Mitigation site · Wayne County, North Carolina
A 14.3-acre riparian buffer restoration along the Neuse River that RestorEcology is delivering under contract to the NC Division of Mitigation Services.
RestorEcology has contracted with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) to deliver a 14.3-acre riparian buffer restoration project along the Neuse River southwest of Goldsboro, North Carolina, in Wayne County.
The land has been farmed in row crops since before 1940, leaving this stretch of the river with only a thin fringe of trees and, in places, no wooded buffer at all. About 11.5 acres of cropland will be planted with native hardwoods such as swamp chestnut oak, river birch, water oak, and poplar, and 2.4 acres of existing wooded buffer will be preserved. Planting is targeted for the 2027–28 dormant season.
Taking these fields out of production is estimated to keep about 115 pounds of nitrogen and 201 pounds of phosphorus a year out of the Neuse River.
The site will be protected permanently by a conservation easement held by the State of North Carolina. After planting, RestorEcology will monitor the new forest for five years, tracking tree survival and growth in permanent vegetation plots until it meets the state’s performance standards.
This is a full-delivery project: RestorEcology designs, permits, plants, monitors and protects the site, and the resulting riparian buffer credits go to DMS for its in-lieu fee program in the Neuse River Basin (HUC 03020201, excluding the Falls Lake watershed). RestorEcology does not sell credits from Jacks Bluff directly.
If you need Neuse buffer or nitrogen credits for a permit, our privately held sites nearby have credits available now:
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