| Location: | Rockingham County, North Carolina |
| Type: | Stream & Wetland |
| Size: | 53.76 acres |
| HUC: | Cape Fear River Basin (8-digit HUC 03030002) |
| Credit Types: | Stream & Wetland |
| Credit Amount: | 9,784.7 SMCs & 3.121 WMCs |
The King Wright Mitigation Bank is located in Rockingham County, North Carolina, within the Cape Fear River Basin. This stretch of land encompasses headwater streams that have quietly done important work for generations from filtering water, supporting wildlife, and connecting the landscape. Years of agricultural use, channel modification, and buffer encroachment have worn this system down. This project is our chance to bring it back.
The bank covers a 53.76-acre conservation easement. Within that footprint, we’ll restore more than 12,000 linear feet of unnamed tributaries, rebuilding stream function, stability, and habitat from the ground up. When streams are rerouted or straightened over time, everything downstream pays the price. Our work here reverses that.
We’re also addressing roughly 6.7 acres of impaired wetlands on site. By raising restored stream beds to increase natural flooding and reduce artificial drainage, and by replanting a native wooded canopy, we give those wetlands the conditions they need to function again. The downstream beneficiary is B. Everett Jordan Lake, which is a drinking water source that North Carolina has designated as Nutrient Sensitive Water. Cleaner headwaters mean a healthier lake.
