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Dogwood Run GPS Locations 13 to 19

Location 16 is at the confluence of Dogwood Run and Little Elk Creek, where the field team observed a beaver dam and two beavers returning to their hutch.  The dam disrupted the flow but did not appear to create a complete blockage – the water on the upstream side of the dam was not pooled.  There is evidence of channel migration processes at this location; there is an abandoned oxbow channel of Little Elk Creek on the left bank.  There are also ATV tracks in the area, indicating that recreational users have access to this area with equipment that is likely to be disruptive to fish and wildlife.  The riparian zone of Little Elk Creek at this location is healthy and wide, with trees and shrubs.  The stream bed is gravel with some cobbles.  Dogwood Run has a gravelly, cobbley bed and the flow was probably too low to be passable by fish.

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