| Little Calumet |
| Prairie and Wetland Mitigation |
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The starting point, left photo shows center line ditch, which has been ditched to drain the fields both North and South of it. The grade is artificially steep. |
Step One: Remove the trees. |
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We accomplished this by chipper, cut and pile, grubbing the roots and burning. |
The next step in restoring the natural hydrology was to cut and plug drain tiles that had been installed in the 60's so that this once wetland / semi-marsh could... |
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...begin its restoration back to a hydric wetland. |
When you remove the drainage system you have to start pumping in order to keep working. |
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One plugged drain tile. |
The next step was returning the land to its natural topography. |
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Creating a whole new meaning to the phrase 'site prep' for this Georgia boy. |
Meanwhile, the hand crew is busy on Black Oak hand cutting and piling some 57 acres . |
This site was all hand work. |
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The topography on this site was still original, but the site had become filled with invasive and exotic plants like Siberian Elm, Weeping Willow, Mulberry, huge Honeysuckle to name a few. |
Here, Leobardo is creating a snag. At first, the designers thought that double-girdling would kill the invasive trees. |
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After cutting the crew piled hundreds upon hundreds of piles. |
And then we burned them. (Very similar to our Henry County Water Authority contract.) |
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And now back to Chase Street... |
Did you say hoedad? Or trackhoe? |
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Creating an artificial dam to install two runs of 48" RCP pipe. |
Through a levee with 5 high-pressure gas lines in it. |
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This job we sub-contracted to Grimmer Construction; fantastic crew! |
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Each joint had to be vaccum tested to ensure that the pipe was not porous and that the joints were formed correctly. |
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Bill, the owner of Lowell Concrete test pipe with us in the hot summer sun. Now the USACE will accept the pipe. |
