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Area Middle Klamath
Topic Tour: USFS Restoration Structures Elk Cr Mile 3.75 in 1988/1997
 

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Rock clusters in Elk Creek under construction in September 1988. Note heavy equipment in stream in distance (center, left of photo). These clusters were installed to help create local scour and improve cover for juvenile salmonid rearing. (KNF Note: 9/88 Rock Clusters DS View ElkC0 3.75) Photo provided by Al Olson, Klamath National Forest.


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Rock clusters in Elk Creek under construction in September 1988. These clusters were installed to help improve fish habitat diversity for juvenile salmonid rearing. (KNF Note:Elk Creek 9/88 Rock Clusters @ sm 3.75 DS View during construction ElkC0 3.75) Photo provided by Al Olson, Klamath National Forest.


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Rock Cluster in Elk Creek after completion in September 1988. Note difference in height of boulders in Picture #7 after the January 1997 storm. KNF Note: (hcrd1: Elk Creek 9/88 Rock Clusters US View After ElkC0 3.75). Photo provided by Al Olson, Klamath National Forest.


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A second view of completed boulder clusters on Elk Creek in September 1988. Project carried out by Klamath National Forest. (KNF Note: Elk Creek 9/88 Rock Clusters @ sm 3.75 DS View after ElkC0 3.75.) Photo provided by Al Olson, Klamath National Forest.


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Elk Creek boulder clusters shortly after installation in September 1988. KNF Note: (Elk Creek 9/88 Rock Clusters @ sm 3.75 DS View Left -After ElkC0 3.75). Photo provided by Al Olson, Klamath National Forest.


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View of recently completed boulder clusters on Elk Creek looking out from the riparian zone in September 1988. (KNF Note: 9/88 Rock Clusters @ sm 3.75 Upstream from Mid Reach River Left- ElkC0 3.75). Photo provided by Al Olson, Klamath National Forest.


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Bill Beamis of the Klamath National Forest along Elk Creek in September 1997 looking at reach where boulder clusters were installed in 1988. Some boulders seem to be partially buried by bedload but many are still in place and creating local scour. Photo taken by Pat Higgins.


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This photo of Elk Creek shows boulders were locally buried by shifting bedload in January 1997. Photo taken in September 1997 by Pat Higgins.




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