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S&S Seeds presents Living Channel Liner, an appropriate erosion control alternative for use in storm drains, sediment basins, creeks and riparian channel revegetation.

Living Channel Liner is a lighweight, soilless sod.

Living Channel Liner meets the need for predictable engineering to conform to federal and state specifications, while reliably addressing environmental quality concerns of using native plant material. Living Channel Liner delivers all this in a lightweight soilless sod of native grasses and forbs that can be reinforced with geotextiles. "Bio-engineering," also known as "biotechnology," is a growing discipline that often refers to the use of low-tech effective, natural living plant material to control erosion. Living Channel Liner is an economical, ecologically sound, self-maintaining, regenerating biosystem, in which living plants are used to physically secure stream banks or shorelines. The vegetation not only holds the soil and strengthens the structure but becomes the basis for a full ecosystem that benefits the surrounding human community. These benefits include better water filtration, trapping of sediments, supported biodiversity, improved aesthetics, cooler climates and the biodegradation of trapped pollutants. Here's what to expect when you use Living Channel Liner on your job site:

• Predictable, geotextile materials that meet federal and state requirements for reliable flow rate and engineering properties.
• An economical, self-maintaining system that utilizes living plants to secure stream banks or shorelines.
• Aesthetic improvement as perennial vegetation not only holds the soil in place, but becomes the basis for an enhanced natural ecosystem.
• Reduced weed control costs as the Living Channel Liner mat material acts as a weed barrier, preventing annuals from out-competing the intended taxa.
• Able to take design flow rate soon after fall installation.
• An increase in native perennials as the annuals that offer little long term erosion control are replaced with appropriate perennial species.

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Endemic native plant species that have adapted over eons can be used to do this job reliably and predictably. However, it is understandably difficult to get engineers to use complex biological systems on construction projects when money and reputation is at stake. When plants are used on construction projects that have ever-changing time lines, success is not always guaranteed because of unpredictable variation in plant establishment under natural rainfall conditions.

At S&S Seeds, our goal is to help our customers make this planet a better, greener place. Living Channel Liner is a sound alternative to a world of waterways marred by riprap and concrete. To order Living Channel Liner, give us a call at (805) 684-0436. All our products come with an extra ingredient at no extra cost -- 40+ years of experience!

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