![]() Revegetation projects have established a healthy riparian zone where the reintroduction of plant and root systems have stabilized sediment along the channel, improving stream-bed scour and the efficiency with which the water moves fine sediment out toward the ocean. In the early 1990s, the Mattole Restoration Council undertook a massive project excavating the creek bed, deepening its channel, reconfiguring bends in the stream, installing tree-trunks along the banks, and planting willows to stabilize the soil along a mile and a half of the waterway. In April, Dave Brooksher of the Redwood Times wrote,Īfter decades of restoration work, Mattole Canyon Creek is showing signs of improvement. Since the early ‘90’s, intense work has gone into restoring Mattole Canyon Creek from issues related to sedimentation. Photos taken just before the pump was removed show the Dootyville Bridge in the background. A strong smell of decaying algae creeps up from the dying creek. Today, a puddle with a few young steelhead and water striders remains. This photo was taken yesterday after the pump and waterline was removed. Observers say that a month ago the creek extended all the way down towards the bridge and had thousands of steelhead parr and several second-year steelhead juveniles. The photo shows the last remaining pool near the Dootyville Bridge. The photo below shows the creek has nearly disappeared. ![]() ![]() A pushpin has been stuck in at the approximate place that the pump is believed to have been located this year. When water is sucked out of low creeks and summer nursery pools, federally protected fish can be endangered.īelow is a 2012 image from Google Maps. Reportedly, Turner is suspected of pumping from Mattole Canyon Creek which is crossed by the Dootyville Bridge and feeds the Mattole River. Sheriff’s Office, the Drug Task Force and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife - raided a place off of Dootyville Road. Earlier, law enforcement - reportedly from the Humboldt Co. Yesterday, Bruce Wayne Turner was arrested for marijuana cultivation and booked into the Humboldt County jail a little after 4 p.m. UPDATE, 11:10 a.m.: Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office follows the original report, below.
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