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1999 Trees Forever Field Day

Trees Forever held a field day at Robert Yaeger farm. Visitors viewed finished projects including streambank stabilization, shallow water area, and riparian areas established with EPA grant, CRP and other funding.

1999 Site where feeder creek enters the Flint River

Bob Yeager site - SW one-fourth Sec 23 T 7IN R4W
Feeder creek entering Flint River opposite and just upstream from critical bank erosion site.

1999 Burlington High School Students plant trees

Burlington High School students plant trees for a riparian buffer along Flint Creek on Randy Higdon's farm

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<br />
property before any restorative work is completed.

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.

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