| imageID: | 24452 |
| Description: | Watershed Project |
| Keywords: | watershed structures |
| Photographer: | J.M. Johnson |
| Original collection id: | 406491 |
| Media: | Black & White Print |
| Collection: | Sierra Ancha Historical Images |
| Quality: | 3 |
| Location: | Sierra Ancha Exp Forest; AZ; USA |
| Date(mm/dd/yyyy): | 04/15/1941 |
| Comments: | Woven wire check in Indian Springs Canyon construction of hogwire tied to steel fence posts. Lower part is faced with small mesh cicken wire. This checktraps leaves and fine litter which serves as check dam. This type of check workds well in oak woodland and chapparal areas where there is an abundance of broadleaf litter. |
| Citation: | Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation: Olberding, Susan D.; Huebner, Daniel P.; Edminster, Carleton B. 2007. Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest historical photographs. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2007-0006 |
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