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Baker, Virginia
From:
Johnson, Alan
Sent:
Friday, October 17, 2014 1:09 PM
To:
Baker, Virginia
Subject:
UT town creek
I went out to the site with Christi Suggs. I had been to the initial visit when it first came up as a possible site, but haven't
been involved with it since that time.
Overall, no changes to the plan, but some minor comments (below):
-They have two "water quality' ponds at the upper end of two tribs to the main branch, that catches and "treats" the
run off from the surrounding pasture.
- Unlike most stream plans they have a good bit of wetland creation /restoration along the main branch. It will be
interesting to see how this goes. The main branch is pretty beat up from cattle
-They propose the use geo -tech fabric for soil lifts and for grade control /cross vanes etc. This is standard practice. I did
mention to Christi about the possible use of "burlap" or similar material. A more natural material that over time would
degrade, while the stream and vegetative growth matures.
-1 mention the use of "screenings" from rock quarry for use in riffle pools and backfilling cross vanes etc. This material
fills the gap between #57 stone and sand /soil mediums. This work extremely well at a DOT site where a culvert had to
be backfilled and created a very natural looking stream substrate.
-1 mentioned the potential to limit the final grub and grading which removes all stumpage from the site. It may be
better to leave stumps so that the roots remains and a quicker regrowth may occur from the stump rather than counting
on plantings.
Alan