1. Oceana County Road Commission Grant – Funded crossing replacements
“Oceana’s Eleven”
Oceana County Road Commission Grant – Funded crossing replacements

2. Oceana County Road Commission (OCRC) In Partnership with the White River Watershed Task Force

3. Road Commission personnel are wise to become educated about the damage caused to hydrologic ecosystems by storm water runoff, sedimentation, stream and road bank blow-outs, roadway undermining and collapse, all as a result of undersized culvert design and installation.

4. During high-water events, a culvert acts like a rifle barrel and the water moving through it becomes the bullet.
Because of this, engineers should be proactive in thinking about the system as a whole, and go “bottomless” when designing road crossing replacements.

5. Streams and rivers are roads and highways for aquatic and non-aquatic life.
“Bottomless” and “right-sized” crossings maintain connectivity, allowing fish and wildlife to move freely and seek out resources necessary for survival.

6. Johnson Road / Osborn Creek
Before – twin 6’ diameter CMPs

7. Johnson Road / Osborn Creek
Project Cost
$130,818
Grant Funding
$33,175
Reconnected 2.25 miles of upstream habitat
July 2011 – 20’6” x 7’3” AL Box Culvert

8. 148th Avenue / Osborn Creek
Before – twin 6’ diameter CMPs

9. 148th Avenue / Osborn Creek
Project Cost $131,913
Grant Funding $26,800
August 2011 – 22’1” x 9’3” AL Box Culvert

10. Baseline Road / Cobmoosa Creek
Before – 6’ diameter CMP

11. Baseline Road / Cobmoosa Creek
Project Cost $103,316
Grant Funding
$ 104,014
September 2011 – 18’ x 6’ Wheeler Timber Deck on Piling

12. Fillmore Road / Cobmoosa Creek
Before – 3’ diameter rotted CMP

13. Fillmore Road / Cobmoosa Creek
Project Cost $104,605
Grant Funding $120,340
July 2012 – 14’ x 6’ Wheeler timber Deck on Piling

14. Pierce Road / Cobmoosa Creek
Before – Perched 6’ diameter CMP

15. Pierce Road / Cobmoosa Creek
Project Cost
$127,319
Grant Funding
$93,618
August – 20’ x 7’ Wheeler Timber Bridge

16. Buchanan Road / Cobmoosa Creek
Before – 6’ diameter CMP

17. Buchanan Road / Cobmoosa Creek
Project Cost
$112,402
Grant Funding
$136,496
Reconnected 1.57 miles of upstream habitat
September 2012 – 20’ x 8’ Wheeler Timber Bridge

18. Arthur Road / Carlton Creek
Before – Rotted, Severely Perched 3’ diameter CMP

19. Arthur Road / Carleton Creek
Project Cost $96,829
Grant Funding $85,000
Reconnected 1.5 miles of upstream habitat
September 2012 – 14’ x 7’ Wheeler Timber deck on piling

20. 148th Avenue / Cobmoosa Creek
Before – 6’ diameter CMP

21. 148th Avenue / Cobmoosa Creek
Project Cost $100,687
Grant Funding $90,248
Reconnected 1.75 miles of upstream habitat
August 2013 – 22’ x 8’ Wheeler Timber Bridge

22. 148th Avenue / N Br White River
Before – Triple 77” diameter CMPs – North Tube Plugged

23. 148th Avenue / N B White River
Final culvert section being removed

24. 148th Avenue / N Br White River
Project Cost $255,881
Grant Funding $370,636
Reconnected miles of up- river habitat
September 2013 – 45’ triple-span Wheeler Timber Bridge

25. 176th Avenue / N Branch White River
Scheduled for removal in 2014 with funds from USDA-FS and US F&WS
Upon completion it will reconnect 2 miles of up-river habitat
Current condition – collapsed 10’ diameter round CMP

26. Cleveland Road / Brayton Creek
Scheduled for removal in 2014 with funding from GLFT, NFF / Coca-Cola, USDA-FS and US F&WS
Upon completion it will reconnect miles of upstream habitat
Current condition – 66” and 74” perched CMPs

27. in partnership with the WRWTF, has removed 16 culverts
Since 2011, the OCRC,
in partnership with the WRWTF,
has
removed 16 culverts
at nine (9) “Natural River” crossings,
with $1,194,313
in grant funding.
Two (2) additional high-profile
removals are scheduled for 2014.

28. White River Watershed Task Force Partners

29. Sandy Griffin
OCRC Clerk-Manager
Lisa Dutcher
Project Coordinator