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County and NRCS staff survey Cole Creek bottlenecks

Angela De Palma-Dow from Lake County Water Resources and Erica Lundquist, District Conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, met onsite ahead of the rainy season to understand the chronic blockages along Cole Creek.

We walked the channel downstream of the Clark Drive bridge and the culvert feeding Cole Creek, highlighting how trapped debris and a constricted outflow force water back across neighboring parcels.

Angela and Erica outlined how a joint project combining county, NRCS, Vector Control, and other agency resources could fund sediment removal and outflow repairs if we line up landowner support and applications for the 2024 construction window.

County and NRCS staff surveying debris downstream of Clark Drive
County and NRCS staff surveying debris downstream of Clark Drive
Cole Creek water sitting at ground level with nowhere to drain
Cole Creek water sitting at ground level with nowhere to drain
Barely any channel depth left where sediment has filled the creek
Barely any channel depth left where sediment has filled the creek