LITTLE BRASSTOWN CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT

Natural Resource Concern/Issues

• This restoration project is located on a stream reach at the confluence of Garringer and Little Brasstown Creek. The stream reach was unstable and impaired from eroding streambanks.

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

• 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

PARTNERS

• USDA-NRCS
• North Carolina Division of Water Resources
• Cherokee Soil & Water Conservation District
• Jennings Environmental, PLLC
• Penland Contracting