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Heavy machinery is used to level the Woods Canyon stilling pond after years of streamflow had erroded the streambed.

imageID: 20737
Description: Heavy machinery is used to level the Woods Canyon stilling pond after years of streamflow had erroded the streambed.
Keywords: equipment
erosion
watershed structures
watershed research
Northern Arizona University
watershed management
Photographer: Assefa Desta
Original collection id: DSC00804
Collection: RMRS Archive Images
Quality: 4
Location: Woods Canyon, Watershed 19, Beaver Creek Experimental Watershed, Coconino NF; AZ; USA
Date(mm/dd/yyyy): 07/13/2004
Comments: Northern Arizona University School of Forestry graduate students conducted the repairs to the stilling pond. The roaring of the engine cuts through silent forest as the back-hoe moves the earth, resembling a dragon with its might and resonance.
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

USDA Forest Service. 2007. Forest Service Research Image Library. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/imagedb


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