Streambank planting, closeup

Streambank planting, closeup
Date: 
Friday, February 26, 2016
Place name or River name: 
South River / Chapel Brook confluence, Conway MA
Watershed: 
Deerfield
Latitude: 
42.512811
Longitude: 
-72.743406
Description/Comments: 

Closeup of vegetative planting along South River.  This image shows that sediment recruitment has begun. Sediment may have been deposited in the two days prior to the date of this photograph (February 26, 2016); heavy rains caused many small streams in western Massachusetts to flood during this time.