Boyston Creek Stream Restoration Project

The project team utilized root wads and rock structures to stabilize Boyston Creek’s streambanks and redirect stream flows away from the banks

Post Construction

The project team utilized root wads and rock structures to stabilize Boyston Creek’s streambanks and redirect stream flows away from the banks

Before restoration, Boyston Creek’s streambanks were severely eroded, encroaching on roadways and leading to property loss.

Pre-Construction

Before restoration, Boyston Creek’s streambanks were severely eroded, encroaching on roadways and leading to property loss.

Boyston Creek

French Broad Watershed, Mills River
Henderson County, Hendersonville, NC
Status:  Completed 2023 
Stream Restored: ~3,650 feet
Planting Stats:  7,240 (live stakes), 1,256 (trees)
Carbon Sequestration:  32.1 tons
Sediment Reduction: 220 tons

Resource Institute’s Partners:

Natural Resource Concerns/Issues

  • Streambanks on Line Creek were steep and severely eroded and lacked a riparian buffer

  • Original Stream = Type G4c

Project Objectives:

  • New Stream Type = B4c

  • Improve water quality by reducing sediment, nutrient, organic, and inorganic 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