The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 16, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 April 1985 — Page 11

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Tippy River dean-up underway

By CHRIS CAULEY Staff Writer The long-awaited clean-up of the Tippecanoe River has begun. Ooops, almost forgot! Clean-up is a nasty word. See, clean-up is the oldfashioned word used to describe what is now being called “renovation” of a river. In the past, river renovation or clean-up was about as tactful as a bull turned loose in a china shop: you went in with the heavy artillery and either dredged the existing channel clean or dredged a completely new channel. Os course, the old-fashioned way of cleaning up a river was none too good for the fishing — or for the fish or other inhabitants of a wildlife environment. Now there’s a new way of renovating rivers called the “Palmiter Method.” It’s named after its creator, George Palmiter, who is serving as consultant on the Tippecanoe River project. The actual work is being done by the Haskins Construction Firm of Plymouth. Palmiter’s method is basically to re-landscape the river, doing

what needs to be done to create a better flow of water in the river without disturbing the existing environment. “What the Palmiter method does,” said Jim Ridenour, Director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, “is help the river cleanse itself and return to its original banks. “It’s not necessarily a totally new concept,” Ridenour said. “It’s just that the conventional wisdom for years was to have some big contractor come in with big equipment and just rip, roar and go. But you’ve got to stabilize the banks or you’ll just put silt back in the stream.” It is hoped that the renovation will help reduce the flooding that has plagued Tippecanoe Lake and other surrounding lakes in recent years. The work now being done is on the upper 10 miles of the Tippecanoe River, from the Tippecanoe Lake area itself down to the Fox Farm Road area southwest of Warsaw. That’s three-fifths of the project, but the Department of Natural Resources did not have the funding to pay for the entire 15 miles of the project. Cost of cleaning the first 10 miles is $209,300. The DNR hopes to obtain the money to complete the project from the state legislature later this year. Work on the project was begun last Wednesday, April 10, on an area of Tippecanoe River close to the Warsaw Municipal Airport. On hand were Jim Ridenour and other members of the DNR staff, George Palmiter, State Senator John Augsburger, State Representative Thames Mauzy and numerous media representatives. It is the first time that Palmiter has worked with the Indiana DNR, but it apparently will not be the last. Palmiter is scheduled to be the contractor for an upcoming renovation of the north branch of the Elkhart River. “We felt that George was the right man for the job, but he had to get a normal business structure,” Jim Ridenour said. Palmiter, who’s more of a “field man” than he is the stereotype of a businessman. To handle such affairs as paperwork and legal necessities, he recently hired a

MJ ' &' ..jragSL *’ W- b WB MM kLI » Tri BEHIND THE PROJECT — The so-called-Palmiter Method is being used in the restoration of Tippecanoe River. George Palmiter, at left, is credited with creating the more environmental method of river cleanup. >He and Department of Natural Resources Director Jim Ridenour, at right, gave members of the press a working demonstration of the Palmiter Method last week when the project was officially kicked off. (Photo by Chris Cauley)

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partner so that he now has a “normal business structure.” Ridenour was asked how important the Tippecanoe River project was to the DNR. “It’s probably more critical to the people who have experienced serious flooding problems in the Tippecanoe Lake area,” Ridenour said. “What’s important to the department is to not disturb the fish habitat and wildlife habitat in the river, yet still create the drainage necessary.” There are an estimated 56 species of fish in the Tippecanoe River. The media got a first-hand look at the Palmiter Method last week. One of its basic premises, illustrated by the work crew during the demonstration, involves stabilizing the banks of the river. Or, more exactly, stabilizing some banks while weakening others to alter the flow of water

through the area. Or, as it is explained in a DNR Information Leaflet, “The theory is to use the stream flow to do the cleaning work, thus eliminating any major excavation and still retaining the integrity of the stream.” ✓ See other photo on page 14. In last week’s demonstration, dead tree limbs were taken by a motorized raft from one area of the river to another and then secured to weakened banks with cable wire. This procedure helps alleviate erosion — some people who live along the river have watched as their yards gradually disappeared into the river because of erosion. Also, these newly solidified banks, so-called kickers, “kick” the water away from the bank and force it to flow in the desired direction. Sometimes whole trees are transplanted from one side of river bank to another. If it works, the renovation will create a faster flow of water in the river, thus creating better drainage from Tippecanoe Lake and the other lakes. “If it works as well as we think it’s going to work, it’s going to make more and more sense to more people,” Jim Ridenour said. “Like county drainage boards, for instance They’re used to the old-style methods .. . This is the best environmental method, and it may be the most economical method as well.” If the legislature appropriates the funds necessary to complete the project, the total cost would come to $302,750 — the first bid taken for the project (last year) was $584,000. The Haskins Construction Firm has until July 31, 1986, to complete the work currently underway. But, said Jim Ridenour, “We think they’ll be done far before that. In fact, we think they’ll’be done in late summer or early fall (of 1985).” According to Tom Hamilton, Chairman of the Kosciusko County Flood Control Task Force — one of the moving forces behind the Tippecanoe River project — the flooding problems in the Tippecanoe Lake area stem from two basic factors. One factor, he said, is “increased urbanization” — more homes being built on wetlands. Preservation of wetlands is something his organization is still fighting for. A second factor, Hamilton said, is that there has been more intensive farming in the area, which has increased the runoff of silt into streams.

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