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compare the photos of the Paper Mill Run from before and after the project
This is how the Paper
Mill Run looked in May 2005. (photo
credit: Brice Dorwart)
This sequence of
photos will give you a good idea of how drastic the changes
have been to the morphology of the Paper Mill Run.
Before the project, the grass had been mowed right up to
the banks, and there was a steep drop-off down to the stream
bed. Now there is a riparian buffer, and the banks
are gently graded.
All photos
were taken by Pam Morris unless otherwise noted.
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Click here to see the restoration construction
sequence.
Click here to see the volunteer scrapbook.
Click here
to see the plant list.
This snail
is just one of the many animals to benefit from this project.
(photo credit: Brice Dorwart)
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eroded streambank in August
1998, before restoration
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the same stream bank,
a few weeks after the project was completed, in September
1998
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the same streambank in
the spring of 2002; note the river birches (Betula
nigra) on the right
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and the same streambank,
spring 2004; those river birches grow fast!
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another view of the streambed,
August 1998
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a slightly different view,
stream bed hardly visible in front of the pump house; September
1998
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the pumphouse and the
streambed in spring 2002
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same view, spring 2004;
note how much the tree in front of the pump house has grown!
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Self-seeded native wildflowers now make up part of the riparian buffer.
yellow=
goldenrod (Solidago
sp.); white= jumpseed (Polygonum virginianum);
orange= spotted touch-me-not, a.k.a. jewelweed (Impatiens
capensis)
(photo credit: Brice Dorwart)
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