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Rancheria Creek |
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Tour: Upper Rancheria Creek and Tributaries Channel Photos 2001 Part 1 |
Click on image to enlarge (67K). Click here to display a larger version (728K).Tributary to Upper Rancheria Creek looking upstream from county road past Foppiano Bridge. Notice highly aggraded stream bed, sorted materials, and lack of mature riparian vegetation. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (68K). Click here to display a larger version (725K).Tributary to Upper Rancheria Creek looking downstream from county road past Foppiano Bridge. Notice highly aggraded stream bed, multiple channels, and lack of mature riparian vegetation. This photo also shows evidence of recent fire on ridge and grazing activity. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (64K). Click here to display a larger version (711K).Looking upstream on Upper Rancheria Creek on county road past Foppiano Bridge. Notice eroded hillside, highly mobile bed material and sorted fines. The riparian vegetation consists of scarce willow and manzanita. Notice the young conifers along the hillside showing evidence of past logging activity in the area. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (63K). Click here to display a larger version (709K).Looking downstream on Upper Rancheria Creek on county road past Foppiano Bridge. Notice eroded hillside, highly mobile bed material and sorted fines. The riparian vegetation consists of scarce willow and manzanita. Notice the young conifers along the hillside showing evidence of past logging activity in the area. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (46K). Click here to display a larger version (698K).Looking upstream on Upper Rancheria Creek on county road past Foppiano Bridge. Notice unconfined channel, highly mobile bed material, and lack of riparian vegetation. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (56K). Click here to display a larger version (693K).Looking downstream on Upper Rancheria Creek on county road past Foppiano Bridge. Notice eroded banks, highly mobile bed material and lack of riparian vegetation. The hillsides are characteristic of historic logging activities, showing failure of coniferous regeneration. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (62K). Click here to display a larger version (725K).Looking upstream on Upper Rancheria Creek from Foppiano Bridge. Notice arundo growing along opposite bank. This invasive species spreads rapidly and will out-compete native vegetation along streams. Notice the highly aggraded channel. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (76K). Click here to display a larger version (889K).View of isolated pool beneath Foppiano Bridge on Upper Rancheria Creek. Pool was filled with bullfrogs and tadpoles. Notice fine materials in foreground and cattails in background. Pools were extremely scarce along this stretch of Upper Rancheria Creek during this late summer field visit. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
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Click on image to enlarge (67K). Click here to display a larger version (728K).
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