Flood Control Wild Rice River - South Branch and Felton Ditch, Minnesota.

Abstract

The proposed project includes channel modification, levee construction, side ditch inlet modifications, lateral ditch inlet modifications and implementation of a wildlife corridor plan for certain reaches of the South Branch Wild Rice River and Felton Ditch, Minnesota. Environmental impacts include reduction of annual flood damages by 75% on 96,500 acres of agricultural land. Partial or complete elimination of terrestrial vegetation would be necessary along various reaches of both waterways. Stream modification would result in a loss of some natural stream bottoms and disruption of the previously altered area. Construction of a wildlife corridor along the modified reaches of the South Branch and Felton Ditch would increase the quality of terrestrial wildlife habitat immediately adjacent to the project.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA118292

Entities

Organizations

  • St. Paul District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Eutrophication
  • Fish
  • Habitats
  • Health Services
  • Poultry
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Clinical Trial Research.
  • Hydrologic Risk Analysis and Mitigation.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.