2013 Summer Conservation Corps

6/10/13 - 6/14/13 Crew Report

The River Crew continued building structures Monday thru Wednesday downstream from the Go tt s c halk property to the up - stream property line of the Bentz property. The crew completed waypoint 13 which included two structures for juvenile trout, which were framed tight to the right bank under a stretch of shallow gravel river bottom. The permit descriptions for these structures asked for no fill due to the shallow water and already abundant overhanging Cedars. The crew began working on Waypoint 14, completing 5 large woody debris structures for adult and juvenile trout, which included a long lunker style structure tight to the left bank. We continued transferring staged materials from the Go tt s c halk property down - stream to t he Bentz property in order for the crew to complete Waypoints 14 - 16. We complete d the week by floating from Bruo t’s property to the Upper Black River’s main bridge road crossing removing 8 large log jams that constricted the rivers’ flow and blocked passa ge for recreational activities. The crew will be moving downstream to the Gio r danos’ property beginning June 17 th to begin working on Waypoints 18 and 19. This will give the Upper Black River committee the opportunity to see some structures installed and meet the crew on June 20 th .