Looking downstream in a constructed side channel with clear, low flows & a hefty constructed wood jam that helps to create diverse, resilient salmon habitat.

Two large western trillium flowers in bloom.

An older western trillium bloom that in fading to a pink translucent color with a bright yellow centers. I forget what the center thingies are called right now. Syamen?

Huge dogwood tree in bloom.

Happy #WoodJamWednesday rockers!! Getting some game cameras ready in hopes of a good rainfall flow event through our recent constructed side channel. Fingers crossed♡ #SalmonidRestoration 🌿

Multiple fallen trees are piled up in the creek that runs through the woods on a cloudy day. A fly rod sits on one of the logs.

#WoodJamWednesday

This happens and can get in the way of fly fishing🙂
Fly fishing is “usually” not physically demanding, so this makes it a bit more of a workout as I climb over and around the logs😏
Plus, woodjams sometimes create new fishing spots😊

#FlyFishing #Nature #Hiking #Photography

A group of scientists stand on a floodplain bar next to a constructed wood jam that was placed in a high flow side channel to provide winter habitat for native salmonids & acheive other ecological benefits. Lush green forests surround the site.

A color photo of gorgeous bright green clusters of maidenhair ferns & other native plants growing in the riparian habitat along an off-channel wetland.

Native columbine flowers red with yellow innards sprout up with a large hunk of downed wood in the background. The riparian habitats were loaded with a diverse range of flowers.

A purple flowering lupin growing on a gravel bar next to the creek. Rain drops are glistening on the leaves. Spring is springing♡

Happy #WoodJamWednesday peeps♡ we had a lovely site visit with our USFWS partners this week to talk about the next phases of tribal led salmon habitat restoration in a priority coastal stream. #SalmonRestoration #ProcessBasedRestoration #EcologicalStewardship 🌿

A constructed wood jam in a coastal California stream. There's a gravel bar in the foreground with a clear creek flowing around a wood jam comprised of huge to small wood. Lush green riparian forests are in the background with a blue sky & a few puffy white clouds above.

Much love to you peeps - Happy #WoodJamWednesday ♡ #ChaosJam #SalmonRestoration #CreekTime #Nature #GetOutside 🌿

Photo looking at a large, old growth conifer tree with the rootwad attached that has long ago fallen across a small, steep coastal stream, creating a ~10 foot waterfall.

Happy wood jam & #WaterfallWednesday peeps. Please admire this moss covered, old growth conifer tree recruited to this coastal stream♡ yum #Nature #WoodJamWednesday 🌿

A small creek flows through woods that have begun to turn green. The creek is obstructed by fallen trees and branches that have accumulated in the middle, and the creek water reflects the surroundings on a cloudy day.

#WoodJamWednesday

This was new to me last weekend 😮
This probably explains why the stocked trout hadn’t made it down to my favorite spot below these logs yet. They’ll get there eventually 😉

#FlyFishing #Fishing #Nature #Hiking #Walking #Photography #Wood

Looking down at a bend in the creek with white-blossomed wild crabapple trees blooming in the opposite shore. A deep, slow pool on the outside of the bend, nearest the viewer, is below an installation of large logs anchored in place with cables against the riprap. These are to control erosion, help slow the current, and provide safe habitat for juvenile fish

A massive, random pile of driftwood along the creek bank. this is all flood-deposited woody debris

I meant to post this thread for #WoodjamWednesday (Heyoo @saugepsarahb.bsky.social !) Here are 2 examples of LWD (Large Woody Debris) on the creek:
Left: Human-installed, with anchors and cables
Right: Nature! This is what even small creeks around here are capable of during high flow conditions!

A selfie with me on the left in a ball cap & green rain coat & Blue (a red & tan Australian Kelpie) sitting on a sandbar staring at his stick. A creek is flowing behind Blue with Chaos Wood Jam in the background - the wood jam is comprised of large whole tree materials & small/medium pieces. It was built in 2013 to improve habitat for salmon & other native fish.

Blue (a red & tan Australian Kelpie) standing on a sandbar with a creek and Chaos Wood Jam in the background.

A different view of Chaos Wood Jam with the creek surrounding the Jam.

Happy #WoodJamWednesday peeps. Blue & I needed some Chaos Jam time♡ #CreekTime #DogsRule #Nature #SalmonHabitatRestoration 🌿

Nice hat and perfect for #WoodJamWednesday. 🦫

Selfie with me smiling on the left with a pretty sizeable wood jam behind me in a coastal stream in northern California.

Wishing all y'all a great #WoodJamWednesday ♡ #Nature #GetOutside 🌿

A selfie with me on the left smiling stupidly with shades & a ball cap on - I'm standing on top of a large constructed wood jam in a coastal stream - the camera angle is looking upstream at the jam & more wood placed upstream.

Stay strong & hug a log jam♡ happy #WoodJamWednesday Fight, resist, love, rest, repeat!!!!!!♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

A barefoot me stands with my toes in a creek with a large wood jam located along the far bank of the creek.

Me to myself: we're going for a jog, not going to the creek!

Myself to me: yup...

*click for full😁
#WoodJamWednesday #CreekTime #Nature 🌿

A series of beaver dam analogues & wood jams installed in a creek (flowing left to right) to improve habitat complexity, floodplain connectivity, & ecological function to support salmon recovery. A beautiful woody mess♡

Looking downstream at the back flooded habitat created by a series of beaver dam analogues & wood jams installed in a creek to support salmon recovery. A beautiful, deep, slow velocity habitat for baby salmon♡

Happy #WoodJamWednesday Visited one of our restoration sites in a Lower Klamath River tributary. I continue to be amazed by the transformation after installing & stewarding wood jams & beaver dam analogues. Water everywhere which is ideal for juvenile Coho Salmon 🌿 #SalmonRestoration #BeaverBeliever

Blue (red & tan Kelpie dog) & his mom Nika (black & tan Kelpie dog) stand on a huge downed log in a creek with several other large logs (most with rootwads attached) clustered together - our fisheries restoration team built this wood jam - we named it chaos jam.

Closer view of Blue & Nika on the log.

Blue (red & tan Kelpie dog) & his mom Nika (black & tan Kelpie dog) stand on a huge downed log in a creek with several other large logs (most with rootwads attached) clustered together - our fisheries restoration team built this wood jam - we named it chaos jam.

Happy #WoodJamWednesday rockers!!! This was a little creek time fun before the storms♡ #ChaosJam #CreekTime #DogsRule #Nature #Dogs

Oil on canvas. A beaver is eating apples that have fallen from the tree in the background, in the distance is a valley with deer surrounded by a tree lined hillside and mountain.

Beaver. Nicasius Bernaerts (1620-1678). Louvre Museum. 🌿 #Beaver #WoodJamWednesday #SciArt 🦊

Looking upstream at a low profile beaver dam located in a coastal stream.

Closer upstream view of the beaver dam with me to the left of the frame giving the hang loose hand sign with a big dumb, happy grin.

Photo of the steep stream bank with an excavated burrow exposed just above the water level. Most of our local beavers use bank burrows as homes.

Close up of a nearby willow limb that has been pruned by beaver & is resprouting multiple new branches - this is called coppicing.

Happy #WoodJamWednesday rockers!!! Found a sweet seasonal (low flow) beaver dam in one of our local creeks - providing so many beneficial ecological services!! #Beaver #BeaverBeliever #Nature #StreamEcology #SalmonHabitat 🦫 🌿

Happy #WoodJamWednesday - sweet beaver complex along HWY 12 - Montana in Lolo Creek or some fork of Lolo Ck.