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Lakey Creek
About
The Lakey Creek Mitigation Site is in Macon County, approximately eight miles northwest of the Town of Franklin, and is within the Little Tennessee River Basin. The project will include the restoration and enhancement of sixstream channels in the Cowee Creek watershed and restoration of wetland areas. The project will result in both ecological and water quality benefits within the Little Tennessee River Basin. The project will include buffers restoration, removal of invasive species, cattle exclusion from streams and buffer areas, reduction of nutrient, sediment, and fecal coliform to the tributaries and their receiving waters, and enhancement of riparian corridors for wildlife passage.
This project has been approved as of May 2023 and has been sold to a third party. For additional information, please visit RIBITS.
Seedlings Planted
In the spring of 2022, our team planted 21,595 seedlings!
Project Timeline
2022
Episode 7 – Lakey Creek Mitigation Site in NC with Jamey – Eco Terra Docuseries
Jamey shares about our progress at Lakey Creek Mitigation Site.
Drone Images From Our 2022 Planting Season
The Appalachian Mountains and our hand-planters photographed via drone.
Images From Our 2022 Planting Season
Lakey Creek planting crew in North Carolina.
Episode 1 – Lakey Creek Mitigation Site in NC with Jamey – Eco Terra Docuseries
Jamey shares about the work needed at our Lakey Creek site.
Site Visit
Jamey, Robbie, Bob, and contractor at Lakey Creek.
2021
Data Collection
We met a new friend who was only born a few days ago
2020
Protecting what matters
By establishing a Mitigation Bank and recording a Conservation Easement we can ensure a protected water access to the Little Tennessee River
Data Collection Visit
It takes a lot of data to understand site viability
