Area	South Fork Big River
Topic	Tour: Stream Photos of South Fork #1 May 2001

 

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South Fork Big River above Daugherty Creek. Note the bedrock channel. This reach was splashed dammed in the late 1800's and the channel has not recovered from this scouring. Photo by Bill Lydgate. May 2001.


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Zoom on channel of South Fork Big River bedrock channel above Daugherty Creek. Photo by Bill Lydgate. May 2001.


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South Fork Big River runs through dappled shade along Comptche-Ukiah Road. Some gravel can be noted on the bar at middle distance. Canopy is closed in this reach with hardwoods and conifers interspersed. Photo by Bill Lydgate. May 2001.


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South Fork Big River running over bedrock with conifers and ferns lining the banks. The lack of gravel and cobble is a legacy of early splash damming. Photo by Bill Lydgate. May 2001.


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The South Fork Big River with mature vegetation lining the banks, including a tree out of the photo to the left, whose roots help maintain channel form at this location. Gravels at left would be suitable for steelhead spawning. Photo by Bill Lydgate. May 2001.


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South Fork Big River below Montgomery Woods with over hanging vegetation providing cover for fish. Mature conifers line the banks and a the large tree spanning the creek indicates that some large wood recruitment is taking place in this reach. Photo by Bill Lydgate. May 2001.


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Hole at the mouth of Daugherty Creek, which joins the South Fork Big River from the right in this photo. Taken from the Comptche-Ukiah Road bridge. Photo by Bill Lydgate. May 2001.


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South Fork Big River along Comptche-Ukiah Road. Note the cobble and gravel substrate in the channel in this reach.

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