Line Creek Stream Restoration Project

The project team used root wads and rock structures to stabilize Linke Creek’s streambanks.

Post Construction

The project team used root wads and rock structures to stabilize Linke Creek’s streambanks.

One of the main objectives of the Line Creek restoration project was to stabilize steep, eroding streambanks.

Pre-Construction

One of the main objectives of the Line Creek restoration project was to stabilize steep, eroding streambanks.

Line Creek

French Broad Watershed, Mills River
Henderson County, Hendersonville, NC
Status:  Completed 2023 
Stream Restored: ~1,050 feet
Planting Stats: 2,000 live stakes and 290 trees
Carbon Sequestration - 17 tons in 10 years
Sediment Reduction - 88 tons

Resource Institute’s Partners:

Natural Resource Concern/Issues

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

  • Original Stream = Type CG4c

Project Objectives:

  • Restored Stream Type = C4

  • 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, including a pump and livestock pipeline to convey water to watering facilities while protecting the surrounding heavy-use area

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

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