1. On the road to the McKinstry Creek project, a complete stream realignment and constructed floodplain

2. McKinstry Creek, Delevan, NY This was a complete stream and floodway realignment. Constructed June-July The stream had been straightened prior to 1939 (probably to accommodate the construction of Gooseneck Road)

3. McKinstry Creek near Delevan, NY, 5-18-2006, flow left to right
Existing planform (red line)

4. Existing planform (red line)
In the 1939 aerial photos the stream had already been straightened & was parallel with the road. Where had it been?? How long was it??
Existing planform (red line)

5. Green line is toe of hill
The stream needs to be longer and/or rougher but we are hemmed in by the road & the hill.
Green line is toe of hill
Gooseneck Road
McKinstry Road
We will have to increase the amplitude of the vertical sine wave (extreme verticality)!

6. Attack Angles, Thalweg Profile, and cross-sections.
Important Note: There is a sine wave for both stream planform, and the vertical thalweg profile!

7. HOW STREAMS NATURALLY DISSIPATE ENERGY !!
Purloined from Brad Humber, The Nature Conservancy
Longitudinal Profile
Speak about habitat in reference to facet types Cover/Breeding/Food

8. McKinstry Creek near Delevan, NY, 5-18-2006, flow left to right
New channel planform (blue line)

9. Looking US, US of the US bridge, (not in our project area) but typical pre-project conditions, straightened, wide, shallow runs, very few pools.

10. Looking DS at the straightened stretch next to the road (with boilerplate wall), this old channel will be abandoned.

11. Pre-project. The news is not good!
Photo: Deb Freeman, June 29, 2005
Pre-project. The news is not good!

12. Analysis started the year before construction, June 23, 2004

13. LET’S STOP FOR A MOMENT This is a simple “move the stream away from the road” exercise, but we will build as much habitat & energy dissipation into this project as possible!!

14. Looking DS at a pool and the crest stones for the DS rocked riffle

15. Let’s dig a pool (the Locked Log pool), McKinstry Creek, Delevan, NY
Aquatic habitat techniques include Locked Logs, Bed Diversity Stones, Leaner Stones, & appropriate vegetation

16. Looking DS, pilot channel cut for the realigned stream, bottom is at invert elevation. The right bank will be lowered for floodway.

17. Looking DS, pre-dig & overdig those pools
Looking DS, pre-dig & overdig those pools! All pools dug 3 ft deeper than invert of DS rocked riffle
June 27, 2005-from derrick

18. Adding Locked Logs
June 28, 2005-from derrick

19. Adding appropriate vegetation
June 29, 2005-from derrick

20. Add some stone & more Locked Logs
June 29, 2005 – from Derrick

21. Locked Logs & Bed Diversity Stones on McKinstry Creek
Aug 29, 2005, less than 7 weeks after seeding, Riverbank Wildrye and Creeping Bentgrass mix

22. Pix by derrick
Looking the same pool, flowing almost at bankfull stage with Hurricane Katrina’s rain, Sept 1, 2005

23. We need 9 Engineered Rocked Riffle Grade Control structures, so let’s build one. This one is at the DS end of the project.

24. AN ENGINEERED ROCKED RIFFLE
FLOW 4
15 to 20 1 1
Largest stones are placed at crest and on downstream face, upstream face is in compression (due to water flow)

25. AN ENGINEERED ROCKED RIFFLE
Newbury says the backwater should be 1/3 the total height of the structure to dissipate energy and pass sediment through the system.
FLOW
Largest stones are placed at crest and on downstream face. Upstream face is in compression (due to water flow).

26. Looking DS, setting the crest stones
June 28, 2005

27. Looking DS
In a small stream the two center stones are the most critical for low-flow fish passage

28. Stuff in the way!!
Looking DS, setting the invert of the GC. Log used when the trackhoe pushes down on the stone

29. Moving a tree out of the way so that we can get the invert elevation shot

30. Flow left to right

31. Adding some “run” stones

32. “Styling” members of the Catt County stream team chinking stones

33. More “glide” gravel

34. Done, June 28, 2005

35. How it looks on March 28, 2006 after 3 bankfull flows & one really big flow

36. The “Shadow Wall” Pool with Locked Logs and a large transplanted multi-trunk Alder for shade

37. Channel dug to invert depth, 5 ft below surrounding land

38. Not as easy to build as it looks

39. “Shadow Wall” stones, A-axis placed perpendicular to flow

40. Half-Dense Riprap with Shadow Wall Toe
The toe stone is designed to cast a shadow into the deepest section of the channel
Stone with Vertical face

