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  • Cait and Joy in the frosty field

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  • Tree Species Fact Sheet
    Compiled fact sheet for the 13 native tree species planted on site. These trees were planted as 2-3 ft seedlings, larger 3-7 ft tall trees, and/or 2 ft livestakes.
  • Saline Project Fact Sheet
    Front and back fact sheet, which summarizes the project. Feel free to print it off and share!
  • Site Before and After Photos
    This powerpoint slide shows before and after photos of Bend I, Bend II, Bend III, the Bend III Tributary, and Pond II.
  • UCA Presentation
    This poster explains the UCA project conducted by Chad Blackburn, Lainy Burkard, Leslie Patrick, Sarah Scroggins, Richard Walker with Ginny Adams as the faculty mentor. They studied the effects of physical habitat alteration on fish communities in the Middle Fork Saline River, AR.
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09/29/2009

September Rains

The almost complete Phase I construction had its first test as it received11" in rain during one week, nine of which were in a two day period. The cross vane was complete, the J-Hook, although it lacked the "hook" had a complete arm, the most important part of the structure as it is almost primarily responsible for re-directing the highest flow of the channel away from the bank. Now the good news, after visiting the site during flood levels, it was evident that the structures were performing their duties, with the thalweg, or the highest velocity of the channel at least 20' away from the outside banks throughout the bend!  The structures held, and the 10% of tree and shrub planting and jute mat material that we were able to complete prior to the rains remained as well.

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Good job Joy!

Keep up the good work!

The river and the landowners are lucky to have you working for them.

Posted by: Tim Snell | 10/02/2009 at 03:25 PM

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Final Photos

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Kayaking The Site

  • Melissa on the second J-Hook
    The site is finished and beautiful! Check us out as we kayak over the six structures.

Tree Planting

  • Joy planting
    We restored 32 acres of riparian and floodplain area and excluded approximately 200 head of cattle from the stream. We planted close to 6,500 native seedlingss and about 75 larger native trees throughout the areas from which we excluded cattle.

Ponds

  • Pond II
    In conjunction with excluding cattle from the stream, alternative water sources were created on either side of the stream. Each pond is within a fenced in area and includes a spillway, which will direct water to natural creeks in the event of rain.

Phase II: Final Bend

  • Looking upstream at the final structure of Bend III
    Pictures of the third bend. It is here that the design channel is reconnected to a historical, relic channel in order to create a more stable radius of curvature along the third bend. Pictures show the construction of two J-hooks, channel plugs, and stabilization and re-planting efforts along the banks and fill areas.

Phase II: Bend II

  • Final shots: upstream to bend II
    This album contains Bend II: the insertion of two J-Hooks, re-routing of the channel, and bioengineering.

Storing Livestakes

  • Racks of livestakes ready for the cooler
    We ordered roughly 17,000 livestakes for the remainder of Phase I and all of Phase II. Here are a few photos showing you how we're able to store such a large shipment, thanks to the Arkansas Forestry Commission.

September Rains

  • looking downstream from the Cross-vane
    Here are photos taken after 11" of rain, testing the newly finished cross-vane and almost finished J-Hook.

Phase I: Bend I

  • Lb ds 2 new JH
    These photos show the entire Phase I process including the instream work (Cross-vane and J-Hook) and the bioengineering.

Barbed Wire Fence Construction

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    Fence installation to exclude cattle from the stream.

Harvest & Deliver Rock

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    Pictures taken of the rock we harvested and delivered to our site for the in-stream structures.

Pre-Project Pictures

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    Here are some before pictures of the project site during various phases of assessment including the two-year assessment by The Nature Conservancy as well as photos of biological inventory conducted in partnership with the University of Central Arkansas.

Post Project Maintenance

  • Bend 1 - Outside bank after post-flood maintenance