miles and turn right on Barington Hills Together with the Department of Land stream. Hence, there will, be times when Road right after you see the green roofs Resources , the Department of Environ- you won ' t be able to find certain species . of McDougle School on the left. ment and Natural Resources , and the A lot of other families including our most Barington Hills turns into a private drive - owners of Snouffers Lake in Burlington, commonly seen caddisfly, however, have follow this through the woods to the we hope to help resolve the situation and many generations per year so these parking area (please park in unnumbered ensure that the most environmentally families can be seen all year long . spaces only, and carpool if you can) . The sound solution is achieved. Thus far, we This year, the summer drought that Common House has front and back have been successful in persuading the affected the entire watershed resulted in entrances , and is in the center of the heirs to both breach the dam and place many streams drying or having very low parking area . Come at 1 : 30 if you ' d like the resulting stream bank and wetland water levels . This by itself could seriously a walking tour. buffers into a conservation easement.