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1 Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Watercraft Scenic Rivers Program

2 Ohio s Scenic Rivers First program in the nation, started in designated streams totaling 800 miles Scenic River Watersheds drain about 13,611 square miles

3 What is a Scenic River? Director may propose for designation watercourse with adjacent lands possessing water conservation, scenic, fish, wildlife, historic or outdoor recreation values that should be preserved using classifications..

4 Kokosing State Scenic River

5 Outstanding Water Quality

6 High Biological Diversity Northern Cardinal Spotted Darter (Endangered) Dobsonfly Larvae (Hellgramite)

7 Limited Human Intrusions

8 Valuable Recreational Resources

9 Hellbender State Endangered Found in only seven Ohio streams Kokosing River and the Little Beaver Creek have largest populations

10 Ohio s Scenic Rivers DESIGNATIONS Wild Scenic Recreational RIVERS Ashtabula River Big & Little Darby Creeks Chagrin River Conneaut Creek Grand River Kokosing River Little Beaver Creek Little Miami River Maumee River Mohican River Olentangy River Sandusky River Stillwater River Upper Cuyahoga

11 Program Priorities Protect riparian buffer and stream habitat Technical assistance on development issues Stream Quality Monitoring Project Land acquisition - ORC Dam Removal Implement Scenic River Law ORC Watershed Planning

12 Ohio Scenic River Law Approval of publicly funded projects within 1,000 foot corridor such as: Bridge projects Roads paralleling rivers Culvert replacements Waterlines/Sewerlines Park development - trails Bank stabilization

13 Benefits of Dam Removal Safety Hazard drowning hydraulics

14 Benefits of Dam Removal Ecological Negatively impact biological community Riverine to lacustrine loss of riffle, pool run complex Lower species diversity, tolerant spp. predominant Lower water quality, D.O. Impede natural movement of bed load

15 Benefits of Dam Removal Ecological Excessive sedimentation - substrate embeddedness

16 Macroinvertebrates Live in interstitial spaces critical level in food chain Unionid Mollusks Sediment on gill surface causes decreased food filtering efficiency and asphyxiation

17 Simple Lithophils - need a hard, clean, rocky substrate to lay eggs on - provide no parental care Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum Benthic Insectivores - need a hard, clean, rocky substrate feed on macroinvertebrates Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans

18 Dam Removal Sandusky State Scenic River St. Johns Dam Constructed 1935 by Ohio-American Water Company Backup water supply for the city of Tiffin Inspection in 1999 by ONDR, Division of Water determined the dam was unsafe 150 feet long, 7 feet high Impounded 8.5 miles of Sandusky River

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21 St. Johns Dam Research Project Partners Macroinvertebrates Heidelberg, Dr. Ken Krieger ODNR, Division of Natural Areas and Preserves Bivalve Unionids OSU, Dr. Tom Watters Fish ODNR, Division of Wildlife, Natural Areas and Preserves Geologic mapping of stream ODNR, Division of Geological Survey, Lake Erie Group Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index (QHEI) - Ohio Department of Transportation Additional independent research OSU, Dr. Tim Granata Sites monitored before after removal 5 yr. study

22 Dam Removal St. Johns Dam Research Monitoring sites above and below dam Monitoring at Ohio Environmental Protection Agency reference sites Detailed mapping was completed by the ODNR Division of Geological Survey 9/22/03 to 11/4/03 Post dam removal mapping was performed in 7/26-27/04, 10/25/04, and 10/27-28/04

23 Macroinvertebrates Utilized Hester-Dendy samplers per OEPA protocol Monitoring 7 sites, some samplers lost in high water first year

24 St. Johns Research Results Macroinvertebrates Species Dam East 2003 Dam West 2003 Walnut Grove 2003 Dam East 2004 Dam West 2004 Walnut Grove 2004 Total # Taxa Total # Individuals ,800+ 1,

25 St. Johns Research Results Captured Fish Species Species Above Dam 2003 Walnut Grove 2003 Above Dam 2004 Walnut Grove 2004 Above Dam 2005 Walnut Grove 2005 Black Redhorse Golden Redhorse Greater Redhorse (T) River Redhorse (I) Common Carp Smallmouth Bass Green Sunfish

26 St. Johns Research Results Unionid Bi-valves Species Richness vs. River Mile Species Richness River Mile

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28 Mexico Bridge Reach: St. John s Dam Substrate, morphology, and river s edge was mapped in the Summer and Fall of 2004 for comparison to mapping before the St. John s Dam removal in 2003 Mexico Bridge

29 Substrate Before Dam Removal (2003) Mexico Bridge Sandusky River Carbonate Bedrock Boulder and Slabs Cobble and Boulder Gravel and Cobble 1, ,000Feet Sand and Mud

30 Substrate After Dam Removal (2004) Mexico Bridge Sandusky River Carbonate Bedrock Boulder and Slabs Cobble and Boulder Gravel and Cobble 1, ,000Feet Sand and Mud

31 Morphology Before Dam Removal (2003) Sandusky River Riffle Run Glide 1, ,000Feet Pool Bar

32 Morphology After Dam Removal (2004) Sandusky River Riffle Run Glide 1, ,000Feet Pool Bar

33 Mexico Bridge Region Substrate Type And Acreage Before Dam Removal (2003) 2003 Substrate Acreage Series Any Boulder/Cobble/Gravel Mix Any Gravel/Cobble w/ some Sand Mix Substrate Type Any Mud/Sand Mix

34 Mexico Bridge Region Substrate Type And Acreage After Dam Removal (2004) 2004 Substrate Acreage Series Any Boulder/Cobble/Gravel Mix Any Gravel/Cobble w/ some Sand Mix Substrate Type Any Mud/Sand Mix

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