Description
The Upper Saluda Stream Restoration and Source Water Protection Program project will stabilize severely eroding and unstable streams and rivers in the Upper Saluda Watershed that flow into Saluda Lake, the drinking water source for Easley and surrounding communities. The project, managed by the Resource Institute, will also encourage the planning and implementation of upland conservation practices that will reduce sediment loss from adjacent farm fields by installing soil retention practices such as conservation tillage, residue management, rotational grazing, grassed waterways, and filter strips. Together, these activities will minimize total sediment deposition into streams, improve sediment transport, and reduce stored sediment in stream corridors.
Available Funding
$3,109,756 from NRCS
Year awarded
2023