Weirs are barriers built in a stream to pool water for irrigation, recreation, and sometimes to generate power. They are found in many of our local streams,...
¿Qué tienen en común un pez de cuatro metros de altura, una mesa llena de objetos históricos locales y un tendedero de camisas con estampados de peces? Se encontraron en el Milk...
En 2012, el Distrito de Conservación del Suelo y el Agua de Clackamas puso en marcha un proyecto de restauración de arroyos en Milk Creek, un afluente...
Si ves un salmón Chinook de 4 metros de altura viajando por la autopista, síguelo hasta Camp Adams y la Milk Creek Watershed Celebration. Claudia el Chinook...
El mes pasado realizamos un recuento de guijarros en Milk Creek, en el lugar de la matriz de troncos con vegetación que se construyó el verano pasado. El recuento de guijarros es un método...
Con un equipo de contrato en el sitio hoy para tratar las malas hierbas, era el momento perfecto para echar un vistazo a la condición de la matriz de troncos con vegetación el Condado de Clackamas....
La primavera se acerca rápidamente y las ganas de salir al aire libre y cavar en la tierra son muy fuertes. En el Clackamas County Soil and Water también tenemos ganas de...
Vea en este vídeo time-lapse la construcción de una gran estructura de troncos con vegetación. La construcción tuvo lugar en agosto y septiembre de 2012 y duró 12...
Milk Creek alberga varias especies de peces de la cuenca del Molalla: salmón Chinook y Coho, trucha arco iris de invierno, trucha degollada y lamprea del Pacífico. Un factor limitante...
Las recientes lluvias torrenciales provocaron una repentina subida del nivel del arroyo Milk. Esto nos hizo observar de cerca lo bien que la gran matriz de troncos con vegetación...
A quick inspection of the Milk Creek Project log structures shows grasses and willows sprouting, even though fall rains have not yet arrived. Milk Creek...
The contractor and engineers worked closely today to return Milk Creek to the old channel. Stream riffles that existed before the project were restored....
What a difference a day makes! Topsoil was spread today and raked to provide good soil-to-seed contact. Straw mulch was placed to help with germination of...
The remainder of backfilling the structure was completed today, topsoil was replaced, and smoothing of the restored upper bank was started. Tomorrow, the...
Now we can see what the finished log jam system will look like! Contractors finished packing soil on the upstream end and graded the surface back to the...
More logs, more slash, more boulders, more rock, more soil! Excellent progress was made today on the log jam. The upstream end is just about completed with...
The last base logs were added today and most of the cross-logs with root wads attached were added. Today you can see how the project sweeps along the curve...
Quite a bit more of the engineered structure became evident today as base logs and cross-members were extended farther downstream. At the upper end, more...
Work today consisted of beginning to build up the roughness of the structure, because more friction means less erosive energy for flowing water. This design...
More logs were placed today and we started to make the turn to follow the course of the stream. In the photos below, you’ll find a few that show the...
Today the crew made great strides toward installing the base layer of logs in the large engineered log jam. Trunks with roots attached were placed so the...
Today (Lunes, Agosto 27, 2012) the contractor placed the first logs on the mudstone stream bottom. As we build the engineered log jam, logs with roots still...
