Out in the field yesterday doing groundwater monitoring around experimental groundwater recharge ponds in the mattole watershed northern CA. Mind blowing to see how much the ca native sedge and juncus re-veg plugs grew over the rainy winter deluge. They were on planted a few years ago. The repairs to the BDA's "beaver analog dams" held up amazingly well. Deep clear pools holding and evolving on lost river, tributary to the mattole river. Creating and improving salmonid habitat, and allowing summer recharge of mainstem flows. Looking good!
#WatershedRestoration
#CaNativePlants
#salmononids
#BeaverAnalogDams
#RoughSkinnedNewt