Gracie Creek REE 2010 - Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural
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Gracie Creek REE 2010 - Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural
Gracie Creek – Taylor River Watershed Funding Source: Land Based Investment Program Of the Forest Investment Account Investment Number: COTFL446906 Project Number: 6906005 Routine Effectiveness Evaluation of Gracie Creek Restoration February 2010 \ Submitted to: Annette Van Niejenhuis Western Forest Products Campbell River, BC Submitted By: M.C. Wright and Associates 2231 Neil Drive Nanaimo BC V9R 6T5 Phone/Fax: (250) 591-1056 Email: mike.wright@mcwrightonline.com ______________________________________________________________ M.C. Wright and Associates Gracie Creek REE –February 2010 1 Gracie Creek REE February 2010 Routine Effectiveness Evaluation of Gracie Creek Restoration February 2010 Citation: Musial, B., and M.C. Wright. 2010. Routine Effectiveness Evaluation of Gracie Creek Restoration. Unpublished Report to Western Forest Products Inc., Campbell River, BC. ___________________________________________________________ M.C. Wright and Associates Gracie Creek REE 2010 2 Gracie Creek REE February 2010 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction................................................................................................................. 4 2.0 Site History .................................................................................................................. 4 3.0 Objectives..................................................................................................................... 5 4.0 REE Performance Summary ..................................................................................... 5 5.0 Conclusion and Recommendations ........................................................................... 7 Tables: -Table 1: Routine Effectiveness Evaulation for the Repairs Made to the Gracie Creek Restoration Sites, February, 2010 -Table 2: Summary of Remedial Work Recommendations for Gracie Creek Reaches 1 and 2, 2010. Figures -Figure 1 - Location Overview -Figure 2 - Site Overview - 2004 As-built -Figure 3 - Upper Gracie Creek: 0+500 to 0+787 with Photos -Figure 4 - Lower Gracie Creek: Lake to 0+500 with Photos Photos -Gracie Creek Photo Chronology - Main Stem - Gracie Creek Photos - Trib. 50.1 ___________________________________________________________ M.C. Wright and Associates Gracie Creek REE 2010 3 Gracie Creek REE February 2010 1.0 Introduction Gracie Creek is located in mid-central Vancouver Island, discharging into the West end of Two Rivers Arm, Sproat Lake (Figure 1). Gracie Creek has a total drainage area of 23.9 km2 and is one of 8 basins with an area >500ha that drain into Sproat Lake. Gracie Creek is a high value fish resource, principally for sockeye and coho salmon, cutthroat trout and steelhead. This channel has been affected by past logging activities in the area which have negatively impacted fish production in this basin. The lakeshore area of Gracie Creek was logged in the 1940’s. The Gracie Creek Basin is contained entirely within TFL 44. Most of the valley floor was logged in the 1960’s and the 1970’s (Horel, 1997). Logging practices would likely have included cross-stream yarding without riparian buffers, and the probable introduction of wood debris into the channel (Horel, 1997). The results of past logging include a loss of riparian forest and LWD along the channel that would naturally occur in low-gradient alluvial channels of this size. The total area logged as of July 20, 2000 was 778 ha (Horel, 2000). The alluvial reaches of Gracie Creek were impacted during original logging but have been recovering with some residual impacts (Horel, 2000). This basin is one of the few areas (outside of the Taylor basin) where there are significant lengths of alluvial channel reaches that are sensitive to sediment deposition and erosion (Horel, 1997). An increase in channel sediment in the main Gracie Creek channel was noted as early as 1962 from 0.4 km upstream of the Stirling Main Bridge, downstream to the outlet (Horel, 1997). However, no visible change in the overall channel position has been observed between 1962 and 1994. 