West of Dallas

Spent the day looking for a suitable meeting location for what I hope becomes an annual Aquatic Habitat Program Meeting.  We chose a location as central as possible (South Fork Rickreall Creek) so that drive time for folks in the five Field Offices is minimized.

 Aaron Mercer Reservoir

 landslide in a clearcut on private property

 Stream restoration conducted on BLM-managed lands (above) and the results (below)

Commercial thinning conducted on BLM-managed timber lands

I'd never been up the valley before and there's a really big reservoir up there which provides drinking water for the City of Dallas.