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Wakefield Run
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Follow the progress as Wakefield Run gets a healthy habitat makeover. |
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Our photo documentation proceeds at a more leisurely and seasonal pace now as the patient engineer Nature takes over from the boys in bulldozers. Check back from time to time as we record the changes that take place along Wakefield Run following the restoration project.
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Photo Checkpoint 1 - Mouth of Wakefield Run
Wakefield Run, September 28, 2015 Wakefield Run maintained steady flow even as other small stream dried up during this summer's drought. 
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Photo Checkpoint 2 - Beneath Cross County Trail bridge
Wakefield Run, September 28, 2015 Small fish have overcome this formidable barrier and recolonized the length of the stream. 
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Photo Checkpoint 3 - Rock vane
Wakefield Run, September 28, 2015 
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Photo Checkpoint 4 - Next rock vane (north wall)
Wakefield Run, September 28, 2015 Increased growth of vegetation obscures the view of the streambed. 
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Photo Checkpoint 5 - Boulder on south bank
Wakefield Run, September 28, 2015 Many volunteer wetland plants have colonized the floodplain here, such as Woolgrass and Soft rush. 
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Photo Checkpoint 6 - Next boulder on south bank
Wakefield Run, September 28, 2015 
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Photo Checkpoint 7 - Second root wad
Wakefield Run, September 28, 2015 
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Photo Checkpoint 8 - Second root wad
Wakefield Run, September 28, 2015 Some recent replanting is visible in the clear area on the right. 
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Photo Checkpoint 9 - Second root wad
Wakefield Run, September 28, 2015 
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Photo Checkpoint 10 - Rock channel below plunge pool
Wakefield Run, September 28, 2015 
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Photo Checkpoint 11 - Atop I-495 culvert, facing downstream
Wakefield Run, September 28, 2015 
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