2.0 Site History In 2000 Gracie Creek was mapped and assessed using RT-GPS technology by M. C. Wright and Associates and Hupacasath First Nation Fisheries personnel. Assessment of the creek revealed numerous logging related impacts. Logging impacts included severe channel aggrading, braiding, bank erosion, infilling of pools, loss of large conifers and loss of functional LWD required to maintain fish habitat. Channel aggrading in Reaches 1 and 2 led to predominantly subsurface flow during low flow periods, which isolated fry in pools and during periods of draught, causing high mortality as pools dewatered. The aggraded habitat also caused stranding of spawning sockeye and coho and high egg mortality from the dewatered redds. In 2003, M.C. Wright and Associates was contracted by Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd. to create a prescription to restore Reaches 1 and 2 of Gracie Creek (Wright, 2004). The project received approval from the Land Based Investment Program of the Forest Investment Account (FIA) to carry out the prescribed restoration works during the 2004 ___________________________________________________________ M.C. Wright and Associates Gracie Creek REE 2010 4 Gracie Creek REE February 2010 fisheries window (Figure 2). A follow up survey to assess the affects of the first season of fall and winter flows was completed in the spring of 2005. Significant changes were documented and a prescription was developed to repair the damaged areas (M.C. Wright and Associates, 2005). Prescribed repairs were carried out during the 2005 fisheries window. Since completion of the project the channel has experience extreme flood events (especially in the fall and winter of 2006-2007). In 2008 Western Forest Products Ltd. requested a Routine Effectiveness Evaluation of the Gracie Creek. The REE was limited to the effectiveness of the repairs made to the channel in 2005 and was conducted in reaches 1 and 2 of Gracie Creek (Wright, 2008). A second routine effectiveness evaluation was requested by Western Forest Products Ltd. in late 2009 to determine the current condition of the restored habitat. The site evaluation was carried out in February of 2010. 3.0 Objectives The primary objectives of the 2004 project were to: • Re-define the Gracie Creek mainstem to provide year round fish access to fish habitat upstream of the Sterling Mainline Bridge. • Eliminate water from migrating into areas unsuitable for spawning and rearing. • Lower the bed elevation to eliminate the loss of eggs and fry caused by frequent dewatering of spawning and rearing habitat. The objectives of the 2005 restoration project were to; • Repair riffles, • Remove ineffective structures (cutbanks), • Stabilize and redefine any unstable or eroded banks, • Lower the channel bed elevation where significant aggrading occurred, • Modify the log jam located immediately downstream of 0+000 to allow sediment transport out of the system. The Gracie Creek channel downstream of the bridge was evaluated during the 2010 REE to determine if the site has undergone any significant changes since the 2008 assessment. 4.0 REE Performance Summary All restoration works and repairs were evaluated for physical performance (Table 1) using the following definitions, modified from the 2003 REE guidelines: ___________________________________________________________ M.C. Wright and Associates Gracie Creek REE 2010 5 Gracie Creek REE February 2010 Score 4 3 2 1 Condition Remedial works have exceeded expectations and objectives Remedial works are meeting expectations and objectives. Remedial works are failing to meet objectives Remedial works fail to meet objectives. Expectations are not met. For the Gracie Creek channel downstream of the bridge (sites listed in Table 1), the mean physical