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Lower Garcia / Estuary |
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Tour: Restoration #3 Larry Stornetta Before/After |
Click on image to enlarge (21K). Click here to display a larger version (311K).This eroding bank on the lower Garcia was causing loss of valuable agricultural dairy land on the Stornetta Brothers Ranch below Highway 1. Photos provided courtesy of Craig Bell. 1995.
Click on image to enlarge (44K). Click here to display a larger version (210K).This is the same site as in Picture #1 but in April 2003 with a fully restored bank, which provides protection from erosion and helps form excellent steelhead rearing habitat on the Stornetta Brothers Ranch below Highway 1. Photo provided by Craig Bell.
Click on image to enlarge (20K). Click here to display a larger version (285K).This photo shows a close up of the same eroding bank as shown in Picture #1 but looking downstream. See Picture #4 to see the results of restoration. Photos provided courtesy of Craig Bell.
Click on image to enlarge (26K). Click here to display a larger version (195K).This photo was taken looking downstream on the Stornetta Brothers Ranch in April 2003 and shows a restored bank with fully productive adjacent farmland. Photos provided courtesy of Craig Bell.
Click on image to enlarge (19K). Click here to display a larger version (241K).Larry Stornetta the landowner kneels in front in this group photo with Craig Bell (at left) and Americorp volunteers in 1996. Much of the restoration on the Stornetta Brothers Ranch was carried out by the land owners at their own expense. Photos provided courtesy of Craig Bell.
Click on image to enlarge (25K). Click here to display a larger version (352K).Newly planted willow stakes stick up from the bare banks of the lower Garcia River. Newly planted willow stakes stick up from the bare banks of the lower Garcia River. This bank failure was not healed using this technique and there were other subsequent efforts by the land owner have now totally stabilized this area. Photo provided by Craig Bell.
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Click on image to enlarge (19K). Click here to display a larger version (241K).
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