The stream restoration program within the Sierra District includes erosion control projects throughout our park units. Whether we are installing bioengineering measures at General Creek in Sugar Pine Point State Park or surveying the effects of run off on Angora Creek in Washoe Meadows State Park. The protection of waterways of the Sierra District park units is foremost in our planning.
Erosion effects the ecology throughout a watershed.
Our wetlands are disappearing at a staggering rate. Therefore today more than ever before we need to protect the wetlands which remain. To protect these important keystone habitats reducing the effects of human caused erosion is a main goal. Back to Top of Page Small Scale Erosion Prevention Prehaps you have an isolated bank which is falling into your favorite stream. The biotechnical methods included in this section just might prevent that small erosion problem from becoming a serious hydrologic mess.