Ellerbe Creek: Stream Restoration

Project Manager: Joe Humbertson
Client: State of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Ecosystem Enhancement Program
Completion Date: December 31, 2008
Original Contract Amount: $585,621.00
Duration: September 22, 2008 to December 31, 2008

The State of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural
Resources contracted Environmental Quality Resources, LLC to relocate and stabilize approximately 2,500 linear feet of Ellerbe Creek as part of the state’s Ecosystem Enhancement Program as well as form new floodplains along the banks. Stabilization was facilitated by rock cross vane and rootwad stream structures. EQR establlished three wetland BMP sites and installed a new footbridge along the creek.