Kentucky Creek Restoration
Newland, NC
Kentucky Creek is a trout stream flowing through Newland. There is a paved greenway patch immediately adjacent to the stream. Due to past vegetation management practices, the streambanks were severely eroded. The goals of the project were to provide a naturally stable stream channel with floodplain connection, provide natural riffle-pool bedform diversity, provide natural bank vegetation, improve aquatic habitat, and provide an aesthetically pleasing educational stream demonstration for the Town of Newland. The project included channel reconfiguration, in-stream boulder and log structures, streambank stabilization, and riparian buffer planting. The restored stream includes a planted riparian buffer with an adjacent greenway path to bring people close to the creek. The project has survived extreme flows from hurricanes without significant impact.
| Project Length: | 400 ft. |
| Date of Construction Completion: | Spring 2003 |
| Designer: | NC State University Biological and Agricultural Engineering |
| Contractor: | North State Environmental, Inc. |
| Partners: | Town of Newland, NC NC Cooperative Extension Service – Avery County NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Resources NC State University Biological and Agricultural Engineering |
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