Not good enough. Now you can always try & use a different kind of already 'warm' pillow... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/baby.gif" alt="" /> but I digress... and this should be a 'children friendly' discussion <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cyclops.gif" alt="" />

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All my kindness <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> and am still referred to has a evil one <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" /> even though i was never MAFIA, just a humble peasant <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/drunk.gif" alt="" /> [/quote]

Here's the answer <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" /> Nick,
You had this poor humble peasant killed with your finger pointing and evil bad words. That sidekick of yours,<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" /> Steve, is just as bad.

I have two questions.
1.When?
2. Where?
Next trip.

Great trip, thanks for the photos ! The river looked deeper than I remember.

BLM has been doing some experimental Tamarisk and Arrundo removal in the Afton Canyon area for a couple of years.

Within weeks of their treatments, they have noted increased surface water flows.

So John,

What exactly does that mean (for those of us who are laymen in regards to environmental 'speak')? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cyclops.gif" alt="" />

Do you mean they're dredging the river thereby increasing flow (gravity effect)?? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Here's the answer <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" /> Nick,
You had this poor humble peasant killed with your finger pointing and evil bad words. That sidekick of yours,<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" /> Steve, is just as bad. [/quote]

I was just trying to protect my fellow town folks from the Mafia <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Still thinking about that... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Tamrisk and Arrundo are termed "invasive species"; meaning they are not native to the area. Tamrisk (AKA Salt Ceder) was imported from the Middle East in the late 1800s and used as a wind break around ranch houses and watering holes. However, it is fast growing and requires a lot of water. And, it increases the alkalinity of the soils around the tree; hence, the term Salt Ceder.

Arrundo is a reed-type plant that chokes out springs. Both have extensive root systems and regenerate from roots.

BLM has been working on projects to remove Tamrisk and Arrundo. The treatments are a combination of burning, cutting, digging and poison.

Afton Canyon is one area where they have been experimenting with different methods to determine which is best and when a re-treatment is required.

Within a couple of weeks of a major treatment project in Afton Canyon, surface water began flowing in the treated area where it was previously dry.

Keep in mind, the Mojave River does provide a continuous year-around water flow. Due to geology and soils type, most of the time it is an underground river.

By removing the vegetation consuming the water, surface flow began.