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Big Hank Creek.
Conservation Festival 1999. Festival 1999 was held on Saturday, June 12,
at Big Hank Meadows. Big Hank Creek had for years meandered through the
meadow and was outside of its most probable ancestral course. After
study, the Forest Service found a reliable stream channel to place it
in. At the new creek location a wet water ford has been provided to
allow campers access to part of the meadow without destroying stream
banks. The restored stream location reestablishes a more natural
channel, which provides better fish habitat. NIFC members and volunteers
planted 1400 willow, cottonwood and conifers to stabilize the banks and
riparian areas. A lunch and program including understanding the raparian
zone of fresh water streams and identifying aquatic insects was part of
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