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This photo shows Elk Creek at the Stanza Fire with the Marble Mountain Wilderness Area in the distance. The combination of fire, salvage logging and associated roads contributed substantially to the damage caused to Elk Creek in the 1997 storm. Photo by Michael Hentz.


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This photo shows Elk Creek at Titus Ridge USFS clear cut sites. The 1987 fires did major damage to Titus Creek and some of the cuts here may have been post fire salvage. Note that despite more than a decade that regeneration of the forest is poor. Much of the slopes here are covered with brush and will tend to burn when they mature at about 35 years of age. The likelihood of getting forest back at this site once that cycle starts is low. Adjacent forest areas can be expected to have elevated fire risk as a result as well. Photo contributed by Michael Hentz 2002.


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This photo shows Elk Creek at Titus Ridge Road. The wildlands below the road reflect a history of logging, but it seems as if tree growth is poor. The Siskiyou Mountains show in the distance. Photo contributed by Michael Hentz 2002.


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This photo shows the Hopkins Creek Confluence. Photo contributed by Michael Hentz 2002.


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This photo shows Empire and Lumgrey Creeks. Photo contributed by Michael Hentz 2002.


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This photo shows Grider Creek Bridge 2001. Grider Creek suffered damage to its lower reaches in the January 1997 storm, but notice that alders are established and helping redefine the channel just four years later. Grider Creek has a large number of fall Chinook spawners in some years. Photo contributed by Michael Hentz 2002.


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This photo shows Grider Creek. The large dead alder at right was likely killed by aggradation at this site in 1997 but a new generation of alders has colonized the low flow channel banks in this 2002 photo. Photo contributed by Michael Hentz 2002.


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This photo shows Grider Creek Footbridge. Note optimal spawning gravel in the stream just above the small water fall. Photo contributed by Michael Hentz 2002.