{"id":78900,"date":"2020-05-12T17:02:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T22:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78900"},"modified":"2020-05-12T17:02:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T22:02:06","slug":"clearcutting-chokes-current","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78900","title":{"rendered":"Clearcutting Chokes Current"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sMvdNQ-JtB4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historic clearcutting practices by some of the early western settlers and farmers to the area caused massive, massive soil erosion into rivers like the Current and Jacks Fork of Ozark National Scenic Riverways. These river channels were once described as deep, fast-flowing, and routinely scoured by flooding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, they are choked with gravel, cobble and other coarse fragments dozens of feet thick in places. This sediment is then locked in place by vigorously growing early successional species that reduce the ability of flooding to flush these clogs downstream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many millennia from now, the erosion will all finally be blasted out to sea and the Current &amp; Jacks Fork will flow rapid, cold and deep once again long after we&#8217;re gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic clearcutting practices by some of the early western settlers and farmers to the area caused massive, massive soil erosion into rivers like the Current and Jacks Fork of Ozark National Scenic Riverways. These river channels were once described as deep, fast-flowing, and routinely scoured by flooding. Now, they are choked with gravel, cobble and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78900\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Clearcutting Chokes Current<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classes-i-teach","category-teaching","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2vETr-kwA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78433,"url":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78433","url_meta":{"origin":78900,"position":0},"title":"Vacancy Announcement &#8211; Interdisciplinary 0401 (Biologist) or 0486 (Wildlife Biologist) &#8211; GS-07\/09","author":"Logan Park","date":"2019-09-10","format":false,"excerpt":"Please forward to anyone you know that might be interested in this position.\u00a0 This position is open to current federal employees and all US citizens.\u00a0 This is a great job here at the Rivers Project Office in West Alton, MO located on the banks of the Mississippi River.Please see the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Job Postings For My Students&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Job Postings For My Students","link":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":78436,"url":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78436","url_meta":{"origin":78900,"position":1},"title":"Wayne National Forest Vacancy Announcement &#8211; Forestry Technician (TSP) GS-0462-5&#038;6","author":"Logan Park","date":"2019-09-23","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Wayne National Forest\u00a0is looking to fill two \u00a0Forestry Technician (Timber Sale Prep) GS-0462\u00a0vacancies.\u00a0There are\u00a0three (3)\u00a0announcements for\u00a0two (2)\u00a0positions. 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