Environmental Stewardship Grant Program:
Streambank Restoration: BEFORE & AFTER
Environmental Stewardship Grant Program:
Streambank Restoration: BEFORE & AFTER
Streambank Restoration Projects
One commonly installed Environmental Stewardship practice is Streambank Restoration. In these projects, streambanks have seen significant erosion as a result of large volumes of stormwater destabilizing streambanks, usually due to increased impervious (non-infiltrative) surfaces somewhere upstream.
Streambank restoration projects generally involve laying back streambanks and heavily re-planting the banks with native grasses, shrubs and trees to hold the bank in place in the future. In some cases, these projects may require the installation of log-vane structures at strategic points in the stream channel in order to re-direct stream flow away from the banks, preventing future erosion.
