Fisher River
Watershed Protection Project

 
 

The project team re-graded the streambanks, installed boulder vanes, toe wood, and geolifts.  This photo is prior to riparian buffer planting.

Fisher River

Tributary of the South Fork New River
Surry County, Dobson, NC
Status: Complete
Stream Restored: ~350 feet

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Resource Concern/Issues:

This section of the Fisher River was damaged by flooding from Hurricanes Michael and Florence in 2018.  The high, fast water created high, unstable streambanks and significant erosion.

Resource Institute restored a section of Fisher River that was damaged by flooding from Hurricanes Michael and Florence in 2018.  The project removed storm debris and stabilized 350 feet of stream.  The project was funded through USDA NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection Program.

Project Objectives:

  • Improve water quality by reducing sediment, loading of the stream, and reduce streambank erosion

  • Stabilize the stream reach to prevent further aggradation or degradation by providing an improved dimension, pattern and/or profile that will improve sediment transport, and manage surface waters and groundwater levels in floodplains, riparian areas, and wetlands

  • Construct rock and woody structures to provide instream habitat, stabilize streambanks and the channel bed

  • Establish a riparian buffer, remove invasive plant species and reestablish native plants, trees, and shrubs