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Project Goal. Reduce icing and winter flooding of Flat Creek through stream improvements which allow the creek to approach its fisheries and ecological potential. Project Tasks. PHASE 1:Conduct a planning and feasibility study to determine the aquatic habitat limitations of Flat Creek and recom
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1. Rehabilitation of Flat Creek, Teton County, Wyoming;Planning, design and implementation A cooperative effort between:
Trout Unlimited, Jackson Hole Chapter
Teton Conservation District
Town of Jackson
Teton County
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
HabiTech, Inc
Others
2. Project Goal Reduce icing and winter flooding of Flat Creek through stream improvements which allow the creek to approach its fisheries and ecological potential
3. Project Tasks PHASE 1:Conduct a planning and feasibility study to determine the aquatic habitat limitations of Flat Creek and recommend likely concepts and strategies for rehabilitation;
PHASE 2:Conduct a detailed siting and design study leading to the recommendation of specific rehabilitation treatments and the submittal of necessary documents to the appropriate state and federal agencies for permitting purposes;
PHASE 3:Implement the recommended and permitted rehabilitation treatments and provide a post implementation evaluation.
4. Project Priorities Winter icing and flooding;
Discontinuing thaw well use and not adding additional thaw wells;
Storm water runoff storage in stream banks and sediment load management;
Fish habitat
5. Project Priorities
6. Project Priorities
7. What’s been done to date? Completion of 2 reaches
Monitored & Analyzed Results on first 2 reaches
1st reach flood
2nd reach with stood coldest winter in recent history
Preliminary design of Karnes Meadow Reach
Site specific survey and hydraulic modeling
Development of improvement concepts
8. Reach #1Downstream of Hwy 191 to High School Road
9. Reach #1Downstream of Hwy 191 to High School Road
10. Reach #1Downstream of Hwy 191 to High School Road
11. Reach #1Downstream of Hwy 191 to High School Road
12. Reach #1Downstream of Hwy 191 to High School Road No Frazil ice production during extreme cold (-10°F)
Surface Ice Formation
13. Reach #1Downstream of Hwy 191 to High School Road Flood
What did we learn
Will it happen again
14. Reach #2 Downstream of Saddle Butte Bridge to Hwy 191
15. Reach #2 Downstream of Saddle Butte Bridge to Hwy 191
16. Reach #2 Downstream of Saddle Butte Bridge to Hwy 191
17. Reach #2 Downstream of Saddle Butte Bridge to Hwy 191
18. Reach #2 Downstream of Saddle Butte Bridge to Hwy 191
19. Reach #2 Downstream of Saddle Butte Bridge to Hwy 191
20. Reach #2 Downstream of Saddle Butte Bridge to Hwy 191
21. Reach #2 Downstream of Saddle Butte Bridge to Hwy 191
22. Reach #2 Downstream of Saddle Butte Bridge to Hwy 191
23. Reach #3 Karnes Meadow
24. Reach #3 Karnes Meadow