An excavator machine reconstructs a stream channel by digging up gravel. A pile of logs is nearby, and some of the logs have been placed in the stream to partially block and slow water flow. The work is in an open grassy meadow, with a band of forest behind and a view of a low mountain partly forested.
Photo By/Credit

USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
An excavator works to reconstruct a degraded spring-fed channel at Hancock Springs, Methow Valley.
Facility
Mid-Columbia Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
Ecosystem
River/stream
Subject tags
Habitat restoration
Water conservation