SAND CREEK @ THE FOOT OF KANOPOLIS

DAM, KANSAS Let’s build

Engineered Rocked Riffle #5 the most upstream of the five

riffles that will be constructed.

Flow

Dig pool

Dig pool

Glide stones

Engineered Rocked Riffle stones in end-to-end compression

Stone bank protection

Key stones

Key stones

Building the downstream sloped section of the ERR.

CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

FlowProfile view

STONE ENGINEERED ROCKED RIFFLE FOR GRADE & HEADCUT STABILIZATION

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ERR has a swale in the center to help fish

passage during low flow

The stream was not dewatered during

construction as we only had a trickle of flow. Regulatory approved

this of course.

Digging the DS keyway approx. 2 ft deep.

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Looking DS. Stone in place but loose (not in compression)

CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

Track walking so that stone is in end-to-end compression

CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

Close-up of sloped section of ERR #5-stones in compression

CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

Engineered Rocked Riffle #5

completed. Let’s see how it

looks!!

Looking DS @ a completed ERR #5. Water from ERR #4 is creating a tailwater on the DS end of ERR #5.

CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

Flow left to right, looking @ completed ERR #5. ERR is has a swale in the center to help fish passage during low flow

CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

Close-up of sloped section of ERR #5-stones in compression

CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

Looking US @ great deep pool where trout can be stocked.

CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

Looking US @ instant marshland. Some flooded plants will die (that’s OK) & other plants will become established.

CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

Looking US @ at old channel & flooded old overbank areas. Great habitat for a herps, smaller fish, insects, etc.

CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

Looking DS @ smooth transition from ERR to DS pool.

CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

Looking DS from ERR #5. Backwater from ERR #4 is flooding the old channel & creating hemi wetlands

CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7-14-2008

7 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT

COMPLETIONPhotos by

Garold Sneegas February 3, 2009

Happy fish in Sand Creek!!

7 MONTHS LATER-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY GAROLD SNEEGAS 2-3-09

Several sections of the stream were only a couple of inches deep before we installed the Engineered Rocked Riffles

7 MONTHS LATER-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY GAROLD SNEEGAS 2-3-09

7 MONTHS LATER-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY GAROLD SNEEGAS 2-3-09

More happy fish in Sand Creek!!

8 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT

COMPLETION Photos by Derrick APRIL 11, 2009

8 MONTHS LATER-Looking @ ERR #5.

8 MONTHS LATER-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 4-11-09