Showing posts with label fire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fire. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Historic Ecology: Oak Trees

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One of the biggest changes to the Ventura River ecosystem came with the influx of settlers in the 1800s.  Some say the oak woodland that fil...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Riverbed changes after 2023 flood

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The aerial photos shown in  January 2023 Flood Overview   illustrate how t he flood of January 9, 2023 ripped out large areas of vegetation ...
Thursday, August 13, 2020

Retrospective on the Thomas Fire

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The Ventura River has demonstrated amazing resiliency following the Thomas Fire.  The river appears healthier now than it has been in decade...
Sunday, April 5, 2020

March rains

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March storm moves over the Ojai Valley. This thunderstorm produced a brief period of hail. After, a record dry January and Februa...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Matilija Reservoir March 2020

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Matilija Reservoir March 17, 2020 It appears that our March rainfall event moved more sediment into Matilija reservoir.   Flows in the u...
Monday, December 16, 2019

Matilija Hot Springs cleared

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Sign at Matilija Hot Springs summarizes the historical significance of the site The Matilija Hot Springs lies directly downstream of...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Matilija reservoir sedimentation - Summer 2019

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As documented on this blog , the storms of 2019 transported large quantities of sediment down the Ventura River following the Thomas Fire ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Ventura River post-fire sedimentation 2019

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Recent delta deposits in Matilija Reservoir, February 24, 2019 The Ventura River watershed is responding to the December 2017  Thom...