| Area | North Fork Ten Mile |
| Topic | Tour: Ground Photos Low Impact Timber Harvest and Roads NF Ten Mile #4 |
Large log in North Fork Ten Mile tributary just down slope of recent timber harvest. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Mossy log and encroaching vegetation indicate that stream does not experience high, flashy peak flows. Note that riparian conifers have not been harvested, although harvest did take place in areas further up the hillslopes. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Another view of North Fork Ten Mile tributary just down slope of recent timber harvest. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Close up of stream channel of North Fork Ten Mile River tributary with downed large wood and coarse substrate on the stream bed indicate that the channel is in recovery from past sediment pulses. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Craig Blencoe, the lead forester on the Parker Ranch project addresses the field trip attendees at an old logging camp in the late afternoon. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Craig Blencoe (fourth from right) makes a point about stand conditions in managed forest. Photo by Pat Higgins.
The sign at right notes the timber harvest cycle at this site in 1972-1983 and 1997-1998. The next round of harvest here will take place in about another decade. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Skyline cable corridor provides as backdrop as Salmonid Restoration Federation field trip draws to an end. Photo by Pat Higgins.
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