on March 20, 2025
A logjam removal crew member waits for cabling to be attached to a log in Mill Creek on March 12 before removing it from the water. Once the log is pulled from the creek, the crew uses the log skidder, shown above, to remove and stack the log along the bank. (Gazette photo by Michael Williamson)
Logjam work getting down and dirty
Since crews started clearing logjams in Mill Creek late last year, officials said thousands of logs have been pulled from the waterway.
Joe Eads, with Union County Soil and Water Conservation District, told the county commissioners on March 12 that more than 90 jams of varying sizes have been removed from about three miles of Mill Creek.
“The channel is open,” he said.
Some of the initial clearings helped to lower the water level near the junction of Mill Creek and Infirmary Ditch, between Route 4 and Waldo Road on the northeast side of Marysville.
“After investigation, we found that, in that area, we had four big, highly complex logjams, lots of material. The stream was totall…
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