Crews Continue Progress For $48 Million Project On Arkansas River

Osage SkyNews 6 Pilot, Dustin Stone, saw trucks hauling soil in the Arkansas River. There's a lot of work going on in the river. One crew is rebuilding a "mitigation island," which is habitat for wildlife. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers required the city of Tulsa to build one because of how the Gathering Place changed the bank. However, it was swept away in the 2019 flood.

Tuesday, February 22nd 2022, 9:54 pm

By: Dustin Stone

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Osage SkyNews 6 Pilot, Dustin Stone, saw trucks hauling soil in the Arkansas River. There's a lot of work going on in the river.

One crew is rebuilding a "mitigation island," which is habitat for wildlife. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers required the city of Tulsa to build one because of how the Gathering Place changed the bank. However, it was swept away in the 2019 flood.

Other work involves the $48-million project to improve Zink Dam and Lake.

It will eliminate the undertow that was dangerous - and make the lake more than two miles long and three feet deeper, which will improve the fish habitat and make it more useful for rowing events.

The project should make it perfect for kayaking and tubing. The whole project is scheduled to be finished around the end of the year.

Dustin Stone

Dustin joined the News On 6 team in 2000 as a video tape and master control operator. In 2003, he became a live truck operator. During his time in that role, he covered several national stories including the space shuttle Columbia tragedy, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Moore tornado and the Joplin tornado. After 11 years in that position, Dustin became the station's master control supervisor until 2018 when he moved back into the news department as the news operations manager.