UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF FOSTER CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT

Natural Resource Concern/Issues

• This Unnamed Tributary of Foster Creek is a headwater stream that suffered from critical erosion and incised 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

• Provide an alternate watering source for livestock that includes a pump and livestock pipeline to convey water to watering facilities with surrounding heavy-use area protection

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

• 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

PARTNERS

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