This is what the sweeper of death looks like..

Be safe out there!

Z

MAn, that 3rd pic gives me the willies!!!  Where izzit??  Reminds me of my canoeing days back around 1975, north shore of Lake Superior!

It's not on the Wynoochee between White Bridge and Black Creek   

This is actually a recent pic of the Hoh. Still there as far as I know.

Z

Great pic Zee.  that sweeper will be there for a while.  Woody debris is far more dangerous than white water or boulder gardens on rivers.  Don't be complacent while drifting rivers.  Treat every float like it is your first time on the river, even if you drift it daily.

Scott

Crap that is nasty. 

Now thats some Large Woody Debris!  Its pinned in there good, rootwad on one end and the other buried in a log jam.   Makes a nice bridge

Now thats some Large Woody Debris!  Its pinned in there good, rootwad on one end and the other buried in a log jam.   Makes a nice bridge

Imagine that ... that's what all our rivers used to looks like.  LWD is great for the fish!

-Allen

 The way the upper Hoh can roar with heavy rains I'll bet the river will move out that jam itself. Or the local guides will pack in a chainsaw and "help" the tree move. As is its nice cover for the fish and a tough drag to get a drift boat around. 

nasty! that same big storm event also washed out this slide on canyon creek. It's runnable again.
the power of water is amazing.

I have had multiple rounds pass through the rotary wing I was on but that third picture, drop and slip or a C hook but even with the water that's nasty.  Have enough hair on my chest and greys on my head (oldwives tales) to know.  That scared me.

Though I have no picture there is a tree on the Around-the-Town loop on the Siletz that's at a 45 over the river and will lay down perfectly to block all transit.  Marine board and Sheriff's Dept won't touch it till it falls and blocks.  One or two more heavy water events and that'll happen.

That last pic is a killer!

Pack a chainsaw...

Pack a chainsaw...

Aaakkk! I hope not.

We have screwed up our rivers big-time by removing the LWD (large woody debris), usually in the name of safety (ours, not the fish) and transportation.  The current lack of LWD has drastically changed the hydro-dynamics and structure of pools and runs in streams. Many of our rivers are much shallower than they once were because of the lack of LWD. (Check out the scouring around the base of big logjams.) LWD provides shelter, refugia, shade (lowering water temps), slows down runoff and current speed, and plant debris is one of the foundations of the food web.

I'm on the board of our local RFEG (regional fisheries enhancement group). There is a lot of work happening in our local watersheds to re-install LWD. (Much of it removed in the 1950's-1970's in the belief that it would reduce flooding.) We're actually looking at salvaging logs pulled out of the Columbia at the PUD dams and recycling it back upstream. Because much of our riparian areas have been cleared, there's not much timber available for LWD recruitment.

I hope that we all realize that to restore our salmonid runs to historical abundance, part of what we are going to have to do is re-create the historical conditions that supported those runs.

Pack a chainsaw...

Aaakkk! I hope not.

We have screwed up our rivers big-time by removing the LWD (large woody debris), usually in the name of safety (ours, not the fish) and transportation.  The current lack of LWD has drastically changed the hydro-dynamics and structure of pools and runs in streams. Many of our rivers are much shallower than they once were because of the lack of LWD. (Check out the scouring around the base of big logjams.) LWD provides shelter, refugia, shade (lowering water temps), slows down runoff and current speed, and plant debris is one of the foundations of the food web.

I'm on the board of our local RFEG (regional fisheries enhancement group). There is a lot of work happening in our local watersheds to re-install LWD. (Much of it removed in the 1950's-1970's in the belief that it would reduce flooding.) We're actually looking at salvaging logs pulled out of the Columbia at the PUD dams and recycling it back upstream. Because much of our riparian areas have been cleared, there's not much timber available for LWD recruitment.

I hope that we all realize that to restore our salmonid runs to historical abundance, part of what we are going to have to do is re-create the historical conditions that supported those runs.

I was kidding