The following pictures were taken in March 2012 when a group visit was arranged to view the creek . Click here to go to pictures of the creek as it was before work started Click here to go to pictures of the construction phase

Tony from the Water District provides a 5 minute introduction and brief history for the attendees

Rapt attention by the assembled masses to Tony's exposition on the background and history of the project.

Richard Moll give the residents' side of the story

A smaller select group follows Tony under the bridge to hike the creek.

The water comes under the bridge and has to immediately make a sharp left turn - encroaching property leaves no room to make the turn "natural" so the original wall and a new fake rock wall have to be used.

A wider view of this critical piece - which had to be very carefully engineered. (Photo - Susan Mandle)

The gang sets off downstream - here still a very rocky bottom

These willows were planted three years ago - survival rate far exceeded expectation.

The benches both sides of the thalweg are dense with established willows and will survive any high water events.

Due to width constraints at this point between "the blue lines" (where property owners on both sides had agreed to allow creek work to be done) it was predicted that this curve was a likely spot for failure - the curve is too tight given the speed and energy of water at this point. The bank failed in the first season and had to be repaired and beefed up with some non-natural armoring - it now appears to be holding.

On the 2% slope section, creek bottom can be gravel rather than the multi-ton rocks required at higher-speed sections - like at the bridge.

Here Tony is standing in and explaining one of the carefully engineered drop structures (required to dissipate energy) but which is filled with silt right now due to recent low flow levels and lack of a recent gully-washer to excercise it properly.

We return back to the bridge - here a view looking back upstream with the bridge in the background (Photo Susan Mandle)

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			Click here to go to pictures of the creek as it was before work started
			Click here to go to pictures of the construction phase