Grouse Reach of the Vermilion River, Montana

Figure 2. Example of conditions prior to restoration in the unrestored Grouse Reach (year 0) of the Vermilion River, Montana: the absence of pool features related to a lack of in-channel woody debris, an adjacent riparian area void of mature trees and vegetation for recruitment, and an overall unstable streambank without the needed roughness to capture flood-deposited fine materials.