![]() ![]() Those piles of rocks about a quarter mile away are being dumped on Tuesday into the freshly dug new channel to create a stream riffle. Felled trees are in a pile.Įverything being used in the meadow restoration is native. Boulders and smaller rock, along with piles of dirt are under the power lines. Driving in (which is only allowed in a Forest Service vehicle) it looks more like a major construction site than a serene meadow. The 18 people working on the project are all Forest Service employees. It helps get the fine sediment on the flood plane. “It will average 30 days each year out of the bank. “Now the stream doesn’t get out of the bank,” Heller said. What the public will notice most once the meadow project is done is that this flat, expansive land mass will be wet in the spring, more lush and possibly producing wildflowers like not seen by current generations. The $2 million meadow restoration is being paid for with money from the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act. Filling in the old channel will take place in 2012. Next year it’s all about letting the vegetation along the new stream channel take hold. Crews are starting to plant them along the new channel. Cows like willows – that’s why there aren’t any. The area was last grazed eight years ago. This land was bought from a family trust in 2003, with a private cabin still on the property near the entrance to the area off High Meadow Trail, which is off Pioneer Trail on the South Shore. “The goal here is in five years we don’t want people to know we’ve been here,” said Stephanie Heller, hydrologist with the Forest Service and project lead.Įighty of the 280 acres in the meadow are being restored. Forest Service crews complete the project in 2012, Cold Creek will meander like it did before cattle grazed in the meadow, willows will sprout from the bank, the dead beetle-infested lodgepoles will be hauled away, and wildlife will have returned to the area. This is because of the multi-year restoration project that started in August. Photos/Kathryn Reedīut High Meadow could be more aptly named Construction Meadow. Very pretty and well made rug.Excavator Billy Newman puts sod into the new channel of Cold Creek at High Meadow. I'd like to see other rugs made in this color green as it's a bit brighter than their standard sage green. I feel the price point on this rug is a bit high but it is wool and well made so I know it will last for many many years. I also want to state that I wish QVC had a provision for uploading pictures so we could all see how others use their products. The runner also has a two tone look to it and again the garnet color seems to pop on this runner which made it a great match for this rug. I hesitated for a long time ordering this because there wasn't a runner to go with it however I ordered the Regalia 2'3"x9' Die-cut Wool Runner and the two look great together. The two tone green look is really interesting. It is very very thick wool and well made and for me I liked the idea that it was more dense and flat to the floor. This rug is not a deep plushy rug in my opinion which is just fine. In this rug the garnet and lilac seems to dominate which I liked much better. I have bought other RP rugs but sent them back because I found too much of the mauve color was dominating and it didn't work with my decor. The green is a two tone light and dark and not exactly sage but a bit brighter. I am currently doing a cottage look in my living room and this rug fit perfectly.
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