Quickfacts:
- Project highlighted the need to be creative in working with partners and in obtaining financial resources to complete a necessary project.
- Challenges arose since the project length was not more than 50-feet and the project was only able to work on one side of the streambank.
- The project team had to get creative in obtaining enough cash resources to engage with design engineers and to leverage donated resources and materials.
February 2019 – April 2023
Guilford SWCD and Piedmont Conservation Council joined forces to restore the streambank and protect the City of Greensboro’s Sewer Outfall lines and Stoney Creek Community’s Walking Trail from severe streambank erosion. We first met with HOA in February of 2019.
The Rock Creek Stream Restoration Project involved restoring the right stream bank back to its original location using clean fill material and armoring the restored bank with a technique known as toe wood, which also provides for good fish habitat. Then a J-Hook boulder structure was placed just upstream of the eroded area to redirect higher velocity flows toward the center of the channel. Lastly, the previously eroded stream bank material was removed from the channel and the bank was planted with vegetation to help control future erosion. Live stakes were planted in February to complete the project.
Location:
- Rock Creek is part of the Haw River – Cape Fear River Basin, it flows out of Burlington Road Culvert, Whitsett, Guilford County, NC
- By Greensboro’s Sewer Outfall, and by Stoney Creek Development and Golf Course
Partners:
- Stoney Creek HOA
- Piedmont Conservation Council
- Guilford SWCD
- NC CCAP
- NC-WRDG
- City of Greensboro (Stormwater)
- Backwater Environmental
Funding: $70,465
- NC-CCAP – $35,264
- NC-WRDG – $26,975
- RC&D Flood Reduction – $8,226
- In-Kind Contributions from City of Greensboro (Est. $30,000) and Stoney Creek HOA