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Photos on this page are from sub-basin Elk River and series Watershed Tour: Post Logging Forest Health.

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This photograph shows early successional vegetation in the upper Elk River watershed. Vegetation is predominantly grasses and shrubs. August 1997. Photo courtesy of the Humboldt Watershed Council.

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This selective harvest in the upper Elk River watershed has sites of active erosion. September 1997. Photo courtesy of the Humboldt Watershed Council.

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This photograph shows an early successional community of shrubs, grasses and bare dirt after a recent clear cut timber harvest. Photo courtesy of the Humboldt Watershed Council.

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This photograph shows a landslide toe in a recently harvested portion of the upper Elk River watershed. August 1997. Photo courtesy of the Humboldt Watershed Council.

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Erosion in a clear cut in the upper Elk River watershed. August 1997. Photo courtesy of the Humboldt Watershed Council.

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Forests adjacent to clear cuts often experience a very high rate of blow down in storms immediately following timber harvests. August 1997. Photo courtesy of the Humboldt Watershed Council.


 
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