Thursday, May 21, 2009

Site survey

We are going to tell you in 6 paragraphs why site 4 is so awesome. The people in site 4 are Ethan, Tyler, and Haylee.
First we will tell you about the riparian zone. The left bank looking down stream is 50-100’. Right bank looking down stream is over 100’. We had no conifer trees, we had sparse deciduous trees, and we had moderate shrubs, and abundant grasses and herbs. We had 25-50 over head canopies.
Second the shape of the stream bank was most like a square. The longitudinal pattern was meandering. The gradient was low.
Third the numbers of riffles are 7. The % of pools are 10. The numbers of pools are 2 but 90% of the stream is pools. There was abundant woody debris and abundant organic debris.
Fourth, we will tell you about the artificial structures at our site. In the stream reach there was wires around the trees to keep the beavers from chopping them down. Alongside of the stream reach there was a bridge.
Last, we will tell you about the land uses adjacent to reach. We had Residential development over our hill to our west. There is no other land use by people that we could see.

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