Description: Streambank and shoreline protection is the use of vegetation to stabilize and protect banks of streams, lakes, estuaries, or excavated channels against scour and erosion. This practice should be used to prevent the loss of land or damage to utilities, roads, buildings, or other facilities adjacent to the banks, to maintain the capacity of the channel, to control channel meander that would adversely affect downstream facilities, to reduce sediment load causing downstream damages and pollution, or to improve the stream for recreation or fish and wildlife habitat.

CCAP Streambank and Shoreline Protection Policy
Requirements for all CCAP Practices

Maintenance Period: 5 years single-family home, 10 years all other properties.

Additional Spot Check Requirements: None

BMP Units: Linear Feet
Cost Information: Actual cost - paid based on receipts. See CCAP Average Cost List for details. 

CS2 Project Description examples

Expected Results: 

• Soil loss reductions
  • Use Streambank Erosion Calculator
  • Instructions for Streambank Erosion Calculator

Reference Materials: 
NC-CCAP 11 Signature Page
Map with BMP location, fields, and roads

For RFP:
Receipts for actual cost items

JAA:
Streambank and Shoreline Protection (SWCC)

NRCS:

• NRCS - 580 - Streambank and Shoreline Protection
• NRCS - 612 - Tree/Shrub Establishment
• NRCS - 472 - Access Control
• NRCS - 391 - Riparian Forest Buffer
• NRCS - 548 - Channel Bed Stabilization
• NRCS - 342 - Critical Area Planting

Refer to the SWCC JAA Application Requirements for details.

• CCAP Design Manual: Streambank and Shoreline Protection
• NRCS Engineering Field Handbook Chapter 16, Streambank and Shoreline Protection
• CCAP Vegetative Guidelines
• Streambank Worksheet
• Reference Reach Data Spreadsheet
• Cross-Sectional Area Calculation