kissimmee river restoration contract 13b

Kissimmee River Restoration Contract 13B

Florida Department of Environmental Protection Permit No.: EI 0272794-001 Aerial

Photos Taken April 1, 2009By Greg Kennedy

C-38

Spoil Mound B North

Northern Extent of C-38 Backfill for the 13-B Contract

Bypass Flow Way now drying due to flow

returning to the Historic and newly excavated Kissimmee Channel

Northern Extent of C-38 Backfill for the 13-B Contract

Culvert Crossing Washed Out During Initial Flows to the Restored Oxbows

Direction of Flow

Spoil Mound B North

C-38 To Be Filled

Restored Section of the Oxbow

Bypass Flow Way

Spoil Mound B North

Backfilled C-38

Restored Oxbow

Backfilled C-38

Drying Bypass Flow Way

C-38 To Be Backfilled

Restored Oxbow

Restored Oxbow

Spoil Mound B SouthC-38 To Be Backfilled

Spoil mound B South

C-38 To Be Backfilled

Bypass Flow Way

Restored Oxbow

Spoil Mound B South

Restored Oxbows

Bypass Flow Way

Spoil Mound B South

Partially Filled C-38

Restored Oxbows

Drying Bypass Flow Way

Partially Filled C-38

Restored Oxbow

Plugged C-38

Substantially Degraded Spoil Mound B South

Degraded Portion of Spoil Mound B South

Dredging of Historic Oxbow

Degraded Portion of Spoil Mound B South

Partially Filled C-38

Historic River Channel Being Dredged to Design Depth

Turbidity Generated from the Cutter Head on the Dredge

Note: The Plume Moving Up River Indicating an Absence of Flow

All oxbows visible in this photograph were excavated from former Kissimmee River Marsh

Partially Filled C-38

Partially Filled C-38

Newly Excavated Oxbows

Substantially Filled C-38

Newly Created Oxbows

Southern Limit of Contract 13B and Northern Limit of Contract 13A

Limit of Newly Excavated Oxbows as part of Contract 13B

Oxbow Excavated as Part of Contract 13A

Filled C-38