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...
Picture of Pool 28 taken in 2006 along the Turure River before the mountain road had been widened. One can faintly see a rocky bottom to the stream. Pool 28 is downstream of Pool 17. The bottom of the photograph is downstream. The pool contained fish of various sizes. The plants growing along the bank on the right of the photograph were clean and did not have sediment on them.
Picture of Pool 28 taken in 2009 along the Turure River after the mountain road had been widened. The stream bottom is covered in sediment. Water flows from the left to the right side of the photograph. Plants growing along the bank have an observable level of sediment collecting on and around them. Fish seemed to be more abundant in 2005, although small fish were still present in 2009 (personal...
Picture of Pool 28 taken in 2009 along the Turure River after the mountain road had been widened. Water flows from the left to the right side of the photograph. The stream bottom is covered in sediment. Plants growing along the bank have an observable level of sediment collecting on and around them. Fish seemed to be more abundant in 2005, although small fish were still present in 2009...
Picture of Pool 28 taken in 2006 along the Turure River before the mountain road had been widened. One can faintly see a rocky bottom to the stream. Pool 28 is downstream of Pool 17. The bottom of the photograph is downstream. The pool contained fish of various sizes. The plants growing along the bank on the right of the photograph were clean and did not have sediment on them. The reference...