Alternative Techniques to Riprap Bank Stabilization

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. As we grow and develop technologically and as a society, we often overlook just what we are doing to the land around us, frequently until it is too the past century, the Pacific Northwest has seen a significant amount of development in the areas of agriculture, housing, urbaniza-tion and population.

Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided funding assistance for the repair to these riprap facilities.*¹ The very nature of having to repair these facilities counters the popular engineering belief that riprap is the best solution for mitigating stream bank erosion.

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