Red River Watershed Association

"Supporting the Red River Watershed

So It Can Support YOU!"

Restoration in Action

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Red River Watershed Association
P.O. Box 1185
Springfield, TN 37172

info@redriverwatershed.org

(615)384-5622

Pleasant Grove Creek, Logan County, Kentucky

Volunteers from the RRWA assisted the Cumberland River Compact's Building Outside the Box program right here in our watershed!

The Compact has been implementing Best Management Practices designed to improve water quality and conserve water usage on Pleasant Grove Creek in Logan County, KY.

This used to be a drainage ditch that funneled sediment and field chemicals straight to the creek! It is now a nice retention berm basin with a hardened flow outlet. The area in front of the outlet has been planted with native grasses. The posts have 'hog wire' attached to them below ground level and will soon be cut off at the ground. The grasses and rip-rap (large rock) will act as a filter to help clean the water before it gets to the creek!

This improvement includes fencing cattle out of the creek and providing watering station with erosion-resistant footing to handle the traffic.

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The rainwater falling on these two buildings flows to a cistern system. The water can then be used around the farm for livestock and other needs.

See the person standing beside the cisterns? These are BIG tanks and will hold lots of useable water!

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Below, Pleasant Grove Creek had a flat shallow run where cattle used to cross and loiter. This created a situation where, when it rained hard, the banks of the creek got cut deep and sediment was deposited over all the streambed. This choked out all the cobble (small - medium size rocks) where the little critters live. No little critters, no fish!

	The severely cut 90^o bank was redesigned and sloped. The red arrow in the picture represents the old stream bank height and cut. The blue arrow shows the new stream bank!)
The stream was redesigned with two step pools fed by riffles that will provide habitat and naturally oxygenate and clean the water. Rip-rap and soil were used to create a more natural stream bank.

	The new stream bank was seeded with native grasses, covered with an organic protective matting, and planted with native trees.

The angles and shape of the bank were designed to withstand flooding and slow the reintroduction of the water back into the stream. This will reduce band erosion and sedimentation downstream as well!	Click below for more information! Building Outside The Box Cumberland River Compact
Check out the great "AFTER" shots taken on July 31, 2007!