Area	Salmon Creek
Topic	Tour: Lower Coleman Valley Creek Easement Photopoints 2001

 

  Click on image to enlarge (1,075K).

The aerial shows photo points for the Coleman Valley Creek riparian corridor easement held by the Bodega Land Trust. This photo was taken on April 13, 1999 and provided courtesy of the Bodega Land Trust.


  Click on image to enlarge (87K).

This photo was taken in the northeast corner of the Coleman Valley Creek Corridor at Photo Point #2 on the previous aerial. The pool is formed by scour off boulders and bedrock. Note the clarity of the water. The boulders were contributed by a large rockslide which is to the right and just upstream. The stream is full of boulders for about 100 yards to the south. Photo taken during summer 2001 and provided courtesy of the Bodega Land Trust.


  Click on image to enlarge (109K).

This is a view of Coleman Valley Creek canyon to the south, from the top of a boulder in mid-stream, taken at Photo Point #4 on the previous aerial. In this area the creek is about 50 feet wide, flowing around the boulders in many streams, and creating many pools with many steelhead fingerlings. Small diameter redwoods are downstream and on the right but hardwoods, such as madrone, also occur in the riparian. Photo taken during summer 2001 and provided courtesy of the Bodega Land Trust.


  Click on image to enlarge (47K).  Click here to display a larger version (236K).

This picture is at the north end of a terrace just below the boulders, with second growth redwoods in the riparian of Coleman Valley Creek, and was taken at Photo Point #5 on the previous aerial. The terrace is up to 70 yards wide. It becomes more heavily forested toward the south end where old stumps and slash show charring from the fire of 1966. Photo taken during summer 2001 and provided courtesy of the Bodega Land Trust.


  Click on image to enlarge (50K).  Click here to display a larger version (255K).

This picture was taken at Photo Point #8 on the previous aerial. Here a wide draw comes down from the west, with seasonal channels on each side. The north one is barely visible at the middle left. An old logging road gives access up the south side, visible on the right. From here south the streambed tends to broaden and is relatively flat, with very little surface water. Photo taken during summer 2001 and provided courtesy of the Bodega Land Trust.


  Click on image to enlarge (53K).  Click here to display a larger version (265K).

This picture was taken at Photo Point #10 on the previous aerial. An old logging road encroaches on Coleman Valley Creek and is being eroding away. The stream lacks surface flow in this reach during late summer. Photo taken during summer 2001 and provided courtesy of the Bodega Land Trust.


  Click on image to enlarge (54K).  Click here to display a larger version (281K).

This picture shows a new cattle fence which marks the southern Coleman Valley Creek Corridor boundary at Photo Point #12 in the previous aerial. The fence jogs south for about twenty feet on the west bank before turning up the hill. Taken from 50 feet upstream of the fence shows a dry stream bed. Photo taken during summer 2001 and provided courtesy of the Bodega Land Trust.


  Click on image to enlarge (148K).

This picture shows an overview of Coleman Valley Canyon from Coleman Valley Road. Grasslands and chaparral thrive on the ridges while coniferous forest dominate north facing slopes and hollows. There is no photo point associated with this picture on the previous aerial. Photo taken during summer 2001 and provided courtesy of the Bodega Land Trust.

---

To learn more about this topic click Info Links
To view additional information (data source, aquisition date etc.) about this page, click Metadata
 
 

www.krisweb.com