tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post2105451975708746621..comments2024-01-22T05:55:55.374-07:00Comments on EcoRover: Silver Bow Creek Float: Superfund RecreationEcoRoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294159049375690786noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post-16839871756410163362008-07-01T09:28:00.000-06:002008-07-01T09:28:00.000-06:00Joel Chavez, the chief DEQ engineer for the Silver...Joel Chavez, the chief DEQ engineer for the Silver Bow Creek remedy/restoration project, emailed to let me know that:<BR/><BR/>(1) The "diving boards" were a failed experiment suggested by NRD folks; they are no longer being installed.<BR/><BR/>(2) The "sweepers" were not part of the project, but were either placed there by "volunteers" or by high water. And,<BR/><BR/>(3)The low barbed wire fences (I did not mention that in the blog, but in a separate email to Joel) are apparently the work of local landowners.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Joel! - PatEcoRoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294159049375690786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post-35325359162969318582008-06-30T17:09:00.000-06:002008-06-30T17:09:00.000-06:00Matt Vincent, the former Superfund Reclamation Spe...Matt Vincent, the former Superfund Reclamation Specialist for Butte-Silver Bow and currently the director of the Clark Fork Watershed Education Program, emailed to let me know I misidentified the weed:<BR/><BR/>"Hey Pat, <BR/><BR/>.... One correction, as far as I can see…that’s not Dalmatian toadflax you have in that one photo…it’s golden banner or yellow monkey flower. The reason I know this is that both were in the riparian seed mix and Dalmatian toadflax is not a riparian species, so seeing it in the flood plain would be very rare and isolated...."<BR/><BR/>Guess I should have gotten out of the boat and looked!EcoRoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294159049375690786noreply@blogger.com