Robinson Creek Restoration Project
Robinson Creek After Restoration
Robinson Creek experienced eroding streambanks and an unstable stream channel as well as an impaired/reduced habitat.
Natural Channel Design
The Robinson Creek project employed several Natural Channel Design techniques. The project team realigned the channel and excavated the floodplain. They also installed log j-hook vanes, toe wood revetments, and cobble riffles.
Riparian Buffer
The project team also created a riparian buffer zone by installing a coir mat, sod, and shrub transplants.
Robinson Creek Before
Robinson Creek prior to restoration.
Robinson Creek
Tributary of the French Broad River
Watershed – Newfound Creek Watershed
Buncombe County, Fletcher, NC
Status: Complete
Stream Restored: ~1,650 feet
Partners:
Resource Concern/Issues:
Robinson Creek experienced eroding streambanks and an unstable stream channel as well as an impaired/reduced habitat.
Project Objectives:
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Improve water quality by reducing sediment, nutrient, organic, and inorganic loading of the stream and reduce streambank erosion
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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
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Construct rock and woody structures to provide instream habitat, stabilize streambanks and the channel bed
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Establish a riparian buffer, remove invasive plant species and reestablish native plants, trees, and shrubs