Obion Creek Stream Restoration

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Obion CreekStream Restoration

• Restoration of a Channelized Straight-line Ditch
  to a Naturalized Meandering Stream

Presented by Robert B. Johnson Jackson Purchase
RCD Foundation, Inc.Paducah, Kentucky
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Partners with the Jackson Purchase RCD
KY State Nature Preserves Commission
University of Louisville Stream Institute
KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Obion Creek Watershed Conservancy District
Hickman County Fiscal Court
Douglas Amphibious, Inc.
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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

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Obion Creek, Mississippi River tributary, Hickman
County, Kentucky
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Blockage upstream of KY-307 bridge
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Dead and dying timber before project
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Debris blockage upstream of KY-307 bridge
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Un-channelized reach downstream of project area
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Douglas Amphibious, Inc.
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Douglas Amphibious, Inc.
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Stream Construction
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Aerial view oflower reach
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Completed stream meander
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Constructed stream meander
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Deep pools constructed for aquatic habitat
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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

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Q10 10,725 cfs
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Anabranched Channels
Sediment Filled Channel
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Obion CreekStream Restoration
www.jpf.org