| Area | Lower Ten Mile |
| Topic | Tour: Lower Ten Mile Ground Photos 1995-2000 River Shots #2 |
Shrubs and fallen alders provide cover on the lower Ten Mile River with mature alders holding the soil of the far bank.
Debris jam and riparian willows and alders create complex fish habitat in the margin of the lower Ten Mile River. This type of cover along the edge of the stream also supplies complexity at high water and thus aids over-winter survival of juvenile salmonids. Fine sediment on bar looks as if it was recently deposited.
Large stream side alders hold the stream bank along the lower Ten Mile River. Slumping triggered by the road immediately upslope may contribute to loss of the bank and this alder cluster.
This quiet, edge water habitat along the lower Ten Mile River provides complex habitat for juvenile steelhead.
This photo shows a riparian alder forest adjacent to the lower Ten Mile River but it is not completely preventing the bank from being eroded at this site.
Alders encroach on both sides of the lower Ten Mile River. Looking downstream to site of eroding bank along HTC haul road.
The lower Ten Mile River in this photo appears aggraded as maximum depth appears to be less than two feet. Fallen alders provide cover for juvenile salmonids but are also symptomatic of bank erosion.
This gravel bar along the lower Ten Mile River in the foreground has a high percentage of very fine sediment, which was likely recently deposited. Riparian trees and the fallen alder provide some habitat complexity..
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