1. SAND CREEK @ THE FOOT OF KANOPOLIS DAM, KANSAS Let’s build Engineered Rocked Riffle #5 the most upstream of the five riffles that will be constructed.

2. Flow Dig pool Glide stones Engineered Rocked Riffle stones in end-to-end compression Stone bank protection Key stones

3. Building the downstream sloped section of the ERR. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

4. Flow Profile view STONE ENGINEERED ROCKED RIFFLE FOR GRADE & HEADCUT STABILIZATION 10 1 ERR has a swale in the center to help fish passage during low flow The stream was not dewatered during construction as we only had a trickle of flow. Regulatory approved this of course.

5. Digging the DS keyway approx. 2 ft deep. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

6. Looking DS. Stone in place but loose (not in compression) CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

7. Track walking so that stone is in end-to-end compression CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

8. Close-up of sloped section of ERR #5-stones in compression CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

9. Engineered Rocked Riffle #5 completed. Let’s see how it looks!!

10. Looking DS @ a completed ERR #5. Water from ERR #4 is creating a tailwater on the DS end of ERR #5. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

11. Flow left to right, looking @ completed ERR #5. ERR is has a swale in the center to help fish passage during low flow CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

12. Close-up of sloped section of ERR #5-stones in compression CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

13. Looking US @ great deep pool where trout can be stocked. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

14. Looking US @ instant marshland. Some flooded plants will die (that’s OK) & other plants will become established. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

15. Looking US @ at old channel & flooded old overbank areas. Great habitat for a herps, smaller fish, insects, etc. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

16. Looking DS @ smooth transition from ERR to DS pool. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

17. Looking DS from ERR #5. Backwater from ERR #4 is flooding the old channel & creating hemi wetlands CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

18. 7MONTHS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION Photos by Garold Sneegas February 3, 2009

19. Happy fish in Sand Creek!! 7 MONTHS LATER-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY GAROLD SNEEGAS 2-3-09

20. Several sections of the stream were only a couple of inches deep before we installed the Engineered Rocked Riffles 7 MONTHS LATER-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY GAROLD SNEEGAS 2-3-09

21. More happy fish in Sand Creek!!

22. 8 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION Photos by Derrick APRIL 11, 2009

23. 8 MONTHS LATER-Looking @ ERR #5. 8 MONTHS LATER-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 4-11-09