Hamakami riverbank stabilization and habitat restoration project on the Green River

Hamakami: Bank Stabilization and Habitat Restoration Project
Right Bank, Green River, River Mile 36

This project stabilized 500 feet of rapidly eroding riverbank and increased fish and wildlife habitat. The project also included the removal of a portion of the Hamakami Levee. Over 60 large Cedar logs with rootwads intact were placed along the river's edge. Above the logs 2-4 rows of willows were planted among coir and soil wraps to reconstruct a vegetated riverbank.

Conditions before construction, June 1994
Site after project completion, November 1994

A natural logjam at the upstream end of the bio-stabilized revetment Summer 2000

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Conditions before construction, June 1994	Site after project completion, November 1994