| Location: | Putnam County, TN |
| Type: | Stream |
| Size: | 56 acres |
| HUC: | NCaney Watershed (05130108) |
| Credit Types: | Stream |
| Credit Amount: | 4,222.4 SQT |
The Candy Caney Mitigation Bank is located in Putnam County, Tennessee, about 1.5 miles west of Baxter. The streams running through this property (Indian Creek, Boyd Hollow Branch, and their tributaries) have been significantly altered over time by channelization, cleared riparian buffers, and agricultural and forestry practices. The result is active bank erosion, streams cut deeply into the land and disconnected from their floodplains, and aquatic habitat that’s struggling to function.
This project will restore or preserve approximately 18,394 linear feet of streams across a permanent 56.1-acre conservation easement. Restoration means returning each channel to its natural dimension, pattern, and profile with the right bed shape to move water and sediment the way nature intended. Where stream function is already relatively intact, we’ll preserve and protect that.
We’ll also reestablish native riparian buffers along all reaches, with a mix of woody and herbaceous plantings. Those buffers do more than look healthy. They hold banks in place, filter runoff, shade the water, and give wildlife a corridor through which to move. The end result is a working stream system and an interconnected ecosystem that can thrive.
