Mill Branch Creek — Streambank Restoration Project
Mill Branch Creek is an urban tributary running through Berryville, Arkansas. Over decades, steep grades, unmitigated storm runoff, and loss of streamside root systems caused severe downcutting and streambank collapse, sending tons of sediment downstream into Osage Creek and the Kings River.
To demonstrate naturalized stream stabilization, KRWP collaborated with the City of Berryville Parks and Recreation (directed by Joe Scott), Sean Saunders of the AGFC Stream Team, and Jimmy Jones Excavation to reconstruct the creek channel using engineered rock weirs, energy-dissipating drop pools, and native riparian buffer plantings.
Project Presentations & Documentation
Learn how the project was designed, permitted, and constructed:
Mill Creek Restoration Presentation (2012)
Complete slide deck presented by KRWP detailing weir design, construction phases, and water quality outcomes.
Mill Creek Restoration 2011–2012 Archive
Historical photographic overview and engineering notes on rock grade-control structures.
Restoration in Action
Rock weirs slow stormwater velocity
High flow bank erosion prior to restoration
Mill Creek restoration project site map