The Field Veterans Memorial Lake in Hillsboro had a five foot wide eroding bank that was contributing 20 tons of sediment per year to the lake. Four landowners worked together with the Hillsboro Priority Watershed to repair a 355 foot length of shoreline. Purple Loosestrife may look pretty growing along the shoreline, but it is an invasive non-native plant species that provides very little benefit to wildlife and does not help control erosion.
Work begins on the shoreline.
After the banks were shaped to the desired slope, a non-woven geotextile blanket was laid on the bank to separate the soil and the rock. Geotextile is used to keep the water from eroding the soil under the rock. After the geotextile is in place, rock riprap is placed over the geotextile to a depth of 15 inches. The last stage of the project is to seed and mulch the soil around the construction site. Soon, the seeding along this shoreline will grow in and look natural.