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1 Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Island Restoration Details Mississippi Makeover Meeting Citizens Advisory Group December 1, 2009 Hastings City Hall Community Room Scot Johnson Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

2 Floodplain Restoration Features Pool-wide Water Level Management Floodplain Island Construction Backwater Dredging

3 Floodplain Island Restoration

4 Island Restoration Ecosystem Objectives Essential Ecosystem Characteristics Drivers of the System Water Quality 1.3 Reduce mobilization of sediment contaminants 1.4 Achieve State Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) reduce turbidity, resuspension, erosion 1.6 Maintain water clarity sufficient to support submersed aquatic vegetation, invertebrates and fish species Geomorphology 2.1 Enhance channel geomorphic diversity 2.6 Increase the extent and number of islands 2.8 Increase topographic diversity and elevation of floodplain 2.10 Modify exchange between channels and floodplain areas 2.11 Modify contiguous backwater areas Hydrology/River Hydraulics 3.7 Reduce wind fetch in open water areas 4

5 Floodplain Islands Restoration What use to be there What s been eroded away Rebuild what was lost October 1961 August 1994 August 2000

6 UMR - Lower Pool 2 September 21 and 23, 1937 Water Level Elevation at Pool 2 Gage = (1912 NGVD) 6

7 UMR - Lower Pool 2 July 8, 2008 Water Level Elevation at Pool 2 Gage = (1912 NGVD) Discharge Q= 14,300 cfs 7

8 UMR - Lower Pool 2 Preliminary Plan I G H F E D K C B A J 2007 Bathymetry Legend 4 Lower Pool 2 Bathymetry - Depth in Feet Value High : 0 Fines borrow area Low : Mile Water Level Datum = feet (1912 NGVD) 8

9 North and Sturgeon Lakes Location Map Minnesota Pool 3 9

10 UMR Pool 3 - Sturgeon Lake

11 UMR Pool 3 - Sturgeon Lake June 23, ,700 cfs 11

12 UMR Pool 3 - Sturgeon Lake New Recommended Plan place holder SL-3 SL-4 Depth (feet) Value High : 0 SL-2 Low : Preliminary Plan USGS Bathymetry Data Collected 2003 SL-5 SL-1 12

13 UMR Pool 3 - North Lake

14 UMR Pool 3 - North Lake June 23, ,700 cfs 14

15 UMR Pool 3 - North Lake NL- E NL- F NL-G NL-H NL-D Island Borrow Site Corps 2008 Bathymetry NL-C NL-B NL-A 2009 Preliminary Plan 15

16 Lower Pool 2 Islands Preliminary Plan Design Length Area Island (feet) (acres) A B C D E F G H I J K miles 77.4 acres 16

17 Sturgeon Lake Islands Preliminary Design Island Station Average Depth (number) (feet) (feet) SL SL SL Total 750 Island Design Height = (1912 NGVD) SL SL SL SL Total 2500 SL SL SL SL SL Total 2000 SL SL SL SL SL SL Total 1500 SL SL SL SL Total 540 acres Grand Total 7, miles of Islands 17

18 North Lake Islands Preliminary Design North Lake General Island Design Island Design Height = (1912 NGVD) Island Station Average Depth Island Sand Fines Carp Barrier Rip Rap Groins Vanes Sand Tip (number) (feet) (feet) (cubic yards) (cubic yards) (cubic yards) (feet) (each) (each) (each) NL - A NL - A NL - A Total NL - B NL - B NL - B NL - B NL - B Total NL - C Total NL - D NL - D NL - D NL - D NL - D Total NL - E Total NL - F NL - F Total NL - G NL - G NL - G Total NL - H foot wide NA NL - H NL - H Total Grand Total acres miles of Islands 18

19 Estimates for Pool 2 and Pool 3 Islands Cost Island Length Island Area $ 14,056,088 dollars 10.2 miles acres * Vanes 317 each * Groins 279 each * Sand Tips 27 each * Riprap Protection 2,640 feet Sand Base Volume Fine Topsoil Volume 1,179,725 cubic yards 116,875 cubic yards

20 Tasks needing to be completed to further develop projects Plans and Specifications Engineering Design Hydrology and Hydraulic Modeling Mussel Surveys Sediment Testing Real Estate Cultural Resources Environmental Review Permits Monitoring Contract

21 Engineering Plans and Specifications

22 689.0 feet (1912 NGVD) Island Cross-Sectional Design 100 feet 60 feet feet (1912 NGVD) sacrificial berm 1 foot thick sacrificial berm Typical Feature Design Riprap Shoreline Protection Design Project Pool (1912 NGVD) feet (1912 NGVD) From: St. Paul District - Corps of Engineers Pool 8 Islands HREP Phase III Stage 2B Design 22

23 Typical Feature Design Tip of Island Sand Tip Design From: St. Paul District - Corps of Engineers Pool 8 Islands HREP Phase III Stage 2B Design 23

24 689.0 feet (1912 NGVD) Typical Feature Design Rock Groin Design Spaced 180 feet apart From: St. Paul District - Corps of Engineers Pool 8 Islands HREP Phase III Stage 2B Design 24

25 Typical Feature Design feet (1912 NGVD) Rock Vane Design Spaced 90 feet apart From: St. Paul District - Corps of Engineers Pool 8 Islands HREP Phase III Stage 2B Design 25

26 Hydrology an d Hydraulics Flow Velocities Flow Direction Flood Stage Sturgeon Lake Velocity Distribution 100 year flood frequency 26

27 Mussel Surveys Avoid major mussel beds and minimize impacts. Avoid and minimize impacts to federal and state listed species.

28 Sediment Testing Sand, Silt and Clay content particle size analysis Availability of materials with specific properties Sediment properties and island stability Contaminants testing - PCBs, metals, organics

29 Real Estate Lower Pool 2 Corps bought flowage easements only. North Lake most in Gores Wildlife Management Area which is owned in fee title by Corps and leased to DNR. Sturgeon Lake surrounded by Parcel D land now in Prairie Island Indian Community ownership.

30 Cultural Resources Review of Archeological and Historic Records Phase I Reconnaissance Survey shovel tests in project area

31 Permits Corps 404b Regulatory Permit Minnesota DNR Public Waters Work Permit Minnesota PCA 401 Water Quality Certification Environmental Review NEPA Federal Environmental Assessment (EA) MEPA Minnesota Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW)

32 Final Steps Develop Contract Language Advertise for Bids Award Contract Contract Management Field Inspections Post Project Monitoring

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