For background information on this project, click HERE. 2008 - Notice how shallow the channel and banks are. The actual "hole" was pretty shallow back then. 2010 Summer Flooding - Outlet culverts nearly submerged. This is when major erosion of the channel took place and the "scour hole" really grew in size and depth. Sept. 2013 - Beginning to pump out the scour hole in preparation for infilling/construction. Comparing this photo to the 2008 photo above, you can really see the magnitude of erosion that's taken place over the years. Sept. 2013 - Pumping underway. We had to block off one of the culverts with clay while we worked because it wouldn't shut completely and was leaking quite a lot of water. Notice how much erosion occurred over the years; only the geo-textile fabric area directly in front of the culverts wasn't eroded. Sept. 2013 - Seine netting. | Outlet structure (looking North). Sept. 2013 - Just before construction began. Sept. 2013 - Rescuing burbot trapped in the rocks - prior to blocking the culvert with clay. Sept. 2013 - Fingerling burbot by the thousands were netted out of the scour hole and transported back into Good Spirit Lake. Sept. 2013 - Releasing fish back into the lake. Hundreds of adult fish and tens of thousands of baitfish were released back into the lake. Species included pike, burbot, walleye, suckers, and perch. Sept. 2013 - This is the very last of the seine netting before the hole was pumped completely dry. |
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