kitchen creek crep & stream bank stabilization project
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Kitchen Creek CREP & Stream Bank Stabilization Project
Project Sponsors:Greenbrier Valley Conservation District
West Virginia Conservation AgencyU.S.D.A Natural Resources Conservation Service
U.S.D.A NRCS Appalachian Plant Materials CenterU.S.D.A Farm Service Agency
U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceTrout Unlimited
Greenbrier River Watershed AssociationWest Virginia Division of Highways District Nine
Ducks UnlimitedClinton Kirk, Landowner
This project is intended to demonstrate the importance and feasibility of utilizing buffers along streams to prevent non-point source pollution from agriculture and cost effective methods of stream bank stabilization for erosion control.
Eroded stream bank is sloped to reduce energy from high water
Site 1
Straw erosion control blanket is put down to hold soil short term
Erosion control blanket is trenched in to prevent high water from
undercutting
Trees and grass is planted to hold soil long term
Trees provided by NRCS Plant Materials Center
Site 1, one week after completion
Site 2
Stream bank is sloped
Erosion control blanket, trees and grass is applied to the site
Grass seed is applied to the disturbed riparian area and a 4-weeler is used as a cultipacker
Site 2, one week after completion
Site 3, before restoration
Banks are sloped and seeded
Footers are dug for log vain construction
When necessary, wildlife was removed from the site and relocated
Log vain anchored into stream bank
When available, rocks and trees from the site were used
Completed log structure
Completed log structure
Sometimes the erosion control blankets needed to be cut to fit the site
Site 3, after completion
Bermuda Grass from NRCS Plant Materials Center used to mulch and re-vegetate site
Rock bar pulled out of stream and used to re-build the eroded stream bank
Landowner spreads Bermuda grass sprigs
Bermuda grass sprigs must be watered when they are applied
Bermuda grass sprigs one week after application
Site 4Before After
restoration restoration
Placing rock for structure near bridge
Large rock was brought in from a local quarry for the structure
Large flat rocks existing on the property were used as footers for
the rock vain
Completed rock vain
Fence building crew form the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Trout
Unlimited build CREP buffer fence
Spring gates are installed as needed
Electric fence charger and signs are included with this fence
Bird house and wood duck box also provided