1. 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.

2. Eroded stream bank is sloped to reduce energy from high water Site 1

3. Straw erosion control blanket is put down to hold soil short term

4. Erosion control blanket is trenched in to prevent high water from undercutting

5. Trees and grass is planted to hold soil long term Trees provided by NRCS Plant Materials Center

6. Site 1, one week after completion

7. Site 2

8. Stream bank is sloped

9. Erosion control blanket, trees and grass is applied to the site

10. Grass seed is applied to the disturbed riparian area and a 4- weeler is used as a cultipacker

11. Site 2, one week after completion

12. Site 3, before restoration

13. Banks are sloped and seeded

14. Footers are dug for log vain construction

15. When necessary, wildlife was removed from the site and relocated

16. Log vain anchored into stream bank

17. When available, rocks and trees from the site were used

18. Completed log structure

20. Sometimes the erosion control blankets needed to be cut to fit the site

21. Site 3, after completion

22. Site 4

23. Bermuda Grass from NRCS Plant Materials Center used to mulch and re-vegetate site Rock bar pulled out of stream and used to re-build the eroded stream bank

24. Landowner spreads Bermuda grass sprigs

25. Bermuda grass sprigs must be watered when they are applied

26. Bermuda grass sprigs one week after application

27. Site 4 Before After restoration restoration

28. Site 5

29. Highly eroded banks

33. Placing rock for structure near bridge

36. Large rock was brought in from a local quarry for the structure

37. Large flat rocks existing on the property were used as footers for the rock vain

38. Completed rock vain

39. Fence building crew form the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Trout Unlimited build CREP buffer fence

43. Spring gates are installed as needed

44. Electric fence charger and signs are included with this fence

45. Bird house and wood duck box also provided