2023 RESTORATION PROJECTS
Resource Institute completed 14 outstanding projects in 2023. The average life of a project is 3 years – this includes preliminary assessment, finding funding, design, construction, and riparian planting. In 2023, we restored 37,349 feet of stream, planted 15,059 trees, and installed 67,157 livestakes. Over the next 10 years, these efforts will sequester 717 tons of carbon and reduce erosion by 2,008 tons. Click on an image below for details about each project.
Crab CreekStream Restoration Project
Crab Creek French Broad WatershedHenderson County, Hendersonville, NCStatus: Completed 2023 Stream Restored: ~1,100 feetPlanting Stats: 2,180 live stakes and 390 trees Carbon Sequestration - 20.1 tons in 10 yearsSediment Reduction - 125 tons Resource Institute’s...
Line CreekStream Restoration Project
Line Creek French Broad Watershed, Mills RiverHenderson County, Hendersonville, NCStatus: Completed 2023 Stream Restored: ~1,050 feetPlanting Stats: 2,000 live stakes and 290 trees Carbon Sequestration - 17 tons in 10 yearsSediment Reduction - 88 tons Resource...
Boyston CreekStream Restoration Project
Boyston Creek French Broad Watershed, Mills RiverHenderson County, Hendersonville, NCStatus: Completed 2023 Stream Restored: ~3,650 feetPlanting Stats: 7,240 (live stakes), 1,256 (trees)Carbon Sequestration: 32.1 tonsSediment Reduction: 220 tons Resource...
Lewis CreekStream Restoration Project
Lewis Creek French Broad WatershedHenderson County, Hendersonville, NCStatus: Completed 2023 Stream Restored: ~3,020 feetPlanting Stats: 3,900 lives takes & 2,600 trees Carbon Sequestration - 85.1 tons (over 10 years)Sediment Reduction: 180 tons Resource...
Nantahala River & Black CreekStream Restoration Project
Nantahala River & Black Creek Little Tennessee WatershedMacon County, Hendersonville, NCStatus: Completed 2023 Stream Restored: ~2,843 feetPlanting Stats: 5,639 live stakes, 979 treesCarbon Sequestration 50.3 tons Soil Erosion Reduction 180 tons Resource...
Webb CreekStream Restoration Project
Webb Creek Webbs Creek Broad River WatershedRutherford County, Lake Lure, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~1,125 feetPlanting Stats: 2,228 livestakes & 386 treesCarbon Sequestration: 20.5 tonsSediment Reduction: 340 tons Resource Institute’s...
Unnamed Tributary Ararat RiverStream Restoration Project
UT Ararat RiverArarat River WatershedDobson, Surry, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~709Planting Stats: 1,406 livestakes & 244 treesCarbon Sequestration: 13 tonsSediment Reduction: 13.8 tons Resource Institute’s Partners: USDA-NRCS North Carolina Land &...
Cove CreekStream Restoration Project
Cove Creek Watauga River WatershedWatauga County, Sugar Grove, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~ 1,992 feetPlanting Stats: 4,000 livestakes, 800 treesCarbon Sequestration: 19.2 tonsSediment Reduction: 104 tons Resource Institute’s Partners: USDA-NRCS North Carolina...
Chinquapin CreekStream Restoration Project
Chinquapin Creek Ararat River WatershedSurry County, Pilot Mountain, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~4,950 feetPlanting Stats: live stakes 5,818 & 1,710 Trees Carbon Sequestration: 43.5 tonsSediment Reduction: 359 tons Resource Institute’s Partners: NC Land...
North Toe River (Upper Reach) Stream Restoration Project
North Toe River (Upper Reach) North Toe River - Upper ReachFrench Broad River WatershedAvery County, Newland, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~ 2,500 feetPlanting Stats: 4,760 livestakes & 826 treesCarbon Sequestration: 21.1 tonsSediment Reduction: 57 tons...
North Toe River (Lower Reach)Stream Restoration Project
North Toe River (Lower Reach) French Broad River WatershedAvery County, Newland, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~ 1,500 feetPlanting Stats: 2,975 livestakes & 517 treesCarbon Sequestration: 13.2 tonsSediment Reduction: 72 tons Resource Institute’s Partners:...
Bill White CreekStream Restoration Project
Bill White Creek French Broad River WatershedAvery County, Newland, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~ 5,000 feetPlanting Stats: 9,917 live stakes & 1,722 treesCarbon Sequestration: 44 tonsSediment Reduction: 177 tons Resource Institute’s Partners: NC Dept of...
Cedar Creek & Taylor CreekStream Restoration Project
Cedar creek & Taylor Creek Broad River WatershedRutherford County, Lake Lure, NCStatus: CompleteStream Restored: ~2,400 feetPlanting Stats: 4,760 livestakes & 826 treesCarbon Sequestration: 21.1 tonsSediment Reduction: 301 tons PARTNERS: USDA-NRCS North...