Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

The Compass Point Mitigation site is located in Yadkin County, approximately 4.5 miles northeast of Boonville. The project presents 5,304 linear feet (LF) of stream restoration and enhancement generating cool stream mitigation Units (SMU) along three unnamed tributaries that drain directly to the Yadkin River within Cataloging Unit 03040101, 12-digit United States Geological Survey (USGS) HUC 030401011001, and North Carolina Department of Water Resources (NCDWR) sub-basin 03-07-02. The current State classification for the Yadkin River at this location is Class C (NCDWQ 2011).

The project’s total easement area is approximately 165 acres within the overall drainage area of 271 acres. Water quality stressors currently affecting the Project include livestock production, agricultural production, and lack of riparian buffer. Grazing livestock have historically had access to most stream reaches within the Project. The lack of riparian buffer vegetation, deep-rooted vegetation, and unstable channel characteristics have contributed to the degradation of stream banks throughout the project area.

The project provides numerous ecological and water quality benefits within the Yadkin River Basin by applying an ecosystem restoration approach. The restoration approach at the reach scale of this project will have the greatest effect on the hydraulic and geomorphology function of the system but will benefit the upper-level functions (physiochemical and biology) over time, and in combination with other projects within the watershed. Buffer improvements filter runoff from agricultural fields, thereby reducing nutrient and sediment loads to the channel. Livestock exclusion fence was installed along the easement boundary. The widening and restoration of the riparian areas will also provide wildlife corridors throughout the Project area. Benefits to be accrued from these activities include improved water quality and terrestrial and aquatic habitat. Stream construction was completed in May 2020.

Restoring At Scale, Episode 7: Time-lapse of Restoring a Stream -Turning our lens to Virginia, here’s a special “time-lapse” warm-up for our massive Wancopin Creek Stream Restoration, which we’ll feature over the next several episodes. Tune in today to see how a stream is reborn, one 50-foot stretch at a time, onsite in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Restoring at Scale, Episode 2: Creating Wildlife Magnets - Improving habitats for species can be a side benefit of wetland mitigation. With a mega-scale project, it becomes an intentional part of the plan.

At the Bois d’Arc Lake Mitigation Area, RES is rewilding 17,000 acres. To support the thriving of native wildlife, we’re carefully placing woody debris from fallen trees to create a quiltwork of wildlife habitats, with amazing results. We’re even planning for ways to repeat the practice over time, until the restored forests, grasslands and wetlands can resume the natural cycle of wildlife habitat production.

Narrated by Matt Stahman

RES is the nation’s largest ecological restoration company and is restoring a resilient earth for a modern world. We restore our land and waters with ecological integrity and innovation, project by project. We support the rehabilitation and stewardship of nature’s resources alongside responsible human progress.