Many factors contribute to stream bank erosion and instability, including increased upstream development, poor agricultural practices, and destruction of the riparian buffer. Sometimes stream degradation gradually worsens over a period of many years, while other times a major storm event can severely damage a reach over a period of just…
Accurate assessment of sensitive areas is critical to project success. Whether you’re a conservation-minded developer, a private homeowner, or in the market for a piece of land, it’s imperative to know if there are jurisdictional streams or wetlands on the property. In most scenarios you cannot build within wetlands or streams, or their…
Stream and wetland restoration is becoming increasingly essential in the ongoing quest to balance anthropogenic development and the resulting impacts to the environment. The construction of roads and communities often negatively impacts wetlands, streams and other critical habitat for plants and animals, resulting in overall environmental degradation over time. Construction may also result…
BFEC hosted a stream restoration workshop to educate landowners, non-profits, regulators, business leaders as to the processes of stream restoration. Participants attended a presentation at the Linville River Falls Winery where BFEC highlighted the basic design processes that were employed in a mile-long project in Avery County. Afterwards, the attendees…
Resource Institute “Brushy Fork Environmental Consulting, Inc. completed the assessment, engineering, and design. North State Environmental constructed the project last summer and early fall.” “The decommissioned hydroelectric dam on Payne Branch prior to removal. The dam posed a significant safety risk.” Read the full article at the Resource Institute Inc here.
