channelcatben
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I just have to vent a little.
My family has about 80 acres along the Elkhorn, north of Fremont. Our west border is on an outside bend on the river, on a high bank. Upstream was a long oxbow loop which slowed the river down good enough that erosion wasn't that bad.
Within the last ten or fifteen years (I don't remember, honestly), somebody illegally cut a channel across the loop, making the river flow faster. Ever since then, the outside bend of the main channel has been eating away our land. It was 10 feet a year at first, but with the massive amounts of rain recently, we're losing about 10 feet a week. The river took our shed last year. We have lost two trees in the last couple weeks, and it's just going faster and faster. My uncle emailed me a couple pics today, and said that it looks like we could lose the access road and the cabin within a year or two.
We wanted to put down some rip-rap or some sort of erosion control, but the state won't let us. And as far as I know, nobody took any responsibility for cutting the channel.
I know, there's not much we can do. And, technically, our land is still there... it's just underwater right now. We'll have property on the other side of the river soon, I guess. It just makes me sad to see the river coming right at us.
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roosterrouster
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Hate to say it but you may need to contact a lawyer  ...RR
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mplspug
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We wanted to put down some rip-rap or some sort of erosion control, but the state won't let us. And as far as I know, nobody took any responsibility for cutting the channel.
Very odd, when I believe the DNR will throw rocks on your lakeshore property, if you request it, to stop erosion.
Whoops, sorry. Just noticed this is in the NE thread! The MN DNR will do this.
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Edited by mplspug (06/09/08 12:37 PM)
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B Robinson
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but the state won't let us.
You've got a few halogen lights, right? 
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channelcatben
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You've got a few halogen lights, right?
Well, whoever cut the channel must've... 
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You've got a few halogen lights, right?
Well, whoever cut the channel must've...
Yeah no kiddin'.
What a bummer. Sorry to hear about this. Unfortunately, the lawyer route might be your best option at this point. Quickly, I might add.
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Zachary Fries
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You will want to check, but as far I I understand, it is perfectly legal to stack rock, concrete, trees, old telephone poles and other stuff next to the bank of a river and if the river happens to take the ground below the pile of "stuff" then so be it
I know that this type of thing happens along the Loup here in central NE and as far as I know, it is leagal but you will want to check on that to be 100% sure. Good Luck!!
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Mike Means
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You will want to check, but as far I I understand, it is perfectly legal to stack rock, concrete, trees, old telephone poles and other stuff next to the bank of a river and if the river happens to take the ground below the pile of "stuff" then so be it
I know that this type of thing happens along the Loup here in central NE and as far as I know, it is leagal but you will want to check on that to be 100% sure. Good Luck!!
Zach,
You have to get the project approved by the Corp of Engineers. It is pretty easy to do, just a few forms and a written explanation in the form. You also should know the property legals to show exactly where you are wanting to put in erosion control. At least these were the steps I needed to take for a project I was doing last year.
Mike
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sharkbait
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There is some paper work but it can be done.Friends of mine own over 6 miles of the Platte and spend way to much making sure the geese stay there for the winter and have done quite a bit to make sure the river stays as close to the same course as they can to keep the sand bars and channnels the same.
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Losing land...
