2014 Summer Conservation Crew Weekly Report
Report from 7/14/2014 thru 7/24/2014
Starting the week of the 14th the crew began work at a new location on Canada Creek Ranch. Working in an area of mostly meadow, the possibility of finding material for the construction of LWD and SWD structures is very difficult. With the help of staff from Canada Creek Ranch the river crew moved material from elsewhere on the ranch and staged it near Wadsworth Snowmobile Bridge. This material was then floated downstream to the various sites. Canada Creek contains a substrate of mostly sand and has an abundance of deeper pools and undercut banks. This combination of river diversity makes securing framing for structures difficult. Too alleviate these problems, posts were driven into the streambed and these were used to secure many of the structures in combination with duckbill anchors. During this two week period, a total of 9 LWD and SWD structures were completed on the Ranch. These structures will provide habitat for adult and juvenile fish in addition to sediment capture and flow diversion.
