2021 RESTORATION PROJECTS
Resource Institute completed several beautiful projects in 2021. The average life of a project is 3 years – this includes preliminary assessment, finding funding, design, construction, and riparian planting. Resource Institute works with landowners, communities, nonprofits, for-profit, and government agencies to restore streams, rivers, and wetlands. Resource Institute completed the construction of 10 restoration projects. Click on an image below for details about each project.
UT to Squirrel Creek & Squirrel CreekStream Restoration Project
UT to Squirrel Creek & Squirrel Creek Toe River WatershedAvery County, Plum Tree, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~1,500 feet Partners: USDA-NRCS North Carolina Land & Water Fund Brushy Fork Environmental Consulting Avery Soil & Water Conservation...
Hog Lot Branch & Bates BranchStream Restoration Project
Hog lot Branch & Bates Branch Tributary of Little TennesseeMacon County, Franklin, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~1,250 feet Partners: USDA-NRCS North Carolina Land & Water Fund North Carolina Division of Water Resources Michael Baker International...
Valley RiverStream Restoration Project
Valley River Valley River Watershed, Hiwassee RiverCherokee County, Murphy, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~1,100 feet Partners: USDA-NRCS North Carolina Land & Water Fund NC Department of Environmental Quality Jennings Environmental North State Environmental...
Paint Fork, California Creek, and Little Ivey Creek Stream Restoration Project
Paint Fork, California Creek, and Little Ivey Creek French Broad River WatershedMadison County, Beech Glen, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~1,725 feet Partners: USDA-NRCS North Carolina Land & Water Fund North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality...
Foster CreekStream Restoration Project
Foster Creek Tributary of the Mills RiverHenderson County, Mills River, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~3,100 feet Partners: USDA-NRCS North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Mills River Partnership Jennings Environmental North State Environmental...
Unnamed Tributary to Little Fisher CreekStream Restoration Project
UT of Little Fisher Tributary of the Fisher RiverSurry County, Dobson, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~1,600 feet Partners: USDA-NRCS North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Ecosystem Planning & Restoration Yadkin Valley Construction Surry Soil...
Big Elkin CreekStream Restoration Project
Big Elkin Creek Tributary of the Yadkin RiverSurry County, Elkin, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~3,500 feet Partners: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Ecosystem Planning & Restoration North State Environmental Surry County Watershed NOW...
Fisher RiverWatershed Protection Project
Fisher River Tributary of the South Fork New RiverSurry County, Dobson, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~350 feet Partners: USDA-NRCS North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Sciences Jennings Environmental North State Environmental Surry Soil &...
Mitchell RiverStream Restoration Project
Mitchell River Tributary of the South Fork New RiverSurry County, Dobson, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~1,500 feet Partners: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Ecosystem Planning & Restoration North State Environmental Surry Soil & Water...
Linville Creek Restoration Project
Linville Creek Watershed – Cove CreekWatauga County, Vilas, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~2,500 feet Partners: USDA-NRCS North Carolina Land & Water Fund North Carolina Division of Water Resources Watauga Soil & Water Conservation District Brushy Fork...