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Obion Creek Stream Restoration

Obion Creek Stream Restoration. Presented by Robert B. Johnson Jackson Purchase RC&D Foundation, Inc. Paducah, Kentucky. Restoration of a Channelized Straight-line Ditch to a Naturalized Meandering Stream. Partners with the Jackson Purchase RC&D. KY State Nature Preserves Commission.

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Obion Creek Stream Restoration

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  1. Obion CreekStream Restoration Presented by Robert B. Johnson Jackson Purchase RC&D Foundation, Inc.Paducah, Kentucky Restoration of a Channelized Straight-line Ditch to a Naturalized Meandering Stream

  2. Partners with the Jackson Purchase RC&D KY State Nature Preserves Commission University of Louisville Stream Institute KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Obion Creek Watershed Conservancy District Hickman County Fiscal Court DouglasAmphibious, Inc.

  3. Problems Cause by Previous Channelization in 1927 & 1937 • Ponded water and braided channels upstream and downstream of KY307 • Flooding upstream and over KY307 • Debris blockage of Obion Creek old constructed channel upstream of KY307 • Sediment blockage of Obion Creek upstream and downstream of KY307 • Dead and dying timber • Wetland loss • Loss of adjacent farmland

  4. MississippiRiver Obion Creek, Mississippi River tributary, Hickman County, Kentucky

  5. Blockage upstream of KY-307 bridge

  6. Dead and dying timber before project

  7. Debris blockage upstream of KY-307 bridge

  8. Un-channelized reach downstream of project area

  9. Douglas Amphibious, Inc.

  10. Douglas Amphibious, Inc.

  11. 1973 channelization work 1937 channelization work Reach 1 Reach 2

  12. Stream Construction

  13. Aerial view oflower reach

  14. Completed stream meander

  15. Constructed stream meander

  16. Deep pools constructed for aquatic habitat

  17. Low Cost Stream Restoration • Actual construction costs $22 per linear foot • Total Costs including watershed assessment, design, survey, construction, pre & post monitoring, admin/overhead $81 per linear foot

  18. Q10 = 10,725 cfs

  19. Anabranched Channels Sediment Filled Channel

  20. Obion CreekStream Restoration www.jpf.org

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