The South Fork Plan is a wish list of 22 projects that would improve water quality along the South Fork Catawba River and its adjoining streams and waterways, or tributaries. The Catawba ...

This includes tree cutting, regrading and widening the road, and removing and replacing culverts on FS 249, a gravel road on steep slopes above South Fork Cherry River and Laurel Creek. The permit ...

The largest of these tributaries is the South Fork Catawba River, which starts in South Mountains State Park in Burke County, spans four counties, and ends in Lake Wylie.