Hodges Creek Stream Restoration Project

Hodges Creek post-construction showing instream structures and prior to riparian buffer planting.

Post Construction

Hodges Creek post-construction showing instream structures and prior to riparian buffer planting.

Before restoration, Hodges Creek was unstable and severely eroding.

Pre-Construction

Before restoration, Hodges Creek was unstable and severely eroding.

Hodges Creek

Fisher River Watershed
Surry County, Dobson, NC
Status:  Complete
Stream Restored: ~ 2,700 feet
Planting Stats: 1,300 Trees & 7,200 Live Stakes
Carbon Sequestration over 10 years = 67.7 tons
Soil Erosion Reduction = 397.1 tons

Resource institute’s Partners:

Natural Resource Concern/Issues:

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

  • Original Stream Type = F

Project Objectives:

  • Restored Stream Type = Bc

  • 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

  • Provide an alternate watering source for livestock that includes pump and livestock pipeline to convey water to watering facilities with surrounding heavy-use area protection

  • Install fencing to restrict livestock access to the stream corridor to protect streambanks and streambank vegetation

  • Establish a riparian buffer and reestablish native plants, trees, and shrub