ELTON CREEK, DS OF FREEDOM 7 BRIDGE, FREEDOM, NY

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

LPSTP WITH LIVE

SILTATION & LIVING DIKES

PERPENDICULAR TO FLOW

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}

Drawing by Robert Shenk, Catt County Soil & Water

THE PLAN – ELTON CREEK DS OF FREEDOM 7 BRIDGE

FLOW

THE PLAN THE AREA OF

INTEREST

Looking DS @ veg in LPSTP with backfilled bank.

Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007

Looking DS. Dug trench landward of LPSTP.

Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007

Elton Creek near Freedom 7 Bridge, Freedom, NY

Install Live Siltation

Looking DS at installed Live Siltation (willow & dogwood).

Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007

Live Siltation providing mid & upper bank protection

8 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom 7 Br.-derrick-JUNE 13, 2008

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).

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

Elton Creek near Freedom 7 Bridge, Freedom, NY

Dig trenches to

receive willow bushes

Looking DS at LPSTP, backfilled bank, & dug trench.

Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007

Elton Creek near Freedom 7 Bridge, Freedom, NY

Transplant large multi-stem Willow Bushes

Looking DS. Transplanting willow bush in trench

Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007

Elton Creek near Freedom 7 Bridge, Freedom, NY

Then trim long branches from bush & plant as

Willow Poles

Looking DS. Trim willow & plant poles in trench.

Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007

Looking DS. Transplant complete.

Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 7 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007

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

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

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.

32 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT

COMPLETIONPhotos by Derrick JUNE 15, 2010

FROM THE CHANNEL, WALKING US TO DS

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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

1947 Wurlitzer & Cleophus Speed Elvis Derrick