Riparian Habitat Assesment

Lots of disturbances seen from both recent and past flooding. There was a lot of erosion and debris (large rocks, dirt, fallen trees) around the stream, and lots of disconnected pools in the stream bed. I saw mostly fast moving water, but still lots of pools. I noticed that the stream width decreased a lot recently, which was likely again related to the flooding and debris. The river also appears to upstream be disturbed by human activity, both flowing through a culvert and appearing to possibly have been straightened. Weather seemed to be just a mix of clouds and sun and fairly cool temperatures, with no rainfall in the past day, and the E. coli test hopefully should be accurate because soil and waste haven't been washed into the stream in the past couple days.