ELTON CREEK, DS OF FREEDOM 7 BRIDGE, FREEDOM, NY.
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ELTON CREEK, DS OF FREEDOM 7 BRIDGE, FREEDOM, NY.
• Bank erosion is threatening a farm road• NRCS –Environmental Quality Incentives Program
{EQIP} cost share with landowner • Rural (farmland)• Bed material: gravel-cobble-sand, incised• Pool-riffle-pool regime, slope around 1%• Average width 20-30 ft, 10-14 ft tall banks• Partially spring fed.• High-quality trout stream, not stocked, natural
reproduction of Rainbow, Brown, & upstream, Brook Trout
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LPSTP WITH LIVE
SILTATION & LIVING DIKES
PERPENDICULAR TO FLOW
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LIVE SILTATION
{Willow branches about 1-2 inches in diameter, 6 to 8 ft long, 2/3 in ground, 1/3 out, intermixed with
Silky & Red osier Dogwood that is 4 to 6 ft long}
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Drawing by Robert Shenk, Catt County Soil & Water
THE PLAN – ELTON CREEK DS OF FREEDOM 7 BRIDGE
FLOW
THE PLAN THE AREA OF
INTEREST
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Looking DS @ veg in LPSTP with backfilled bank.
Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007
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Looking DS. Dug trench landward of LPSTP.
Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007
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Elton Creek near Freedom 7 Bridge, Freedom, NY
Install Live Siltation
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Looking DS at installed Live Siltation (willow & dogwood).
Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007
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Live Siltation providing mid & upper bank protection
8 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom 7 Br.-derrick-JUNE 13, 2008
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TRANSPLANTING A LARGE CLUMP OF
WILLOW TO USE AS A LIVING DIKE
Multi-stem (20 to 40 stems) bushes approx. 14 to 24 ft tall, transplanted as a single
clump, with roots in trench directly behind the LPSTP. Tops of branches were trimmed
& used as Live Poles (6 to 10 ft long).
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Drawing by Robert Shenk, Catt County Soil & Water
THE PLAN – ELTON CREEK DS OF FREEDOM 7 BRIDGE
LIVING DIKE WILLOW BUSH
TRANSPLANTATIONFLOW
LIVE SILTATION
LPSTP
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Elton Creek near Freedom 7 Bridge, Freedom, NY
Dig trenches to
receive willow bushes
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Looking DS at LPSTP, backfilled bank, & dug trench.
Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007
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Elton Creek near Freedom 7 Bridge, Freedom, NY
Transplant large multi-stem Willow Bushes
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Looking DS. Transplanting willow bush in trench
Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007
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Elton Creek near Freedom 7 Bridge, Freedom, NY
Then trim long branches from bush & plant as
Willow Poles
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Looking DS. Trim willow & plant poles in trench.
Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007
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Looking DS. Transplant complete.
Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007
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Veg planted on a grid, Live Siltation in front & transplants
Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007
Live Siltation
Willow shrub
transplants &
willow poles
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Jumping ahead,1 growing season & 2 more growing months after completion. From point bar looking @ right bank. This is the 50 ft of Live Siltation & two large willow bush transplants that
took 45 minutes to install.
19 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom 7 Br.-Derrick-June. 9, 2009
Live Siltation
LPSTP, Live Siltation, & Living Dikes
Living Dike
Living Dike
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32 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom 7 Br.-Derrick-June 15, 2010
2 years & 8 more growing months after completion. From point bar looking @ right bank. This is the 50 ft of Live Siltation & two large willow bush
transplants that took 45 minutes to install. Veg is very robust.
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32 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT
COMPLETIONPhotos by Derrick JUNE 15, 2010
FROM THE CHANNEL, WALKING US TO DS
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32 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom 7 Br.-Derrick-June 15, 2010
2 years & 8 months after completion. From top bank looking DS. Stream & all stone is hidden by dense veg.
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32 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom 7 Br.-Derrick-June 15, 2010
2 years & 8 months after completion. Looking DS @ the apex of the bend. Live Siltation & transplanted willows & dogwood growing well. Nice deep pool to dissipate energy.
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32 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom 7 Br.-Derrick-June 15, 2010
2 years & 8 months after completion. Close-up of stacked stone wall with Live Siltation behind & some planted willow & dogwood growing through the stone wall.
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32 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom 7 Br.-Derrick-June 15, 2010
2 years & 8 months after completion. Looking DS @ good aquatic habitat by stone (deep-shallow-slow-fast-structure-overhanging veg).
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32 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom 7 Br.-Derrick-June 15, 2010
2 years & 8 months after completion. Looking @ the kicker @ the DS end of the deep pool. Note thalweg & willow growth.
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32 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom 7 Br.-Derrick-June 15, 2010
2 years & 8 months after completion. Looking DS @ kicker & robust veg planted on a grid pattern.
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32 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom 7 Br.-Derrick-June 15, 2010
2 years & 8 months after completion. Close-up of willow growth behind the LPSTP.
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32 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom 7 Br.-Derrick-June 15, 2010
2 years & 8 months after completion. Looking @ amazing willow growth in the DS key. Willow was planted up to 14 ft above base
flow water surface elevation, but was planted 4 ft deep & has grown exceptionally well over the last 2+ years.
Downstream key
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1947 Wurlitzer & Cleophus Speed Elvis Derrick