LEONARD CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT

BOSTIC, NC

STATS

Watershed – Lower Indian Creek
Lincoln County, Bostic, NC

  • STATUS: COMPLETE
  • APPROX. 1,500 FEET OF STREAM RESTORED
leonard creek restoration project before
leonard creek restoration project after
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Natural Resource Concern/Issues

  • Leonard Creek’s banks were eroding, causing significant land and soil loss for the landowner. It also lacked an adequate riparian buffer as well as aquatic habitat.

Project Objectives:

  • 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

  • Construct stream crossings to provide a travel way for people, livestock, equipment, or vehicles that will improve water quality by reducing streambank and streambed erosion

  • Remove barriers to provide an opportunity for aquatic organisms to access additional habitat and migrate upstream and downstream

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

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