Preferred Citation: Warner, Richard E., and Kathleen M. Hendrix, editors California Riparian Systems: Ecology, Conservation, and Productive Management. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1984 1984. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft1c6003wp/

 
Streambank Stabilization Techniques Used by the Soil Conservation Service in California1

Grade Stabilization

A dam, wall, or drop is used to reestablish or maintain streambed elevation (fig. 10). Maintenance of streambed elevation is necessary in stabilizing streambanks. Environmental considerations in designing grade stabilization measures include choice of construction materials, fish passage, plunge pools, number of structures used and their locations, and incorporation of vegetation.

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Figure 10.
Grade stabilization structures used to either maintain existing grade or raise streambottom by trapping sediment.

Streambank Stabilization Techniques Used by the Soil Conservation Service in California1
 

Preferred Citation: Warner, Richard E., and Kathleen M. Hendrix, editors California Riparian Systems: Ecology, Conservation, and Productive Management. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1984 1984. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft1c6003wp/