Anacostia Watershed Society Stream Corridor Assessment Upstream from Randolph Rd
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The following information was provided by Masaya Maeda of the Anacostia Watershed Society.

AWS has decided to conduct a SCA (Stream Corridor Assessment) survey on the Northwest Branch and has already conducted it on a small portion of the stream. We would like to identify environmental problems such as eroding stream banks, inadequate stream buffers, exposed pipes, altered stream channels, fish migration barriers, pipe outfalls, in-stream construction sites and trash dumping locations along the branch. The major findings will be reported appropriately. The data will be also used to raise people's awareness of stream problems and eventually it will be incorporated into WRAS project by State Government.

Survey Date: 4/28/2005

Site 225107 Erosion Site

Approximate length: 180 ft - Approximate Height: 4 ft

Zoom-in picture of the picture 225107-1.
You can see that the clay of the bank is eroded and released to the branch.

Site 226107 Erosion Site

Approximate length: 581 ft - Approximate Height: 6 ft

Imagine that you are standing at the "Human Height" scale in the picture 226107-4.

Site 226108 Erosion Site

Approximate length: 422 ft - Approximate Height: 5 ft