Tasmam Kojom
Project Goals and Objectives
Project goals were the usual—floodplain reconnection, channel and habitat complexity, shallower groundwater, etc. All this with eventual beaver re-introduction in mind. Project started in 2019, and we've been building steadily ever since. We’ve built 350 structures on 5+ miles of stream in this meadow so far, and added 7 miles of new water in defined channels at summer flow. We burned less than a barrel of all fossil fuels for implementation. and CDFW re-introduced a family of 7 beavers on the meadow this fall.
Structure Construction Elements
Everything except wicker. We used postless and post-assisted bdas, PALS, one-rock dams, wood jams anchored by living trees, direct felling, grip-hoisted trees, and fire-killed logs hauled to the creek over the snow using a track truck. The kitchen sink, basically.
Project Photos
Cover Photo