performance objective was 2.1; identified issues include: Backwatering from Sproat Lake has resulted in slower flows and the deposition of a significant amount of material at the creek mouth and lower section of the mainstem (Figures 4 and 5a). o Observations from October of 2009 showed that downstream channel aggradations and resultant gravel plugs blocked surface flows and inhibited fish passage upstream (Kim Hyatt Personal Communication, 2009). This problem has been compounded by significant sediment loading from of tributary 50.1 (See Gracie Creek Photo Chronology-Trib. 50.1). o Figure 5a.shows aggrading in lower Gracie Creek at cross section #2, with a loss of ~2m of channel depth (see Figure 2 for cross-section location). A number of sites along the channel have experienced erosion above and behind the riprap bank armor during high flows. o The most severe of these sites is located at the site of the old cutbank #4 where flows have eroded a large section of the bank (~3m) behind the riprap amour (Figure 2 - Photo station 1659). Additionally, a second channel has branched off of tributary 50.1 and ends in a braided section near the Gracie Creek mainstem. o A large amount of material has been transported by this new channel that is currently deposited at this braided area <50m from the Gracie Mainstem. o Should this channel breach into the mainstem it will result in additional sediment loading and channel aggrading of the lower reach. o Evidence of water seeping out from this new channel is visible in the destabilized right bank section of Gracie Creek just upstream of tributary 50.1 (Figure 3, Photo station 1209). When compared to the 2008 assessment, no significant changes were observed during the 2010 REE. Many of the issues identified in the channel have existed since the time of the 2008 REE, indicating that the channel has stabilized such that remedial works can now be carried out (see Gracie Creek Photo Chronology-Main stem). Channel cross sections showed that areas of the lower channel have aggraded (Figure 5a) while much of the channel has stabilized (Figure 5b and c). From initial survey data it appears that significant aggrading has also occurred in the pool at cross section 6 (Figure 5b), however, a new pool has developed just upstream of the cross section. The profile at ___________________________________________________________ M.C. Wright and Associates Gracie Creek REE 2010 6 Gracie Creek REE February 2010 cross section 9 was found to be very similar to that from 2004, with a well-developed gravel bar and deepened section along the right bank (Figure 5c). 5.0 Conclusion and Recommendations Since the restoration works were completed in 2004/2005 the channel has experienced extreme flood events, which have impacted the constructed works. Flows have eroded the channel banks behind the riprap amour and sediment inputs from tributary 50.1 are causing significant channel aggrading. Sediment transport from tributary 50.1 must be addressed as soon as possible to stop further channel aggrading in the lower reach of Gracie Creek. In its present state fish passage from Sproat Lake is impeded during low flow periods. These issues indicate that the channel is currently not meeting expectations and objectives in some of the channel sections. The following remedial works are required: Investigate sediment sources in tributary 50.1 (and the new secondary channel) and develop a prescription to stop sediment loading in the Gracie Creek Mainstem Develop a prescription to address the channel aggrading in the mainstem below tributary 50.1 and at the creek mouth Develop a prescription to address bank erosion and instabilities at (Figures 2, 3 and 4): 0+100-150 = left bank 0+230 = left bank cut bank 0+250 = right bank 0+300-350 = left bank and right bank 0+350-400 = right bank 0+400-450 = right bank 0+450 = left bank 0+500 = left bank 0+550= left bank 0+550-600 = right bank 0+600-650 = right bank Develop a prescription to lengthen the existing, or install a second groyne