June 23, 2013…The walk into the woods starts here. The creek usually flows under a wooden plank. For several months, the water has not been flowing, probably due to 2013 being the lowest rainfall on record. To be precise, the water HAS been flowing, but not where you can see it. Close to the point where the path crosses the creek, the creek dives underground.
Looking through the skunk cabbage, a small pool of water can be seen a short distance upstream before the water disappears underground.
June 23, 2013…The water flows to here. It’s weird, you can hear the water flowing, but you can’t see where it goes.
February 17, 2014…After a couple of weeks of on again, off again heavy periods of rain, the ground is saturated and the water is flowing. It’s been over a year. Skunk cabbage is just poking up.
Old snag forms a backdrop to the skunk cabbage
Survey stakes, uh-oh
“East edge of road…?” Oh no…they want to put a road here.
An article about creeks and rivers going underground.
March 17, 2014…Creek still flowing. Skunk cabbage growing well.
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