Kentucky Site Visit
June 21 – 23, 2005
[ Objective | Participating Scan Team Members | Local Participants | Summary | Photo Gallery ]
Objective
This scan provided details on Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s wetlands mitigation
program and included field visits of the following project sites:
The Nelson County Advance Wetland Mitigation Site and the Butler County
Stream and Wetland Restoration Banking Site.
Participating Scan Team Members
- Paul Garrett, FHWA Headquarters
- Pat Cazenas, FHWA Headquarters
- Rob Ayers, FHWA, North Carolina Division
- Katherine Trott, USACE Headquarters
- Morgan Robertson, USEPA Headquarters
- Pat Clements, USFWS
- Katie McDermott, CTE, NC State University (Facilitator)
Local Participants
- Anthony Goodman, FHWA, Kentucky Division
- John Dovak, KYTC
- David Waldner, KYTC
- John Mettille, KYTC
- Ricky Young, KYTC
- Lee Andrews, USFWS
Site Visit Summary
Coming Soon!
Photo Gallery of KY Mitigation Sites
(All photographs are at a screen resolution of 72 dpi. If you would like
a higher-resolution copy of a photograph for print purposes, please
contact Katie McDermott,
CTE technology transfer director.)
Nelson County Site
This 350-acre farm site was purchased by KYTC in the late 1990's.
The poorly drained, precipitation-driven site is bordered on the
south by the Rolling Fork River, which frequently floods the lower
end of the property. To date, 65 acres have been restored, and there
is the potential for stream restoration on site. A water quality
function applies to this site since it is capturing precipitation
and releasing it slowly through the water table; however, the primary
function of this site is bottomland hardwood forest habitat.
Exel Clark Site
KYTC plans to use all 60 acres of this floodwater-driven site for
its wetland banking program. It will also be valuable for mitigating
stream impacts, although ratios still need to be discussed with
the Corps. The site is not yet tied to any specific projects, but
will be KYTC's first bank/stream mitigation site in the watershed.
For more information on these projects, please contact Katie McDermott, CTE technology transfer director. |
