Tag Archives: erosion

Surveying the Creek Channel

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

Yesterday we got almost one and a quarter inches of rain. It won’t exactly break the drought, but it’ll really help the crops. The Creek has come up, but the dry pond and wetland in the oxbow will probably stay … Continue reading →

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Exposing Artifacts

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

Six generations of kids have hunted for arrowheads and buffalo bones along Kanaranzi Creek. But, in the last two or three years it seems like the high water levels have opened up a treasury of cultural resources. An archaeological survey … Continue reading →

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Place-Based Stacked Experiences

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

That’s a weird title! It’s trying to communicate that some places seem to host multiple experiences that don’t seem to be related. But, sometimes these “coincidences” have a common thread, other than sharing a specific location. This picture taken in … Continue reading →

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Channel Bank Erosion

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

The Kanaranzi Creek has had sustained flows at high water levels over much of the past two years. As a result, very active erosion has exposed a whole variety of features. This is a view of the high channel bank … Continue reading →

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Water Levels in the Oxbow

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

This has been a really nice spring. The cold winter weather didn’t just slam into hot summer. We had a lot of sunshine in April; only about a quarter of the days were overcast. In contrast, last year about half … Continue reading →

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Kanaranzi Creek and Covid-19

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

The last two years we’ve had record rainfall and Kanaranzi Creek has changed a lot because of it. Although the spring melts have not produced much flooding, the summer “rain bombs” have resulted in bank-full flows sustained over long periods … Continue reading →

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