Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Paul Kolp, Dayton Valley Conservation District manager, right, surveys damage to the Carson River with Dayton property owner Dave Hardy on Friday afternoon. Hardy lost an estimated 30 feet of riverbank in recent flooding. Kolp says stream barbs, like the rocks in the foreground help deflect the current back away from the bank and also encourages the deposit of sediment.

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Fixing the river

• By ncs-import
• January 25, 2006