When volunteers constructed this willow weaving in May 06, Fourmile Creek flowed directly against the raw bank now growing wildly with willows. Just days after the May project day heavy rainfall on top of melting snow in nearby mountains caused the creek to rise dramatically and to rush downstream carving a new channel where we had planted and built the willow weaving.
While some plants washed away and gravel and rock deposited in places they had not been before, most of the newly planted shrubs and trees survived the floodwaters and so did the willow weaving.
This high water event demonstrated that creeks and rivers are indeed dynamic – and that the volunteers did an awesome job planting and constructing the willow weaving!
Check out Foumile Creek, 5/06 - Restoration Panorama Site 2
This panorama taken August 31, 2006.