upstream of the bridge to provide better bank protection. LWD should also be added to the channel to increase habitat complexity. Remedial works are summarized in Table 2. Monitoring of the project should continue to ensure that the project is meeting expectations and objectives. Recommended remedial works should be carried out in 2010. ___________________________________________________________ M.C. Wright and Associates Gracie Creek REE 2010 7 Gracie Creek REE February 2010 6.0 References: Horel, G. 1997. Coastal Watershed Assessment (CWAP) of Sproat Lake Watershed. Report prepared by Ostapowich Engineering Services Ltd. for MacMillan Bloedel, Alberni West Division. Horel, G. 2000. Sproat Lake Watershed. Update of Watershed Assessment (CWAP) Report prepared by Ostapowich Engineering Services Ltd. for Weyerhaeuser West Island Timberlands, Sproat Lake Operation. Hyatt, Kim. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Personal Communication, Oct. 2009. M.C. Wright and Associates. 2005. Gracie Creek Restoration Project 2005. As-Built Report. Wright, M.C. 2004. Prescription to Rehabilitate Reaches 1 and 2 of Gracie Creek and the Gracie Creek Side-Channel, 2003-2004. Wright, M.C. 2008. Routine Effectiveness Evaluation of Gracie Creek Restoration. Unpublished Report to Western Forest Products, Campbell River. ___________________________________________________________ M.C. Wright and Associates Gracie Creek REE 2010 8 Gracie Creek REE February 2010 -Tables- ___________________________________________________________ M.C. Wright and Associates Gracie Creek REE 2010 9 Table 1. Routine Effectiveness Evaluation for the Repairs made to the Gracie Creek Restoration sites, February 2010. Survey CrewM. Wright, M. Sandford, B. Musial Weather / Flow: light rain/moderate Other Components: Photo Numbers Maintenance Reccommendation Low Flow Function High Flow Function Structural Stability Structural Condition Overall Rating Incubation Spawning Overwinter Rearing Life Stage Species Access Off-channel Overall Performance Objectives Biological Physical Nutrient Site Objective Cover Structure Type Bank Protection ID. # Thalwag Development Distance (m) litated Reaches of Gracie Creek 2005 Watershed: Sproat Lake sub-Watershed: Pool Formation Stream Project Name: Riffle Western Forest Name of Spons Products Inc. REE Interval: 2.5 Forest District: South Island Forest District Comments Gracie Creek Lake 50 0 GRAV Maintain Flow 3 1 4 4 3 2 2 Creek mouth was observed to be dry on October 17th due to significant aggredation Gracie Creek 0-50 LWD-A Modify Log Jam 2 2 4 4 3 2 3 Large LWD tree in center of channel could be realigned to create better flow and channel scour Gracie Creek 50-100 RR Bank Protection (RB) 2 3 3 2 3 3 High flow scour above riprap along right bank. This area aggrading from 50.1 sediment input. Gracie Creek 100-150 RR Bank Protection (RB) 2 3 3 2 3 3 Pool forming along right bank, some aggrading along left side of channel. Gracie Creek 150-200 RR Bank Protection (RB) 2 3 3 2 3 3 High flow scour above riprap along right bank. Gracie Creek 200-250 CUTBANK Cutbank #2 (LB) 1 1 1 1 2 Cutbank has completely collapsed and eroded along the left bank. Gracie Creek 250-300 RR Bank Protection (RB) 2 3 3 2 3 3 Some scour above riprap. Gracie Creek 300-350 RR Bank Protection (RB) 2 3 3 2 3 3 High flow scour above and behind riprap along right bank. Well-developed gravel bar along left bank. Gracie Creek 350-400 WEIR Rock Weir (trib 50.1) 1 2 1 2 1 Well-developed gravel bar along left bank. Tributary 50.1 weir failed and a lot of sediment input into main channel. 1 2 2 1 2 2 Severe erosion (3-5m) behind riprap along left bank. Right bank destabilization from water breaching out of 50.1. 