UT to Second Broad Stream Restoration Project

This photo looks upstream of UT to Second Broad post-construction and prior to riparian buffer planting.

Post Construction

This photo looks upstream of UT to Second Broad post-construction and prior to riparian buffer planting.

Prior to project implementation, Streamsbanks along UT to Second Broad were steep and unstable.

Pre-Construction

Prior to project implementation, Streamsbanks along UT to Second Broad were steep and unstable.

UT to Second Broad

Broad River Watershed
Rutherford County, Forest City, NC
Status:  Complete
Stream Restored: ~2,605 feet
Planting Stats: 5,280 Live Stakes & 870 Trees
Carbon Sequestration over 10 years = 47.5 tons
Soil Erosion Reduction = 270 tons

Resource Institute’s Partners:

Natural Resource Concern/Issues:

  • Streambanks on UT Second Broad River  were steep and severely eroded and lacked a riparian buffer 

  • Original Stream Type = G4c

Project Objectives:

  • Restored Stream Type = B4c

  • 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 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

  • Establish a riparian buffer and reestablish native plants, trees, and shrub