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In 1985, the NC General Assembly established the Yadkin River State Trail as a paddle trail which follows the river for 163 miles (262 km). [6] The paddle trail is a part of the North Carolina State Trails System, which is a section of the NC Division of Parks and Recreation . [ 7 ]
It was thought to be extinct [3] until several unidentified fish specimens were collected from the Savannah River and Pee Dee River in 1980 and 1985. [2] In August 1991, biologists with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources officially rediscovered the species when five specimens of the fish were collected in the Oconee River , and ...
Solidago plumosa is a rare species of goldenrod known by the common names Yadkin River goldenrod, [3] plumed goldenrod, [4] and plumose goldenrod. [5] It is endemic to North Carolina in the United States, where it grows only on the banks of the Yadkin River. There is only one known population. It is a candidate for federal protection. [3]
There are 38 aquatic rare species within the basin, including the Shortnose sturgeon and Carolina heelsplitter, which are listed as federally endangered. [2] Bald eagles can be found in the locality of Badin Lake. [2] The bald eagle sightings were so common in the area that Alcoa's subsidiary, Yadkin, Inc., developed a Bald Eagle Management Plan.
The South Yadkin River is a 75 mi (121 km) long river that flows through Alexander, Davie, Iredell, Rowan, and Wilkes counties of North Carolina. The mouth is located north of High Rock Lake , where the South Yadkin River meets the Yadkin River .
The Roanoke hogsucker is indigenous to the Dan River subdrainage of the upper and middle Roanoke River Basin in North Carolina and Virginia. [1] [2] [3] They have been found in several small tributaries of the Ararat River in the upper Yadkin-Pee Dee River system in North Carolina and Virginia but is believed to have been introduced there from bait buckets.
This fish is anadromous, living in marine systems and spawning in deep, swift freshwater rivers with hard substrates.It migrates to spawning grounds in the spring. In Connecticut, blueback shad spawn in 14 to 17 °C (57 to 63 °F) water, usually later in the spring than the alewife.
The Piedmont darter (Percina crassa) is a small species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is found in eastern North America in the Cape Fear, Peedee, and Santee River drainages in Virginia, North Carolina, and South ...