Photograph - 8: An example of a skid-stream. 



Situation - 3 Upland Sediment Source Rehabilitation Placement: Within the Big Creek basin, there are 

 several upland sites that are sediment sources to the streams. Most of these sites occur on moderately 

 sloping to steep silty glacial till soils. When exposed these soils can produce significant amounts of 

 suspended sediment. Several of these upland sites are natural mass failures or road associated mass 

 failures. Other sites include old log landings and erosion occurring on ski runs or streams in the ski 

 runs. These sediment sources will be reviewed for rehabilitation actions, which may include: the 

 construction of waterbars, the planting of shrubs, the planting of grass, and/or the placement of rock 

 armoring. During the 2000 and 2001 field season there were several thousand of shrubs and tree 

 seedlings planted on eroding uplands and in skid-streams in an attempt to establish vegetation and 

 reduce erosion. 



Situation - 4 In-Channel Large Woody Debris: Past timber harvest activities have included harvesting 

 trees within riparian zones, or upland areas adjacent to riparian zones within one tree length of the 

 stream. In some areas, this removal of trees has reduced the amount of large woody debris for current 

 and/or future use in the stream channels. The large woody debris acts to reduce streamflow energy, 

 trap sediments, and create pool habitat. In some areas, this reduction of large woody debris in the 

 stream is increasing the amount of bank erosion. On these sites, we propose to add pieces of wood to 

 the stream to augment the existing instream large woody debris. 



Situation - 5 Log Jam Stabilization: There are several sites (5-6) along Big Creek where log-jams 

 (concentrated piles of large woody debris) in the stream are causing the stream to erode a new 

 channel. Refer to photograph - 9. The removal of portions of the log-jams, in some cases, would in 



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