Kids Creek Riparian Restoration & Wetland Enhancement Project (Inhabitect, LLC)

@Inhabitect is proud of our ongoing partnership with The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay and the pivotal role we played in the Kid's Creek Riparian Restoration and Wetland Enhancement Project. By leveraging our expertise in sustainable design and green infrastructure, our team has been working hard to restore the natural habitat, improve water quality, and enhance the overall health of our local ecosystem.
The project is in a degraded wetland, along a major tributary to Grand Traverse Bay, that was almost entirely comprised of invasive species and devoid of a natural riparian buffer following historic farming activities and development. To help restore this area and combat the detrimental effects of pollutants in stormwater runoff, a 1-acre engineered wetland now pre-treats and filters over 1.1 million gallons of stormwater per year, before it enters the creek that eventually flows into #GrandTraverseBay. We also restored 4800 linear feet of stream by installing a riparian buffer consisting of 457 trees, 1050 shrubs, 1500 live stakes, 3078 plugs, and 1.4 acres of native seed! In addition, we installed 6 habitat/wildlife structures and treated 4.5 acres of invasive species!
Wave hello next time you see our team installing more trees, performing maintenance, or monitoring the process of our installations at Kids Creek near @Meijer along Silver Lake Road in #TraverseCity!
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