1 Gracie Creek 400-450 RR Bank Protection (RB) Gracie Creek 450-500 RR Bank Protection (RB) 2 3 3 2 3 2 Erosion behind left bank riprap at location of original cutbank 4. Gracie Creek 500-550 RR Bank Protection (RB) 3 4 4 3 4 3 Riprap armour is in good condition, little erosion. Gracie Creek 550-600 RR Bank Protection (RB) 2 4 4 3 4 2 Scour along left bank. Gracie Creek 600-650 BIO-BANK Bank Stabilization 2 2 2 2 3 2 Right bank erosion and slumping-consider riparian prescription Gracie Creek 650-700 RR Bank Protection (RB) 3 4 4 3 4 3 Riprap armour in good condition with little erosion. Gracie Creek 700-800 700-800 RR RIFF Bank Protection (RB) Rock Riffle 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 700-800 BLD-G Rock Gryone 2 4 4 2 3 2 Riprap armour in good condition with little erosion. Riffle in good condition and functioning. Another groyne should be installed to direct flow under the bridge. Gracie Creek 4 2 Table 2. Summary of remedial work recommendations for Gracie Creek Reaches 1 and 2, 2010. Priority Watershed Distance 1 Gracie Creek 0+350 to 0+400 2 Site ID Maintenance score Trib. 50.1 1 Gracie Creek -50 to 0+000 -50 2 3 Gracie Creek 0+450 to 0+500 500 2 4 Gracie Creek 0+787 2 5 Gracie Creek 0+50 to 0+550 787 Throughout Channel 3 Remedial works proposed Estimated Cost Look into feasability of diverting flows back into Creek #51 ~$40,000 (Historic Path) and develop a (Prescription prescription and Diversion) Excavate aggraded bed material downstream of the log jam $2,500.00 Install additional rip rap at erosion zone along left bank behind existing armour $3,000.00 Lengthen existing or install a second groyne upstream of the bridge $3,000.00 Develop a rescription to repair scour behind riprap armour. $10,000.00 Total Person days Equipment required Prescription required ~25 1 x 20 ton excavator 1x rock truck Yes 1 1 x 20 ton excavator No 1 1 x Spider hoe No 1 1 x 20 ton excavator No 2-3 1 x Spider hoe No Gracie Creek REE February 2010 -Figures- ___________________________________________________________ M.C. Wright and Associates Gracie Creek REE 2010 10 Sproat Lake Gracie Creek Two Rivers Arm Port Alberni 0 0.5 1 T_LAKE CHANNEL T_STREAM 2 3 Legend tctrl HWY BRIDGE 4 Kilometers trivr tlake troad SCALE: Survey Datum: NAD 83, UTM Z10 Map Base: Devloped from Digital TRIM Locations recorded with TRIMBLE Pro-XR 1:34,725 Gracie Creek Routine Effectiveness Evaluation Figure 1: Location Overview Prepared For: Western Forest Products Annette Van Niejenhuis Prepared By: M.C. Wright & Associates February, 2010 2% en b fal ls ( ba rri er ) wo od Gracie Creek Sproat Lake Three Rivers Arm SHEET #1 Gracie Creek As-built Survey 2004 backwater inlet from lake 10 10 62 51 16 63 0+ 0 00 Note: as-built chainages start at 0+000 at the DS end of works, and increase US towards the mainline road bridge. The chainage of the center of this bridge is aprox 0+740. Xs ec #1 +0 (0 Note that the design chainages were reversed (increasing DS), and the old bridge chainage was aprox 0+250. ) 09 0 05 0+ Xs ec #2 (0 +0 58 ) 0+10 0 16 52 SHEET #2 Gracie Creek As-built Survey 2004 1060 Xsec #3 (0+132) 0+150 cutbank #1 1837 Xsec #4 (0+170 ) 0+ 20 0 1653 20 04 ) cutbank #2 Au g 0 25 16 5 Xs ec #6 ( 4 6) 3) d 7 (0 +32 0 104 57 16 0+ 40 16 56 0 0 se 9 ec #8 (0+ 3 56 ) cutbank #3 c #9 (0 +3 87 ) 1056 ec Xs #1 58 34 ) 30 0+35 X 16 ec # Xs 0+45 (0 +2 braid e SP "A" 26 #5 0+ as -b uil 165 5 Gr ac ie 1065 730 Xs Cr ee k SHEET #3 Gracie Creek As-built Survey 2004 0+ ec 0 t( 1066 Xs 8 0+ 1067 10 5 0+02 0 0 (0 Tributary 50.1 bed elevation lowered ~1m. and 3 riffles constructed @ chainages: 20, 100 & 157m +4 60 top of bank (typ) ) 10 4 7 bo tto m of ba nk (ty p ) 0+ 50 0 cutbank #4 ry ta bu tri rip rap channel armouring (typ) 60 16 Xs ec 11 ) " "B 12 18 cutbank #5 .1 50 SP 16 #11 ( 59 0+5 od flo 2 #1 ec cutbank #6 constructed riffle crest (typ) 0+ Xs 10 0 0 55 0+ n an ch el ) 45 +5 (0 60 0+ 6 16 0 2 3 (0 1 #1 166 ec Xs +5 97 ) Xs 4 #1 ec 16 (0 63 0 65 0+ ) 37 +6 0+157 reach break 1 731 Xs 0 end of works on tributary 50.1 (at aprox chainage 0+180) 5( ec Xs #1 70 ec 0+ 0+ 67 5) +6 (0 ) 89 #17 +7 (0 (0+ 18 c# 64 16 702) e Xs ec Xs 53 10 6 #1 5 72 0+ 65 16 23 ) Xsec #19 (0+78 7) 0 15 30 rock groyne installed to deflect flows 5% 60 90 SCALE: 1:2,500 120 Meters Gracie Creek Routine Effectiveness Evaluation Legend Figure 2 - Gracie CreekOverview and Chainages gracie4c.dwg Polyline AB_GLIDE AB_RIPRA GLIDE ROAD Layer AB_LWD AB_TEXT GRAV_BAR STANDPIP AB_CHANB AB_PHOTO AB_XSEC G_GLIDE SURVEY AB_CONTR AB_POOL BRIDGE POOL T_LAKE AB_CUTBA AB_RIFFL CHANNEL RIFFLE UL Prepared For: Western Forest Products Annette Van Niejenhuis Prepared By: Survey Datum: NAD 83, UTM Z10 Map Base: Digital TRIM Locations recorded with TRIMBLE Pro-XR M.C. Wright & Associates February, 2010 1655 1440 Gracie Creek Sproat Lake Two Rivers Arm Riprap along channel bend downstream 1199 1057 1657 1196 ! ? 