1. 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

2. 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

4. 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

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

6. Blockage upstream of KY-307 bridge

7. Dead and dying timber before project

8. Debris blockage upstream of KY-307 bridge

9. Un-channelized reach downstream of project area

10. Douglas Amphibious, Inc.

12. 1937 channelization work 1973 channelization work Reach 1 Reach 2

14. Stream Construction

17. Aerial view of lower reach

18. Completed stream meander

19. Constructed stream meander

20. Deep pools constructed for aquatic habitat

21. 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

22. Q 10 = 10,725 cfs

23. Sediment Filled Channel Anabranched Channels

25. www.jpf.org Obion Creek Stream Restoration