Dix River Project Location
Lands
Drainage Ditch
Surface Drainage Ditch
Removing Topsoil
Preparing groundwater dam
Removing topsoil
Excavator begins trench
Removing Silt-Clay
Silty-clay removal
Silt-clay
Gravel Removal
Gravels
Washed gravels
Sand found below
Leaves Preserved
Possible Cottonwood Leaf
Exposed Bedrock
Buried log
Groundwater dam construction
Excavating the trench
Filling the trench
Permeable layers
Compacting silt-clay
Filling the core
Raising the groundwater dam
Filling Core Trench
Raising the core trench
Filling the core trench
Spreading gravels
Crayfish entering burrow
Crayfish
Clay drain tiles
Exposed drainline
Excavator cuts drain line
Blow-out
Buried Clay Drain Tiles
Drain tile flowing while filled
Log Ditch 1
Log Ditch 1-cross section
Water flowing in Log Ditch 1
Log Ditch 2
Logs from ditch
Log Ditch #4
Wetland Contouring
Building a Wetland
Oxbow Wetland Construction
Pool Construction
Beaver lodge
Placing a snag
Snag Placement
Restored Creek Pool
Removing drain tiles
Ephemeral Wetland
Spreading organic materials
Placing Organic Material
Seeding a Wetland
Restored Creek
Restored perennial creek
Pool in first summer
Pool in first fall
Stream Pool
Examining Stream Pool
Aquatic Life
Pool with snags-early spring
Stream and pool
Emergent Wetland
Shorebird Habitat
Tadpoles
Eastern Box Turtle
Crayfish Chimney
Woody Debris
Crayfish Activity
Spike rush and water plantain
New wetland plants
Mudflats
Wetland at base of hill
Placed Snag
Ephemeral wetland
Large Woody Debris
Floodplain Wetlands
Creek Bend
Oxbow
Muskrat Lodge
Small Wetland Pools
Wetland & Restored Stream
Restored Ephemeral Wetland
Restored Stream
Restored Stream and Wetland
Swamp White Oak
Red Maple
Emergent wetland
American lotus
Danny Peake
Ephemeral wetland in fall
Plant diversity
