Originally Posted by
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What puzzles the hell out of me is the question of what the problem could be that the dams are supposed to mitigate.
Darian's article provides the reasoning in the first paragraph:
"The idea behind the structures, which mimic beaver dams, is to slow erosion, catch sediment, and build up the river bottom to reverse the incised channel"
Further in the article:
"main goal for the BDAs on Yellow Creek is to raise the groundwater table and reconnect the main stem with its side channels (great habitat for fish) and its floodplain"
Rich is correct, YC has/had a severe whirling disease problem that was documented by CDFW. The report can be found here:
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.a...umentID=133104
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