RACKET CREEK NEAR INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS

RACKET CREEK @ ELK CITY LAKE

NEAR INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS

PROJECT CONSTRUCTED DECEMBER 7-9, 2008

RACKET CREEK NEAR INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS

Bank erosion is actively eroding and threatening infrastructure within a U. S. Army Corps of Engineers public campground

Rural, sparsely populated Bed material: silts, clay, aluvium, deeply incised Pool-riffle-pool regime, slope less than 1% Average width 30-40 ft 32 ft tall eroding banks are a public safety issue One gully had a series of headcuts up to 4 ft tall.

PRE-PROJECT PHOTOSby

Eugene Goff September 2008

Looking US @ entrance conditions into project bend.

PRE-PROJECT-RACKET CREEK PIX BY EUGENE GOFF SEPT 2008

Looking US @ middle of project bend.


Looking DS @ middle of project bend.


Looking DS @ lower end of project bend.


Looking US @ entrance into straight section of the project.


Looking US at straight section of project.


STEP-BY-STEPS FOR RACKET

CREEK

All drawings by Dave Derrick

stream channel

Top bankEroding bank

approximately 32 ft tall

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Racket Creek, Independence, KS

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Dig a notch (2 ft deep and 4 ft wide) to tuck LPSTP closer to bank toe

Looking DS. Tracked back hoe has dug out a notch (2 ft deep & 4 ft wide) to tuck LPSTP closer to bank toe

CONSTRUCTION-RACKET CR. PIX BY DAVE DERRICK 12-8&9-2008

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From top bank, dump stone down over hill

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Tracked backhoe shapes stone into a Longitudinal Peaked Stone Toe Protection (LPSTP) with a crest

height 4 ft above the base flow water surface elevation

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Willow poles (termed Live Siltation) were then laid on the LPSTP at a rate of 3.5 poles per ft. Basal

ends should be in vadose zone (capillary zone)

Live Siltation

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Soil dug from the opposite bank of the stream was used to “plant” the Live Siltation & also to

provide a flatter slope for the eroded bank.

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In some sections of the project the upper bank will be sloped to

a stable angle of repose.

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Rooted-stock plants will be added in spring 2009 to

stabilize the bank, reduce high flow velocities, &

provide a vegetated riparian corridor.

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Seed & mulch all disturbed areas

CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS

by Dave Derrick, December 8-9, 2008

Keys #1-3, LPSTP, Live Siltation, & soil

placement at the upper end of the

project bend.

Looking DS @ hoe digging Key #1


Looking US @ Key #1 with hoe digging Key #2. Key # 1 will be extended up the hill to top bank. The key will be vegetated

with willow poles, filled with stone, backfilled with soil, with a berm at top bank to stop runoff flow down the key.


Looking US. Building Key #1.


It takes a BIG generator to brew coffee on a cold day in Kansas


Looking DS @ workers planting 2,000 willow poles


Looking US @ willows in key & on LPSTP.


Looking US @ hoe planting willows with soil from opposite bank


Looking US @ the upper section of the project bend with snow


Looking US @ first half of project bend with snow.


Looking DS @ hoe building Key #7 (last key in bend). Soil dug on inside of bend placed on outer bank. This soil would have been

washed away since the stream was shifted over with Bendway Weirs


Traffic Control Stones delineate steep bank


Rooted-stock plants were

installed March 18, 2009.

460 RPM TREES, SHRUBS, & GRASSES FOR RACKET CR.

Quercus palustris Pin Oak 20

Quercus bicolor Swamp White 20

Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak 20

Platanus occidentalis Sycamore 15

Acer rubrum Red Maple 15

Amorpha fruiticosa Indigo Bush 15

Cephalanthus occidentalis Button Bush 15

Cornus drummondii Rough Leaf Dogwood 15

Aronia arbutifolia brilliantissima Choke Berry 15

Rosa palustris Swamp Rose 15

Cornus stolinifera Red Osier Dogwood 15

Spartina pectinata Prairie Cordgrass

180

Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower 20

Juncus effusus Soft Common Rush 20

Hibiscus lasiocarpus Rose Mallow 20

Liatris pychnostachya Spike Blazing Star 20

Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milk weed 20

Crew ready, RPM plants ready, let’s plant!!

CONSTRUCTION-RACKET CR. PIX SHOT 3-18-2009

Root Production Method (RPM) cRaZy gRoWtH WITHOUT CHANGING GENETICS

(for oaks 0.8 inches @ DBH/year and 4 ft of growth per year are typical

A patented process RPM Method developed by Wayne Lovelace in 1991 Wayne Lovelace has 50 years experience in horticulture RPM Method applied to over 250 different species-trees,

shrubs, & grasses Cost effective – 50 trees per acre vs 300-400 with seedlings 60 acres of planted Mississippi River hardwood floodplain

we observed (50 trees/acre, total 3,000 trees), only 7 trees dead

Here is the teaser, an RPM Nuttal Oak, 7 years old, 7-inch dbh, & 35 ft tall. 92 degrees, we need shade

PHOTO-DEB FREEMAN

The RPM method is a 21 step patented process, with plants

grown in bottomless trays. The tap root hits air and stops

growing (air pruned). Plant is repotted twice, mychorrhiza inoculated twice, the rest is

secret !!

