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New Hope Creek from Jordan Lake to NC54PhotosClick to enlarge. Description and Special FeaturesOn November 15, 2007, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a Listening Session on an updated Master Plan for B. Everett Jordan Lake. The Listening Session kicks off a 30-day period during which the Corps will be receiving comments from the public on the proposed new plan. The meeting will be held at the Jordan Lake Visitor Assistance Center, 2080 Jordan Dam Road, Moncure, N.C. on Thursday, November 15th, from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. The original Master Plan for the project was published in 1982. The new document is the first major update of that initial plan. The Master Plan guides development and management of all project lands, surface waters, recreational resources, natural and cultural resources. In doing so, the plan must reconcile public desires with resource capabilities and the management policies of the Corps and its managing partners. The plan is not primarily focused on management of water flows from Jordan Dam, nor is the Listening Session intended to address concerns raised by the current drought situation affecting much of North Carolina. The subjects on which the Corps is seeking input from the public in this forum are primarily the public’s interests and desires related to future recreational development, natural resource conservation and cultural resource protection. Anyone who wishes to examine the draft master plan, but is unable to attend the meeting, may see the plan online (188-page PDF file); by visiting the Corps’ B. Everett Jordan Visitor Assistance Center at 2080 Jordan Dam Road, Moncure, NC, 27559; or by visiting the North Carolina State Parks office for Jordan Lake at 280 State Park Road, Apex, NC 27523. Further information about both the Corps and State Parks operations at Jordan Lake may be found on the following web sites: Comments may be sent to the Corps online or by contacting: Carol Banaitis In the NewsLinks to news stories about the Lower New Hope below NC54: |