Erosion control blankets provide significant surface area coverage for stabilizing slopes, stream banks, and wetland edges. Available in straw, straw and coconut coir, coconut coir, and wood fiber, with natural and poly netting, the blankets protect large seeded areas from predators and help maintain hydration levels for seed germination. Plants become established before an erosion control blanket decomposes.
Blankets can be used on their own or with other bio-engineering tools such as live stakes and fascines. Erosion control blankets are your best insurance against erosion on your newly constructed site.
Erosion control blankets are used in many of our projects, including the Pheasant Branch Creek project in Middleton, Wisconsin:
For a design-build project along a severely eroded section of Pheasant Branch Creek, Cardno JFNew stabilized the base of the slope and seeded and planted the remainder of the slope with native species and stabilized it using erosion control blankets. The final design also used re-used woody material removed from other parts of the conservancy area to protect the eroding streambank and enhance the aquatic habitat.
Cardno JFNew’s bioengineering materials perform best when integrated into a full-service site restoration solution. Contact Cardno JFNew’s Services Team to learn more about how we can help you design, select, install, and maintain one or more of these products as part of an ecological restoration project.