The preservation of natural resources is crucial for the vitality of our municipalities, the natural health of our ecosystems, and for communities to flourish. WithersRavenel’s stormwater and environmental professionals offer a range of stream restoration services to assist municipalities, nonprofits, organizations, and businesses promote resilient and sustainable communities.
Our experts can evaluate your site and develop feasible, effective solutions to help it function in a more natural state. We coordinate with agencies and work hand-in-hand with regulatory officials, municipalities, and landowners throughout the process to achieve land, water, and habitat quality goals.
Restoration of a project site, whether it be stream, wetland, riparian, coastal, or upland restoration, to a healthier, more natural state could include a myriad of project design characteristics, such as:
- Streambank Stabilization and Restoration
- Soil Stabilization
- Planting of native flora
- Removal of exotic/invasive species
- Habitat creation and enhancement
- Culvert repairs, retrofits, upgrades, and replacement with natural bottom, spanning structures
- Small dam removal, pond enhancement, and/or wetland creation and enhancement
- Grading, topsoil conservation, reuse and re-establishment
- Restorative and regenerative design of water features and drainages
- Conservation of intact or restored environments
The benefits from restoration actions are numerous. Stream restoration lessens flood risks while limiting erosion and filtering runoff that delivers excess sediment and harmful pollutants into streams and wetlands. Project work can also protect existing infrastructure while balancing and improving natural environmental conditions.
Our professionals monitor project results over time to help ensure goals are met and allow for adjustments in design as needed. Do you want to put our environmental and stormwater experts to work on a stream restoration project? Contact Senior Project Manager Joel Lenk, PG, at 828-280-8375 or jlenk@withersravenel.com.