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DNREC's Pike Creek Restoration Project

Through an analysis conducted by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) in 1998-99, the upper Pike Creek was identified as a segment in need of restoration. The goal of stream restoration is to return a stream to equilibrium by reducing bank erosion and restoring sediment transport and turbidity levels to those that would occur under stable stream conditions comparable to pre-urbanization. In addition, the restoration project will result in the planting of riparian wetland and upland vegetation, further protecting the banks, improving or maintaining water quality and providing riparian habitat.

Pike Creek Before
Before restoration on Pike Creek at Three Little Bakers Golf Course, rip-rap was used in some areas to hold the stream banks in place.
Pike Creek After
After restoration on Pike Creek at Three Little Bakers Golf Course - the same area has been transformed with logs, tree stumps, boulders, and live branch willow layering to stabilize the banks and create a habitat for fish and macro-invertebrates.
You can find out more information about this project at www.udel.edu/poscir/pikecreek/restoration.htm or www.wr.udel.edu/publicservice/CBWebsite/CBTask4.html or by contacting Steven Williams, Whole Basin Coordinator at DNREC (302) 739-4403.

 
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