Maury River Restoration Project Begins
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Largest Stream Restoration ProjectBegun onThe Maury River which is Getting a New Channel in Order to ReduceErosion
The Maury River has been destroying land owned by the Echols family. It's affecting their crop and it's also jeopardizing the public's safety.
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is now taking on one of the largest projects ever done in Virginia.
Crews are creating a new channel for the Maury River.
The goal is to reduce the sedimentation impacts of 1,000-foot segment of eroding stream bank on the Maury River. The project involves applying natural stream channel design methodology and relocating 2,100 linear feet of the channel. This will provide the river with a more stable pattern, dimension and profile. It will also create a floodplain and riparian buffer.
More than 2,100 feet of the river will be restored and stabilized so sediment deposits and nutrient pollution will be decreased. Sediment deposits and nutrient pollution harm fish and other wildlife in the river.
The Maury River is a major tributary of the James River and the Chesapeake Bay.
The stretch of the river where the work is taking place is just east of Glasgow upstream from the Route 130 bridge, and about a half-mile upstream from its confluence with the James River.
The section of the Maury River has been experiencing extreme erosion and instability for the past 30 years. Officials believe the erosion began after a hydroelectric dam on the James River about a mile downstream was breached in 1973 to ease flood concerns.
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