Click on image to enlarge (122K).This photo shows the North Fork of Schooner Gulch just upstream of its convergence with the mainstem Schooner Gulch. Note that while there are larger rocks in the stream bed that there is also a great deal of fine sediment. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (140K).This photo shows a view of the North Fork Schooner Gulch not far upstream from its mouth. Note the complete canopy of conifers. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (94K).This photo shows Brian Thurman of the Moat Creek Management Agency standing on top of an eroding bank in lower North Fork Schooner Gulch. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (119K).Brian Thurman uses a metal (V*) rod to probe the depth of sediment in the lower North Fork Schooner Gulch. Note the encroaching ferns and other herbaceous vegetation that indicate that there have not been inordinately high flood flows at this location for several years. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (81K).Brian Thurman checks the sediment depth with a V* rod along lower North Fork Schooner Gulch. Note the high amount of fines deposited on the stream bed. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (87K).This pool in the North Fork Schooner Gulch has a sediment deposit well over three feet deep as indicated by the depth to which Brian Thurman has plunged the two meter V* probe. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (129K).This reach of the North Fork Schooner Gulch had undergone a major period of aggradation in some prior era. Sediment terraces have been colonized by horse tails (Equisetum). The algae growth in the water is as a result of exposure to direct sunlight. Young of the year rainbow trout and stickleback were seen in this reach. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (38K). Click here to display a larger version (164K).Brian Thurman crosses an old log jam as he moves upstream on the North Fork Schooner Gulch. The cables around the log he is standing on may indicate that these structures were installed and secured with cables. Note the sediment deposit upstream of the jam. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
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