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Kitchen Creek CREP & Stream
Bank Stabilization Project
Project Sponsors:
Greenbrier Valley Conservation District
West Virginia Conservation Agency
U.S.D.A Natural Resources Conservation Service
U.S.D.A NRCS Appalachian Plant Materials Center
U.S.D.A Farm Service Agency
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Trout Unlimited
Greenbrier River Watershed Association
West Virginia Division of Highways District Nine
Ducks Unlimited
Clinton Kirk, Landowner
This project is intended to demonstrate the importance and
feasibility of utilizing buffers along streams to prevent non-point
source pollution from agriculture and cost effective methods of
stream bank stabilization for erosion control.
Eroded stream bank is sloped to
reduce energy from high water
Site 1
Straw erosion control blanket is put
down to hold soil short term
Erosion control blanket is trenched
in to prevent high water from
undercutting
Trees and grass is planted to hold
soil long term
Trees provided by NRCS Plant Materials Center
Site 1, one week after completion
Site 2
Stream bank is sloped
Erosion control blanket, trees and
grass is applied to the site
Grass seed is applied to the
disturbed riparian area and a 4weeler is used as a cultipacker
Site 2, one week after completion
Site 3, before restoration
Banks are sloped and seeded
Footers are dug for log vain
construction
When necessary, wildlife was
removed from the site and relocated
Log vain anchored into stream bank
When available, rocks and trees from
the site were used
Completed log structure
Completed log structure
Sometimes the erosion control blankets
needed to be cut to fit the site
Site 3, after completion
Site 4
Rock bar pulled out of stream
and used to re-build the
eroded stream bank
Bermuda Grass from NRCS Plant Materials
Center used to mulch and re-vegetate site
Landowner spreads Bermuda grass sprigs
Bermuda grass sprigs must be
watered when they are applied
Bermuda grass sprigs one week
after application
Site 4
Before
restoration
After
restoration
Site 5
Highly eroded banks
Placing rock for structure near bridge
Large rock was brought in from a
local quarry for the structure
Large flat rocks existing on the
property were used as footers for
the rock vain
Completed rock vain
Fence building crew form the U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service and Trout
Unlimited build CREP buffer fence
Spring gates are installed as needed
Electric fence charger and signs
are included with this fence
Bird house and wood duck box also
provided