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<br />SHORELINE <br /> <br />STABiliZATION <br /> <br />and Trench Parkin!;:'1 ivc Faseines. The <br />sYSl<:11l was Jesigncd 10 eliminate efllsion. <br />remo"e and replacc thc il1\'asih~ plants <br />with an indigenolls plnnt community. to <br />l:Iill1inatc th~ threallo pl'llpCrl)' and ptlblic <br />safety. ;lnd to conneCl the rivcr 10 <br />,\ RTSPl\ R K visually and phy:;ieHlly. <br />Contour wattling con:-;ists of plal.:ing <br />bundles of suitable plant materials in <br />shallow trenches. on l:OtHour. on either <br />l:ut or fills slopes. Wanles consist of tied <br />bundles of brandl stems or bl~\I1ches. also <br />callcci live t~lscines. Typically. thc <;tCIllS <br />or bnJl)l.:hes are wi Ilow or other easy to <br />root species, The bundles arc laid in <br />trenches on contour along the slope f:lc~ <br />and staked into posilion and then bad <br />filled. Construction stakes are cOll1ll1only <br />u:-,cd for this purpOSl:. a:- lhl'Y act a~ <br />"dowels" and help anchor the soil l() the <br />slope. therL'by lIlillimi7ing shallc)\\.; SIOPl' <br />fililures. Live f"ascines provide a tnlllsi- <br />lion from livc w(l[cr 10 vcgct;1ted soils. <br />breaking lip long slupc~ into a series of <br />shorter slopes. They pl'Ovidl.: surl;lce sta- <br />bility fix the planting. introduction. and <br />establishment of indigenous vcgetation. <br />They also collect sediment. sccJs and <br /> <br />..~.-- <br /> <br />1.,H(//'ch/Ap/'d 200t\' <br /> <br /> <br />View from top of bank of crew constructing the second contour. <br /> <br />li)slcr th~ development or vegetal ion on <br />Ihe slopt:, They slow surl~lee water and <br />,1110\\ more infiltration. 'they promol.... <br />SL~l'cI germination and natural invasion. <br />Depending on species they can reint(l)"(..'l' <br /> <br />the :-;oilmunllc by dcvcloring root systellls. <br />. J h t' tn' b rid 0 r I.: I a ...; sic S 0 i I <br />niotcchnicaltcl'hniqllc~ came in the form <br />of D2 Vegetatt:J Coil' Logs (D2 VeLs I. <br />which were IIsed in lieu or wallles ()r live <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Land and \\'ater <br /> <br />II"', '1\: / (III d( II u/wu leI: CO/11 <br />