Through the collaborative efforts of the Sleepy Creek Watershed Association, the Eastern Panhandle Conservation District, the WV Conservation Agency, the WV Department of Environmental Protection, and the Chesapeake Bay Program, a six-year effort to secure funding and complete a major stream bank restoration project was essentially completed in 2020.
Kristen describes the problems and solutions with this streambank restoration.
Initial Engineering Estimates of pre-resoration loads and reductions:
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