The remainder of backfilling the structure was completed today, topsoil was replaced, and smoothing of the restored upper bank was started. Tomorrow, the surface will be smoothed, cobbles will be picked and raked, seed will be broadcast and then straw will be added to protect the seed and soil surface.
This morning we took a series of photos and stitched them together for a panoramic view of the project. The large panorama is 1680 pixels wide and 480 pixels high; the small panorama is the same photo reduced to 800 pixels by 228 pixels.
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- Milk Creek project panorama (large)
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- Milk Creek panorama (small)
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- More rock!
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- Finishing up backfilling the structure
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- Finishing up backfill
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- Last load of slash added to structure
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- Packing down the last of the small rock
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- Cleaning up around mature trees
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- Feathering in the last of remaining spoils
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- Returning topsoil to finish the top of the structure
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- Grading is done
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- Grading is done
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- The top surface is back to grade
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- Smoothing the final graded surface
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- Photo documentation in progress
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- Flagging where to trim vertical logs
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- Straw for protecting seeded soil has arrived
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- All that roughness will be good for water and for fish
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- Fish will love the shade and shelter of the new structure
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- View of streambank at start of the project (from wildlife camera)