A bottomless tray in the greenhouse

Photos by derrick

A stage 1 RPM seedling

Photos by derrick

Meet Wayne Lovelace, the RPM inventor

Stage 2 Stage 1 Stage 3

Acorns planted in Feb-March, these RPM trees are less than 6 months old

Photo by derrick

Three gallon container (removed), oak tree 6 months old, nothing but dense

roots, allows for increased absorption of water, nutrients, and oxygen !!! Note mychorriza colonization (white area)

Photo by derrick

These RPM oaks were acorns in Feb, already 4-6 ft tall, several of these plants WERE PRODUCING ACORNS!!!

Photo by derrick

Acorns growing on a 6 month old Burr Oak. Typically these trees do not produce acorns during the first 30 years. Wayne says acorn

production coincides with the wasting away of the tap root.

Photo by derrick

“Kimberley”, a natural cross between a Swamp White Oak & a Burr Oak discovered by Wayne’s wife. Over the last 20 years it has delivered 100 lbs of

acorns per year (not diurnal). 50 Kimberlys per acre=5,000 lbs seed/food.

Photo by derrick

Planting the rooted-stock plants in the

upstream half of the project bend.

March 3, 2009.

It’s a long way up! Topsoil added to slope eroded bank.


Looking DS @ crew planting the upper section of the project bend. Note flows have reshaped the active stream channel. Fine material

deposited between the short Bendway Weirs.


Looking US @ the US section of the project bend. Channel within project is stable with sediment between Bendway Weirs. Bank has been graded & a few rooted-stock plants installed.


Looking US @ upper bank plantings with browse guards installed.


Looking US @ plantings on the US section of the project bend.


Planting the rooted-stock plants in the downstream half of

the project bend March 3, 2009.

Looking US @ “exclusionary vegetation” plantings between the Traffic Control Stones on top bank above the steep bank .


Looking down hill at planting crew installing rooted-stock plants on the narrow floodplain bench above the LPSTP.



Looking down hill at planting crew installing rooted-stock plants on the narrow floodplain bench above the LPSTP.

Stream Project Functions:

Fully functioning both hydraulically & environmentally. Multiple protection redundancy. Longitudinal Peaked Stone Toe Protection provides a robust adjustable bank toe protection. Bendway Weirs move scour & thalweg away from attacked bank, with velocities reduced within weir field & on bank. Live Siltation, pole plantings, & rooted-stock plants provide roughness & reduce near-bank flow velocities. Roots strengthen bank & bind soil. Bank & top bank rooted stock plantings will provide stability and a continuous riparian corridor.

8 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT

COMPLETION(1/2 A GROWING SEASON)

Photos by Derrick AUGUST 19, 2009

8 MONTHS LATER –

THE UPSTREAM HALF OF THE PROJECT BEND

8 MONTHS LATER-Looking uphill at the multi-function structure that serves as Key #4 & visitors path to the stream.

8 MONTHS LATER-RACKET CREEK-PIX BY DERRICK 8-19-09

8 MONTHS LATER-Looking downhill @ the headcut gully repair, Key #4, & visitors path to the stream.


8 MONTHS LATER-From stream looking uphill at the visitors path.


8 MONTHS LATER-From top bank looking US @ the upper section of the project. Vegetation functioning well!!


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking US. 32 ft tall bank is steep but stable & well vegged with an assortment of native trees, shrubs, & grasses.


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking US. LPSTP has stabilized the toe & Bendway Weirs have transferred energy to the inside of the bend.


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking US. Entire bend is stable.


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking US @ stable LPSTP, deposition between Bendway Weirs, & good willow growth


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking US @ willows dead & alive


8 MONTHS LATER-Cottonwood trees growing from seed @ toe


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking US. Stable channel thanks to LPSTP, Bendway Weirs, & vegetation


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking uphill @ grasses, trees & shrubs


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking uphill @ grasses, trees & shrubs


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking US @ upper end of project


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking uphill @ the upstream vegged key


8 MONTHS LATER-Slump near US end of project. Slumped material is rapidly colonizing with cottonwood trees & other natives.


8 MONTHS LATER-From US end, looking DS @ stable channel


8 MONTHS LATER-From top bank looking DS @ US end of project


8 MONTHS LATER - THE

DOWNSTREAM HALF OF THE PROJECT BEND

8 MONTHS LATER-From top bank looking DS @ US end of project


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking DS @ lower section of project bend. Over steepened bank will not support vegetation. However colluvium at toe is partially vegged & collecting other fallen

material.


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking DS. Bendway Weirs & LPSTP is stabilizing toe. Veg is holding colluvium.


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking DS. Some rilling of bank. Toe above LPSTP could use some additional shrubs & bunch grass.


8 MONTHS LATER-From top bank looking @ toe & BW


8 MONTHS LATER-Top bank stone & grasses at bank edge


8 MONTHS LATER - KEYS/HARD

POINTS/SHORT LPSTP STRUCTURES FOR

THE DOWNSTREAM (STRAIGHTER

PORTION) OF THE PROJECT

8 MONTHS LATER-Looking @ the L-Head structure. Note deposition DS of bank section of L-Head


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking @ a hard point. Stable & deposition DS of the structure. Shady so no veg.


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking DS @


8 MONTHS LATER-Looking US @ stable bank & deposition DS of structures. Shady so little veg.


This project is done. NOT BAD FOR 4 DAYS WORK!!


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