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Rancheria Creek |
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Tour: Upper Rancheria Creek and Tributaries Channel Photos 2001 Part 2 |
Click on image to enlarge (103K).Looking downstream from Foppiano Bridge on Upper Rancheria Creek. Notice 10 ft cut bank, dry streambed, stumps showing evidence of historic logging activity, and lack of mature riparian vegetation. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (129K).Looking upstream on Upper Rancheria Creek from county road downstream from Foppiano Bridge. Notice eroded stream bank and isolated pool in foreground. This pool was filled with duckweed and California roach on the date photographed. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (56K). Click here to display a larger version (283K).Looking at isolated pool on Upper Rancheria Creek. The red aquatic plant is duckweed. The pool was dominated by California roach on the date photographed. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (104K).Looking upstream on unnamed tributary to Upper Rancheria Creek parallel to Elkhorn Rd. This photo shows evidence of selective logging. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (92K). Click here to display a larger version (172K).Looking cross channel on unnamed tributary to Upper Rancheria Creek parallel to Elkhorn Rd. Noticed exposed roots of hardwoods in the cut bank. Stream has down cut approximately 10 feet. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (79K). Click here to display a larger version (730K).Looking downstream on unnamed tributary to Upper Rancheria Creek parallel to Elkhorn Rd. Channel has down cut significantly. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (75K). Click here to display a larger version (880K).Looking downstream on unnamed tributary to Upper Rancheria Creek parallel to Elkhorn Rd. Photo shows down cut channel and lack of riparian vegetation. Stumps on the hillside show evidence of past logging activity. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
Click on image to enlarge (79K). Click here to display a larger version (730K).View of small, unnamed tributary to Upper Rancheria Creek paralleling Elkhorn Rd. Notice hanging culvert and down cut channel. Photo by Pat Higgins, 9/21/01.
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