Kitchen Creek CREP & Stream Bank Stabilization Project

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

Site 4

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

Site 5

Highly eroded banks

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