Innovative techniques can provide additional planning tools when approaching sites with challenging soil conditions, high soil erosion potential, and where the establishment of vegetation for enhancement / creation of fish & wildlife habitat is important.

Terra Erosion Control has experimented with the vegetation of riprap over the past ten years. As a result we have developed a technique that will successfully establish vegetation during the installation of riprap structures. This vegetation will provide additional bank protection, soften the rock appearance, and enhance fish habitat along the shoreline.

Sites that are saturated due to underground seepage water are often a problem to reclaim or stabilize due to ongoing earth slumping and flowing of sediment. Techniques such as a live pole drain system can effectively drain excess water from such sites and allow vegetation to establish, while improving surface slope stability. This surface drainage technique can also be combined with conventional engineering systems.