Woody in-stream structures slow down runoff, enhance habitats in Cataldo project
Post-assisted log structures, or PALS, were constructed on Walsh's property to revitalize the former wetland habitat in the area.
Steve Stuebner, ISWCC
CATALDO — The Clearwater Soil and Water Conservation District and the Kootenai-Shoshone SWCD recently completed conservation projects intended to slow down spring runoff, reduce sediment flows and enhance fish habitat.
The projects were completed using primitive woody structures called Beaver Dam Analogs and Post-Assisted Log Structures.
The Kootenai-Shoshone District project led to the installation of multiple PALS structures on 1,100 feet of Schlagel Slough as it flows through a pasture on a cattle and horse ranch owned by Albert Walsh in Cataldo.
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