REEDY PATCH CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT

Natural Resource Concern/Issues

• Reedy Patch Creek experienced multiple physical, ecological, and biological impacts. The streambanks suffered critical erosion due to limited stabilizing vegetation. As a result, the creek widened excessively and was not adequately transporting sediment, causing significant downstream silt deposits.

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

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

PARTNERS

• USDA-NRCS
• North Carolina Land & Water Fund
• Henderson Soil & Water Conservation District
• Jennings Environmental, PLLC
• North State Environmental