Overview:
The Starker Mitigation Project falls under the WLS Catawba 01 Umbrella Mitigation Bank. The Starker site is 29.91 acres and located in Catawba County within the Lyle Creek sub-basin and Catawba River watersheds. The site was historically utilized for agricultural production; however, the proposed project will stabilize and restore 9,965 linear feet of stream while also restoring riparian buffers along all the stream reaches.
The Starker Mitigation Project was approved in September of 2021. The mitigation plan includes stream restoration, riparian buffer restoration, and riparian wetland rehabilitation to provide a higher functioning aquatic ecosystem. The Starker Mitigation Project is approved to offset warm stream impacts within the Catawba River Basin (HUC 03050101). Its service area includes portions of Catawba, Lincoln, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Iredell, Alexander, Caldwell, Burke, Avery, and McDowell Counties.
