The Cabin Branch Stream Restoration is a showcase for Regenerative Stream Channel (RSC) restoration technology, highlighting within one project three prototype RSC applications for water quality improvement in streams degraded by stormwater runoff: 1) an End of Pipe Retrofit utilizing removal of legacy sediments; 2) a retrofit of an out-dated stormwater dry-pond, capturing water at parking lot level and releasing it through a RSC system to receiving downstream waters, and 3) a sand seepage wetland which using the standard construction sequence and raising the incised stream channel. By installing a system of cobble riffles, berms, seepage wetlands, shallow pools, and native plants, we are integrating ecosystem restoration with stormwater runoff management, restoring stream and wetland function, reconnecting the stream to the floodplain, re-establishing historic plant communities, and restoring remaining headwaters, adjacent floodplain, and riparian areas of Cabin Branch. See the full project file here.
