Flyover Video Neosho River
ARRA-Neosho
Video of the Neosho River furnished courtesy of KANSAS WATER OFFICE and KANSAS STATE WATER PLAN FUND.
This aerial video shows about a 3.5 mile portion of the Neosho River located above the John Redmond Reservoir ending where the Neosho River and Cottonwood River join in Kansas. The video depicts (using a numbered “hot-spot”) priority locations that contribute significant amounts of sediment loading into the Neosho River. The Kansas Water Office (KWO) will soon begin a Stream Bank and Riparian Resoration Project at these sites. This is part of a KWO Stream and Reparian Restoration Study of the Neosho and Cottonwood Rivers located above John Redmond Reservoir.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has identified impairements to the ecosystem quality because of excessive sediment and nutrient loading into John Redmond Reservoir. John Redmond Reservoir was constructed in1959-1964 and it has lost about 39% of its reservoir water storage capacity due to sediment movement and silting.
