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Abstract
Stream and Wetland Restoration Site Searches for NCDOT
Track: Environment Management
Author(s): Kilmeny Stephens
This paper shows how GIS is being used to find sites suitable for stream and wetland restoration in North Carolina. NCDOT is seeking sites to use for mitigation for impacts to streams and wetlands. Topographic contours, streams, landuse, aerial photographs, soil information, and National Wetlands Inventory data were combined and analyzed to locate suitable sites. Different data availability in multiple river basins resulted in different approaches, with varying results. Initial data searches were followed up with field visits, and approaches to landowners to ascertain interest in conservation easements, or sale of property to NCDOT.
Kilmeny Stephens
Earth Tech
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E-mail: kilmeny_stephens@earthtech.com