1057 ! ? 1655 ! ? Close-up of severe erosion behind left bank riprap Severe erosion behind left bank riprap 1659 1209 ! ? 1196 1064 ! ? 1657 1056 1440 Erosion and channel widening 1209 1661 ! ? 1659 Scour along left bank downsrteam Downstream of bridge 1230 1055 Right bank destabilized from secondary channel 1659 1193 1054 Downstream of bridge 1664 ! ? 1193 ta r y 1664 u Trib 1193 1230 5 0. Riffle and left bank downstream of the bridge 1661 1662 781 ! ? 1053 1 Erosion on right bank downstream 1193 Erosion on right bank across channel - 1664 mid bridge ds Groyne and extensive left bank gravel bar upstream of bridge 1230 ! ? ! ? Erosion on right bank upstream 1050 1665 1051 Right bank downstream of bridge 0 30 60 120 180 240 Meters SCALE: 1:1,500 Gracie Creek Routine Effectiveness Evaluation Legend Figure 3- Upper Gracie Creek: 0+500 to 0+787 Bridge Cascade h H Photo Stations troad Riffle Glide ! ? Benchmarks Groyne Pool DigitizedStreams Prepared For: Western Forest Products - Annette Van Niejenhuis Survey Datum: NAD 83, UTM Z10 Map Base: Devloped from Digital TRIM Locations recorded with a TRIMBLE Pro-XR Prepared By: M.C. Wright & Associates February, 2010 Gracie Creek Sproat Lake Three Rivers Arm Sproat Lake Two Rivers Arm 1208 Looking upstream to log jam 1208 1208 1063 ? 1062 ! ? ! Looking downstream to right bank gravel bar from the log jam Log jam downstream of BMs 1062 and 1063 1652 ! ? 1061 Looking downstream toward LWD tree in channel 1652 1652 ! ? 1653 1060 Looking upstream Looking downstream 810 1653 ! ? 1059 1653 Eroding left bank at original site of cutbank 2 987 Looking upstream ! ? Riprap along channel bend and gravel bar upstream 1223 1058 1058 810 987 987 1655 Slumping right bank and location of Cross Section 6 Riprap along channel bend downstream 1199 1057 1196 - St re am #5 1 ! ? 1057 ! ? 1655 Looking downstream 1196 0 ! ? 12.5 25 50 75 SCALE: 1:1,500 100 Meters Legend Gracie Creek Routine Effectiveness Evaluation Figure 4 - Lower Gracie Creek Lake to 0+500 Riffle troad h H Photo Stations Cascade tlake ! ? Benchmarks Glide DigitizedStreams Pool Prepared For: Western Forest Products Annette Van Niejenhuis Prepared By: Survey Datum: NAD 83, UTM Z10 Map Base: Digital TRIM Locations recorded with TRIMBLE Pro-XR M.C. Wright & Associates February, 2010 Figure 5: Corss Sectional Profiles at Selected Sites to Demonstrate Changes in Bed Profile Since the 2004 As-built Survey. A. Cross Section 2, As-built 2004 Cross Section 2, February 2010 35 34 Elevation (m) Elevation (m) 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 0 1.7 4.2 6 8.1 10.3 13 15.4 18.3 21.3 35.000 34.000 33.000 32.000 31.000 30.000 29.000 28.000 27.000 26.000 25.000 24 0 Distance (m) B. Right Bank Left Bank 5 10 Cross Section 6, As-built 2004 Elevation (m) 34 Elevation (m) 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 2 5.2 8.2 10.6 12.8 14 19.5 24.7 25.5 27.3 32.1 35.000 34.000 33.000 32.000 31.000 30.000 29.000 28.000 27.000 26.000 25.000 39 Left Bank 0 Distance (m) C. 5 10 Elevation (m) Elevation (m) 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 3.5 5.4 7.2 10 Distance (m) 15 20 25 30 35 40 Cross-section 9, February 2010 34 0.5 30 Right Bank Cross Section 9, As-built 2004 0 25 Distance along channel (m) 35 0 20 Cross Section 6, February 2010 35 0 15 Distance Along Channel (m) 14.4 15.6 17.2 19.7 21 35.000 34.000 33.000 32.000 31.000 30.000 29.000 28.000 27.000 26.000 25.000 Left Bank 0 Right Bank 5 10 15 Distance along channel (m) 20 25 Gracie Creek REE February 2010 -Photos- ___________________________________________________________ M.C. Wright and Associates Gracie Creek REE 2010 11 Gracie Creek Photo Chronology - Main Stem 0-050 Photos taken from photostation 1208 2005 Photo looking downstream towards Sproat Lake from downstream of debris jam. 2010 Photo looking downstream from below log jam to aggraded area out 0+000 Photos taken from photostation 1651 2005 Photo looking downstream to debris jam before construction. 