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A couple of beaver put behind 'the sticks' during a rain will fix you right up.
FROM THE BEGINNING:The story of the creek
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Beavers have been re-introduced fairly locally to where we live to aid water management......and it seems to be working.
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G'day folks,yes GB the concept was in fact "inspired" by the beaver dams on the USA.
As a footnote to the creek here are some photos showing "peak flow",taken a few years into the program.The repair is such that even this volume of water was not able to Damage either the bed or the sides of the repair.The sticks capture all of the debris and at the boundary there is no debris caught.
As a footnote to the creek here are some photos showing "peak flow",taken a few years into the program.The repair is such that even this volume of water was not able to Damage either the bed or the sides of the repair.The sticks capture all of the debris and at the boundary there is no debris caught.
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When you can protect the fenceline and conserve water at the same time, I'd say that is a stroke of brilliance. Win/Win.
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Got a few dogs TOR?
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A boy always needs a few dogs,only got 4 at the minute.......T.O.R.
That's some serious water flow for a "dry creek" bed. Is there some reason why you couldn't actually excavate a retention pond to form a 3-5 acre holding pond/lake centered on/over/around the creek bed? Use the excavated soil to level/terrace the "uphill" areas some to slow water run off, and to build a damn? Then it seems to me you'd have a "year round" water source.
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G'day, this "dry creek: is a regulated watercourse and we were threatened with prosecution it the work we did had any "adverse" effects on the dry creek bed.
The local authority have never acknowledged the success of our program publicly,but off the record some now concede that we have done a remarkable job...T.O.R.
The local authority have never acknowledged the success of our program publicly,but off the record some now concede that we have done a remarkable job...T.O.R.
Baymule
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Yes you have done a remarkable job.
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Wow! This conservation project took about 6-8 years? I’m utterly impressed. I thought to make changes that drastic would take 20-30 years. It is absolutly breathtaking. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for saving a small chunk of our earth.