41. Half-Dense Riprap with Shadow Wall Toe
Stone with Vertical face
Shadow area

42. Locked Limbs/Locked Logs

43. Hand rolling a stone to lock down a Locked Limb

44. All aquatic habitat features are designed to be submerged during base flow conditions

45. Looking US at pre-dug pool with Shadow Wall & Locked Logs (everyone’s fav pool)

46. Transplanting a giant multi-trunk alder
BOB
Photo: Deb Freeman

48. THIS CONTRACTOR HAD NO STREAM CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE!!

49. Katrina’s rains, Sept 1, 2005

50. Transplanted alder
Looking DS at pool & Alder during Katrina’s rains, Sept 1, 2005

51. Looking DS, Aug 29, 2005

52. Looking DS, Sept 1, 2005

53. Looking US, Nov 2, 2005

54. Looking US, Sept 1, 2005

55. Looking US at a properly functioning pool, note roostertail dies out at DS end of pool during bankfull event, Sept 1, 2005 McKinstry Creek,

56. Looking US at a properly functioning pool, note rooster tail dies out at DS end of pool during bankfull event, McKinstry Creek, Delevan, NY

57. Looking DS at the last bend (Bend #9), Aug 29, 2005

58. Looking DS at the last bend, Sept 1, 2005
Looking DS at the last bend, Sept 1, Pool is not functioning well, fast water through length of pool. Needs to have more volume in pool (greater depth) McKinstry Creek, Delevan, NY

59. Looking US at the last bend (Bend #9) 5 weeks after construction
Photo: Deb Freeman, Aug 10, 2005

60. A BIG FLOW. MARCH 12-13, 2006 2 TO 3 FT OUT OF BANK

61. The remains of the rocked riffle, good habitat though. March 28, 2006
Mar 28, 2006-from Derrick

62. Looking US after large storm in early March 2006 destroyed the US rocked riffle
Mar 28, 2006-from Derrick

63. 4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK 6-12-2009
Looking US toward the failed ERR. Channel has narrowed & stabilized while banks have naturally revegetated.
4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK

64. Some Contributing Factors to the Rocked Riffle Failure
DS (run) slope of rocked riffle too steep (approx. 7 to 1)
Stone used was not well-graded (did not adjust very well, large stones with few medium-sized stones)
Stones not in compression or keyed DS toe

65. AN ENGINEERED ROCKED RIFFLE WITH WEIGHTED TOE
Stones on crest, the downstream face, & toe all set in compression
FLOW
Weighted toe can designed to help stop the headward migration of a knickpoint {headcut}

66. AN ENGINEERED ROCKED RIFFLE WITH INTEGRATED FISH LADDER
At least two layers of stones are set in compression to form pools on the DS face of the ERR
Flow
Water surface elevation

67. Fish Sampling McKinstry Creek- Catt County Realignment (Improved) Reach
THE BOTTOM LINE:
trout moved
trout counted, times as many
More trout per unit effort than any stream shocked in Western New York in 2007!!!

68. 4 YEARS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION Photos by Derrick JUNE 12, 2009

69. Sloughing & erosion is still occurring at the cliff.
4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK

70. 4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK 6-12-2009
Constructed floodplain bench is still catching sediment from the cliff before it reaches the stream. This area will vegetate & collect more cliff colluvium.
4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK

71. 4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK 6-12-2009
Looking 3 pools & two riffles that are still functioning properly. The riparian area is maturing very well. Project sponsor did not want a lot of streamside will so that this stretch would remain “fishable”.
4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK

72. Looking US @ downed veg providing shade, cover, and carbon.
4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK

73. Looking US @ functioning channel & downed vegetation.
4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK

74. Looking US @ veg providing shade over the functioning pool.
4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK

75. Looking DS @ undercut bank & leaning tree. Excellent aquatic habitat.
4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK

76. 4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK 6-12-2009
Looking pool & riffle with maturing riparian vegetation & downed wood.
4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK

77. Tenacious 1 year old Catskill Sand Cherry spreading around stones.
4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK

78. Looking DS @ DS riffle with some stone displaced downstream.
4 YEARS AFTER -MCKINSTRY CR FOR CATT COUNTY-DERRICK

79. Looking DS at the next section of stream we will work on.

80. Looking DS of the project on 6/24/2004
Looking DS of the project on 6/24/ We tackle 49 bends in this section next.

81. Headcut in the beaver meadow, 6/24/2004

82. This is a trout stream? 6/24/2004

83. the end