Abstract
A multiscale spatial analysis was conducted for the state of North Carolina, which provides centralized state funding for stream restoration through the North Carolina Land and Water Fund (NCLWF). A total of 86 NCLWF restoration projects from 2013 to 2020 were geolocated and analyzed in relation to environmental justice metrics, both for a state-wide analysis using counties and for a within-county analysis using census block groups. State-wide, there was a strong negative association between a county’s proportion of people of color and its likelihood of having a restoration project (p = 0.001) and in the per-capita number of restoration projects (p = 0.000) and amount of project funding (p = 0.004). Within counties, there was weaker evidence for disparities. Finally, at the municipal scale, qualitative analysis is provided through a case study and discussion of recent stream restoration projects in Greensboro, North Carolina’s third largest city.
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