2013 Summer Conservation Corps

Crew Report thru 6/29/2013

The river crew continued staging mat erials and installing structures beginning the week of 6/19/2013 between the downstream property line of the Got t s c ha lk cabin and upstream of the Bentz’ property covering waypoints 14 - 18. Twenty large structures were installed in this stretch filled with large woody debris. These structures will provide habitat for adult and juvenile fish and act as sediment basins to catch debris during high water events. The river crew began the week of 6/24/2 013 staging both framing and fi ll materials to start waypoint 19; a stretch of river that will have large and small woody debris structures installed aggressively on alternating banks. This waypoint will be completed by 4 th of July Holiday weekend. The r iver crew has now completed waypoints 10,11,12,13,14,17,18, and in progress of completing 19. The crew has completed 46 structures in this stretch of river. The crew anticipates relocating to Canada Creek Ranch after the holiday weekend but will return t o the Upper Black River to complete the remaining waypoints.