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1999 Boy Scouts plant trees

Boy scouts planting trees for a riparian buffer on Randy Higdon s farm for CRP (Conservation Reserve Program

1998 Flint Creek bank on Robert Yaeger
property before any restorative work is completed.

These photos show an erosion causing snag at an eroded bank in the Flint River channel. Vegetation to the right of the photo obscures the view of the eroded bank

1998 Roger Hunt from Trees Forever walks along riverbank

This photo looks downstream facing southeast shows a critical bank erosion site on the Flint River on Roger Yaeger's property

1998 Bank erosion on Flint Creek on Robert Yeager's property

The view looks northwest (upstream) at opposite bank and channel (low water) - 250 feet upstream of critical bank erosion on Flint River

1998 Yeager site snag on Flint River

This photo shows a snag at the east end of an eroded stream bank on the Flint River looking east

1999 Weir in feeder creek under gravel road

This photo shows a functioning wooden "coffin-type" weir in a feeder creek under a gravel road at 200 feet before emptying into the Flint River above critical bank erosion site. This area is on Robert Yeager's property. A weir is a low dam that is…

1998 Reshaped stream bank on Robert Yeager property reinforced with rock rubble

These photos show the eroded Flint River stream banks reinforced with rock rubble. Willow stakes and grass seed with be planted in and among the rocks in the spring of 1999 to help prevent erosion.

1999 Flint Creek stream bank stabilized on Robert Yeager Property

This project along Flint Creek was completed with EPA funds.
These pictures were taken when the ground was covered with snow.

1999 Shallow water wetland established on Robert Yaeger farm

This shallow water area on Robert Yaeger's farm in Pleasant Grove Township was completed with EPA grant and CRP funds

1999 Stream bank on Richard Osborn's property before
erosion control project

This is a photo of the Flint Creek stream bank before the restoration project started to control erosion.

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