Call Creek Restoration Project

Call Creek

Tributary of the South Fork New River
Ashe County, West Jefferson, NC
Status:  Complete
Stream Restored: ~3,800 feet
Partners: USDA-NRCS, North Carolina Land & Water Fund, North Carolina Division of Water Resources, Brushy Fork Environmental Consulting, and North State Environmental

Partners:

• USDA-NRCS

• North Carolina Land & Water Fund

• North Carolina Division of Water Resources

• Brushy Fork Environmental Consulting

• North State Environmental

Resource Concern/Issues:

Call 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 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