Transcription of Alternative Techniques to Riprap Bank Stabilization
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Engineering With NatureAlternative Techniques to Riprap Bank StabilizationEngineering With NatureAlternative Techniques to Riprap Bank StabilizationContentsIntroduction ..7 Hamakami Strawberry Farm ..11 Riverview Road ..13 Eatonville Log jams ..15 Burley Creek Brush Mattress ..18 Everson Overflow ..20 Hiddendale ..22 Old Tarboo Road Bridge ..24 Black Lake Drainage Ditch ..27 Little Washougal Creek ..29 Schneider Creek ..31 Conclusion ..34 AcknowledgementsEn g i nE Er i n g Wi t h na t u rE 7 IntroductionWe have always endeavored to harness and manipulate our environment. Efforts to shape or restrict nature often involve mechanically or artifi-cially forcing our surroundings to bend to our will. Sadly, many of these activities have serious effects. Clear cutting forests, pollution, endanger-ing entire species or simply driving them to extinction are just some of the major impacts.
fish. Riprap also tends to suffer from structural integrity issues during and after high-water events. Losing rocks to high water or fast flows, a riprap structure will soon begin to fail in its purpose. Once the soil that the riprap is designed to protect is exposed, the damage continues as before its installation.
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