Carman Valley Watershed Restoration Implementation Project

Final Executive Report

This is a restoration project funded via the State Water Resources Control Board - Proposition 204 Agreement and displays the November, 2004 Final Executive Report.

Before/After the Restoration

Photos and text by Jim Steele of San Francisco State University's Sierra Nevada Field Campus,showing conditions and wildlife before and after the restoration in Knuthson Meadow.

Randy Westmoreland, USFS Soil Scientist, has additional photos of further restoration of the watershed in Three Corners and Two Cone Meadows.

Videotapes of the project are available. The tape is just under 12 minutes long and is an excellent primer for the Plug and Pond Restoration technique. Please contact the SVRCD Watershed Coordinator to request a copy of the videotape.