This grant will provide funding to the piedmont triad regional council ptrc for the removal of the jessup mill DAM on the upper DAN river in stokes county, NC in order to expand and reconnect…

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to the Piedmont Triad Regional Council under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631) to remove the Jessup Mill Dam on the Upper Dan River in Stokes County, North Carolina by December 31, 2024. Under this cooperative agreement, the Piedmont Triad Regional Council will consult with permitting agencies, complete engineering designs and plans, secure permits, gradually draw down impounded water, remove sediment behind the dam and instream barriers/structures, and stabilize stream banks. The Fish and Wildlife Service will provide technical assistance throughout the dam removal and river restoration project. The goal is to expand and reconnect habitat for federally listed aquatic species such as the endangered Roanoke logperch and James spinymussel, as well as other at-risk species in the region.

This grant will provide funding to the piedmont triad regional council ptrc for the removal of the jessup mill DAM on the upper DAN river in stokes county, NC in order to expand and reconnect populations of federally listed aquatic species including the endangered roanoke logperch, the endangered james spinymussel and the threatened atlantic pigtoe, as well as other at risk species steps of the project include consulting with the relevant permitting and regulatory agencies, completing engineering designs and plans, securing permits, gradual drawdown of impounded water, removal of sediment behind the DAM, removal of the instream barrier and associated structures and stabilization of stream banks the project is expected to be completed by december 31, 2024 this is a cooperative agreement as such, the service will be involved with each step in the restoration and will provide technical assistance along the way