2010 Photo looking downstream to debris jam. 2010 Photo looking upstream towards debris jam. Photos from photostation 1651 cont. 2004 Looking upstream from photo point 1651 after the channel was complete 2005 Looking upstream from photo station 1651 before construction 2005 Looking upstream from photo station 1651 after construction 0+100 Photos taken from photostation 1652 2005 Looking upstream from photo station 1652 before construction 2005 Looking upstream from photo station 1652 after construction 2010 Photo looking upstream from left bank. 0+300 Photos taken from photostation 1664 2005 Looking upstream from photo station 1654 before construction. 2008 Looking upstream from photo station 1654. 2005 Looking upstream after construction. 2010 Looking upstream from photo station 1664 (987). 2008 View of the riffle crest at 0+300. 0+350 Photos taken from photostation 1655 2005 Looking upstream from photo point 1655 before construction. 2008 2005 Looking upstream from photo point 1655 after construction. 2010 2008 Photo showing armor at 0+380 covered in sediment from Trib.50.1, which is being transported downstream and causing channel aggrading. 2010 Photo looking upstream from right bank, looking at outlet of Trib.50.1 Looking downstream from photo station 1655. Looking downstream from photo station 1655 Photos taken from photostation 1655 cont. 2010 Photo showing excesive erosion behind riprap armour on right bank. 0+450 Photos taken from photostation 1657 2004 Looking downstream from photo point 1657 after restoration was complete. 2010 Looking downstream from photo station 1657 2010 Photo looking upstream from photo station 1657 Photos taken from photostation 1657 cont. 2010 2010 0+500 Photos taken from photostation 1659 2010 Photo taken from photo station 1657 showing severe erosion upstream of riprap also identified channel widening. Photo looking downstream showing severe erosion upstream of riprap, also identified channel widening. 0+600 Photos taken from photostation 1661 0+620 Photos taken from photostation 1662 2010 Photo looking downstream showing extensive scour. 2004 Looking downstream from photo station 1662 after channel restoration was complete. 2010 Photo looking upstream showing severe erosion upstream of riprap, also identified channel widening Photos taken from photostation 1193 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 Photos showing severe erosion on right bank. 0+700 Photos taken from photostation 1664 2004 Looking upstream from photo station 1664 after the restoration was complete. Photo looking upstream from photo station 1664 Photo looking downstream from photostation 1664. 0+750 Photos taken from photostation 1665 2004 Looking upstream from photo station 1665 after restoration of channel was complete. 2010 Photo looking upstream at groyne. Gracie Creek Photo Chronology - Trib. 50.1 Looking upstream from 50.1 trib downstream weir at sediment in channel. Looking upstream from 50.1 trub at second weir. Looking upstream into small inlet tributary which is contributing fine sediment to 50.1 tributary Looking downstream in 50.1 tributary Looking downstream in 50.1 tributary Looking upstream from mid channel in tributary 50.1 from apporox. 0+200m Photo taken from 0+260, looking upstream. Photo taken from 0+260, looking downstream at eroding left bank - photo taken from vegetated island in middle of the channel. Looking downstream to fork in 50.1 channel. Looking downstream in new branch channel. Looking downstream to fork in 50.1 channel.