One rock dams/ gabbions and large woody debris gully stuffers, Treasure Lake, Kentucky, USA. January 2019.
The videos bellow are taken about 24 hours apart in mid January 2019. One during a high flow situation due to rain on top of snow. Then as the stream flow slows down, you can see the architecture of our restoring natural hydrology work in the second video. It shows an incised creek being reshaped, habitat created, water and nutrients slowed and filtered. Only one years worth of work during a few pulsations. Basically as we put it, be the beaver!! Watch them both and check out the link below for more on this technique I have employed across the world. Also there are design maps at the bottom to understand it more contextually.
https://treeyopermacultureedu.com/chapter-7-water/restoring-natural-stream-hydrology/
HIGH FLOW STORM EVENT
LOWER FLOW NEXT DAY
zoom in on the stream
zoom in in the overall area
full site map
stream repair map of where we did pushes in 2018
watershed map of taylor creek which the lake has dammed up one its major arms
size calculation of the overall watershed, 612 acres or 245 ha
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Author: Doug Crouch
Trained as both a Permaculture Designer and Fish and Wildlife Manager, Doug
has extensive knowledge surrounding landscape planning and food production systems. This regenerative design and implementation work spans the globe ranging in contexts and climates including tropical agro-forestry, Mediterranean organic gardening, and temperate suburban edible landscaping. To facilitate this work he founded TreeYo Permaculture thus building off his other formal training in small business management. Incorporating this knowledge and experience into sustainability educational programming has now become Doug’s main focus as he continues his ecological design and holistic development at Treasure Lake.
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