West Kelowna Powers Creek Delta Erosion
Describes missing riparian trees, bridge constriction and wave erosion at the Powers Creek delta, then presents re-establishing woody riparian vegetation as a restoration response.
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West Kelowna: Powers Creek Delta Erosion
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Source: Segment West Kelowna Powers Creek. Slides by David Polster; individual image and diagram credits remain in the presentation. This video includes the complete supplied deck. It is an archive slideshow, not a recording of the spoken conference session.
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West Kelowna Willow Beach Erosion
Delta of Powers Creek
What is missing on this delta?
What has been done to try to compensate for the missing riparian forest?What effect does the constriction of the bridge have on high flows?
What about wave erosion? The armoring deflects the waves and causes erosion.
Erosion area
Hey, Look Mom, No trees!!!Re-establishing a dense stand of woody riparian vegetation (willows and Cottonwood) would fix this erosion…
…and provide habitat for a diversity of biota as well as sequestering carbon to reduce the impacts of climate change.