OCEANA COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION GRANT – FUNDED

CROSSING REPLACEMENTS

“Oceana’s Eleven”

Oceana County Road Commission (OCRC)

In Partnership

with the

White River Watershed Task Force

Road Commission personnel are wise to become educated about the damage caused to hydrologic

ecosystems by storm water runoff, sedimentation, stream and road bank blow-outs, roadway undermining and collapse, all as a result of undersized

culvert design and installation.

During high-water events, a culvert acts like a rifle barrel and the water

moving through it becomes the bullet.

Because of this, engineers should be proactive in thinking about the system

as a whole, and go “bottomless” when designing road crossing

replacements.

Streams and rivers are roads and highways for aquatic and non-

aquatic life.

“Bottomless” and “right-sized” crossings maintain connectivity, allowing fish and wildlife to move

freely and seek out resources necessary for survival.

Johnson Road / Osborn Creek

Before – twin 6’ diameter CMPs

Johnson Road / Osborn Creek

Reconnected 2.25 miles of upstream habitat

July 2011 – 20’6” x 7’3” AL Box Culvert

Project Cost$130,818

Grant Funding$33,175

148th Avenue / Osborn Creek

Before – twin 6’ diameter CMPs

148th Avenue / Osborn Creek

August 2011 – 22’1” x 9’3” AL Box Culvert

Project Cost $131,913

Grant Funding $26,800

Baseline Road / Cobmoosa Creek

Before – 6’ diameter CMP

Baseline Road / Cobmoosa Creek

September 2011 – 18’ x 6’ Wheeler Timber Deck on Piling

Project Cost $103,316

Grant Funding

$ 104,014

Fillmore Road / Cobmoosa Creek

Before – 3’ diameter rotted CMP

Fillmore Road / Cobmoosa Creek

July 2012 – 14’ x 6’ Wheeler timber Deck on Piling

Project Cost $104,605

Grant Funding $120,340

Pierce Road / Cobmoosa Creek

Before – Perched 6’ diameter CMP

Pierce Road / Cobmoosa Creek

August 2012 – 20’ x 7’ Wheeler Timber Bridge

Project Cost

$127,319

Grant Funding

$93,618

Buchanan Road / Cobmoosa Creek

Before – 6’ diameter CMP

Buchanan Road / Cobmoosa Creek

September 2012 – 20’ x 8’ Wheeler Timber Bridge

Reconnected 1.57 miles of upstream habitat

Project Cost $112,402

Grant Funding

$136,496

Arthur Road / Carlton Creek

Before – Rotted, Severely Perched 3’ diameter CMP

Arthur Road / Carleton Creek

September 2012 – 14’ x 7’ Wheeler Timber deck on piling

Reconnected 1.5 miles of upstream

habitat

Project Cost $96,829

Grant Funding $85,000

148th Avenue / Cobmoosa Creek

Before – 6’ diameter CMP

148th Avenue / Cobmoosa Creek

August 2013 – 22’ x 8’ Wheeler Timber Bridge

Reconnected 1.75 miles of upstream habitat

Project Cost $100,687

Grant Funding $90,248

148th Avenue / N Br White River

Before – Triple 77” diameter CMPs – North Tube Plugged

148th Avenue / N B White River

Final culvert section being removed

148th Avenue / N Br White River

September 2013 – 45’ triple-span Wheeler Timber Bridge

Reconnected 3 miles of up- river habitat

Project Cost $255,881

Grant Funding $370,636

176th Avenue / N Branch White River

Current condition – collapsed 10’ diameter round CMP

Upon completion it will reconnect 2 miles of up-river habitat

Scheduled for removal in 2014 with funds from USDA-FS and US F&WS

Cleveland Road / Brayton Creek

Current condition – 66” and 74” perched CMPs

Upon completion it will reconnect 17 miles of upstream habitat

Scheduled for removal in 2014 with funding from GLFT, NFF / Coca-Cola, USDA-FS and US F&WS

Since 2011, the OCRC, in partnership with the WRWTF,

has removed 16 culverts

at nine (9) “Natural River” crossings, with $1,194,313 in grant funding.

Two (2) additional high-profile removals are scheduled for 2014.

White River Watershed Task Force Partners

Sandy Griffin OCRC Clerk-Manager

Lisa DutcherProject Coordinator