Pool 17 along the Turure River in 2009 with Reference Point

Picture of Pool 17 taken in 2009 along the Turure River after the mountain road had been widened. To get to the rocks along the far bank in 2005, one had to wade in waist-deep (about 3 feet) water. Now, one can simply walk across and only get wet shoes. The tripod in the photograph is only four inches on its side, half of which is above the water level. In 2005, the bottom of the stream was sandy, but the increased sediment load has produced a very soft substrate. Many fish were observed in 2005, but few were observed in 2009. The stream flows from the left to the right of the photograph. The reference point corresponds to the reference point in the Pool 17 photo taken in 2005.