Obion Creek Stream Restoration Restoration of a Channelized Straight-line Ditch to a Naturalized Meandering Stream Presented by Robert B. Johnson Jackson.

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

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

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

Mississippi River Obion Creek, Mississippi River tributary, Hickman County, Kentucky

Blockage upstream of KY-307 bridge

Dead and dying timber before project

Debris blockage upstream of KY-307 bridge

Un-channelized reach downstream of project area

Douglas Amphibious, Inc.

1937 channelization work 1973 channelization work Reach 1 Reach 2

Stream Construction

Aerial view of lower reach

Completed stream meander

Constructed stream meander

Deep pools constructed for aquatic habitat

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

Q 10 = 10,725 cfs

Sediment Filled Channel Anabranched Channels

Obion Creek Stream Restoration