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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 experts provide various stream restoration services. They help towns, nonprofits, groups, and businesses build strong and sustainable communities.
Practical solutions for stream restoration
Our experts can check your site and create practical solutions. These will help it work in a more natural way. 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.
Restoring a project site, like a stream, wetland, or coastal area, can make it healthier and more natural. This process can include many different design features, 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
What are the benefits of stream restoration?
The benefits from restoration actions are numerous.
- Stream restoration reduces flood risks. It also limits erosion and filters runoff. This runoff often carries excess sediment and harmful pollutants into streams and wetlands.
- Project work can also protect existing infrastructure while balancing and improving natural environmental conditions.
Our team checks project results over time. This helps us meet our goals and make design changes if 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.