Active restoration work on the Tye River Mitigation Bank has been completed. Non-organic debris has all been removed from the streams and associated wetlands (old tires, rusted car parts, steel posts and more.) New channels and floodplains have been constructed where once only deep trenches cut through the property. Biodiversity within the hundreds of acres of restored riparian buffer has been augmented with more than 100,000 native transplants. Years of invasives management has been conducted. Monitoring of more than 1500 sample sites within the project shows consistent and continued ecological uplift over the first five years.
All this work will continue to benefit the Tye River and all who use and enjoy this precious Virginia resource.
Invasives management work and monitoring will continue with teams prioritizing management activities by careful GPS tracking. The original targeted species in this project included autumn olive, Japanese honeysuckle, aralia, multiflora rose, privet, wineberry, ailanthus, and Japanese barberry. Monitoring to date shows the persistent work yielding significant success in control of non-natives over the bank site.
In 2024 again, plantings finished with the installation of more than 25 species of native trees and shrubs - some 25,000, native bare roots, live stakes, tubelings and container plants installed along 15 different streams.
With all this work in the ground, the Tye River Mitigation bank is proud to have achieved such a beautiful, sustainable and ecologically significant benchmark. Thanks to all for your hard work!
