Call Creek Restoration Project
Call Creek post-restoration with stabilized streambanks and reconnected floodplain.
Call Creek
Tributary of the South Fork New River
Ashe County, West Jefferson, NC
Status: Complete
Stream Restored: ~3,800 feet
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Resource Concern/Issues:
Call Creek is a headwater stream that suffered from critical erosion and incised streambanks.
A view of the instream structures installed on Call Creek. The instream structures will improve aquatic habitat.
The restoration project also improved Call Creek’s dimension, pattern and profile to improve sediment transport.
Streambanks on Call Creek were steep and severely eroded.
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 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 the aquatic organisms to access additional habitat and migrate up and downstream
Establish a riparian buffer, remove invasive plant species and reestablish native plants, trees, and shrubs