Photograph before channel improvement began on the Kickapoo Sandy Watershed Project on Big John Creek. Note eroded bank on lower side of bridge where the floodwater had occurred in June of 1962 causing damage to bottomland below.

Photograph of channel improvement ditch before treatment on Kickapoo Sandy Watershed project on Big John Creek. Note the lower side of bridge on downstream side showing the erosion that occurred on each end of the bridge where water spilled over.

Photograph of Rock Creek, Site No. 16. Irrigation pipe that aided int eh establishment of a good stand of bermuda grass.

Photograph of Rock Creek, Site No. 16. Wayne Cole, SCS technician, observing front slope of Site 16, the excellent stand of bermuda and the principle spillway functioning fullowing 4" rain which fell in watershed in June 1962.

Photograph of Rock Creek, Site 16 showign the wildlife cover along water edge that will be protected for wildlife conservation.

Photograph of Rock Creek, Site No. 16, showing the wildlife cover along water edge that will be protected for wildlife conservation.

Photograph of importance of fertilizer is demonstrated in foreground, Site 16, Rock Creek, showing the need for additional fertilizer where water is accumulating and causing erosion following 4: rain. Additional fertilizer will be applied by landowner to stimulate the Bermuda growth.

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on a tractor balancing two sprigging tractors while they planted Bermudagrass on a floodwater retarding structure at Site No. 16, Rock Creek Watershed. Three other UNIDENTIFED works are walking alongside the tractor balancing the two sprigging tractors. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Floodwater Retarding Structure – Site No. 16, Rock Creek Watershed. Sprigging Bermuda grass. Balancing two spriggers on each side of tractor."