Pictures from the spring 2005 stream study sites

Students working in Luzon Run, a tributary to Rock Creek

   

This culvert caries a park road over Luzon Run                                                                Joyce drive parallels the creek

 

   

The mouth of Luzon Run                                                                                                            Rock Creek at Luzon Run

 

   

Trash near the creek                                                                                                                                The culvert was blocking debris from moving down stream

   

Deer tracks                                                                                                                                    Another shot of the culvert

   

Forested hillside borders the creek                                                                                                Erosion from high volume is evident

   

More evidence of erosion

    

The creek passes underneath Military Rd and is bordered by a retaining wall for Joyce Rd

Students working at Donaldson Run, Potomac Overlook Park

The stream environment - Donaldson Run

   

An old dam blocks the stream near its mouth                                                                        Erosion and natural habitat

   

Good stream habitat - gravel/rock bottom and forested valley

   

The creek passes underneath George Washington Parkway and meets the Potomac

       

Mouth of the creek