Maintenance
August 7, 2025

Maintenance of waterway will follow logjam removal

 

By Michael Williamson, Richwood Gazette

What will the continued maintenance of Mill Creek look like after the logjam project is completed?

The exact approach has not been finalized but Joe Eads with the Union Soil and Water Conservation District (USWCD) said it will most likely involve a drone and focused points of attack.

“Most likely we’ll fly it with a drone, that’s what we did before and it worked great,” he said. “We are able to then just geo-reference everything and pinpoint where the logjams are and I’ll just basically get a work order and we’ll pinpoint attack it.”

He said county crews will likely not traverse the length of the creek to do the assessmen…

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