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IECA Photo Gallery
2005 Contest Winners
8th Annual Photo Contest
We would like to thank everyone who submitted photos this year and congratulations to the winners!!! These photos were on display at EC05 IECA's 36th Conference and Expo, Wyndham Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas, USA February 20-23, 2005.
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"Slope of the Dead"
Human shaped rill erosion. It gives a sense that erosion is taking
life away. Submitted by:Aloisio Pereira, Deflor Bioengenharia, Minas Gerais, Brazil Photographer: Aloisio Pereira Location: Joao Pinheiro, Brazil Date/Year taken: July 2002 |
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An accident waiting to happen. This site is surrounded
by residential housing. No workers on site. These kids were supposed
to be playing in their yard.
Submitted by: Lynne Burrell, MS Dept of Environmental Quality, Oxford, MS Photographer: Lynn Burrell Location: Herando, MS Date/Year taken: June 2004 |
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Debris from Pueblo Canyon, piled against a trash
screen at the end of a gabion lined channel, drop structure and
silt basin with MSE walls.
Submitted by:Matt Showan, Macafferri Inc, Williamsport, MD Photographer: Rob Myers Location: Los Alamos, NM Date/Year taken: August 2003 |
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Technology in Action |
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Gully erosion occurred directly adjacent
to where the erosion control blanket installation ended, while little
or no erosion occurred where the blanket protected the soil. Submitted by:Kurt Kelsey, American Excelsior Co Photographer: John Slupecki Location: Pace, Fl Date/year taken: February 2004 |
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A gabion dam was constructed to control the stormwater from a 160,000
acre catchment which had caused severe erosion at this headwater
to the Rio Puerco, NM |
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Sediment from a corn field was regularly
flowing onto a roadway. The installation of BMP's resolved the problem
and stopped phone calls from complaining neighbors. Submitted by:Saskia van Woudenberg, Nilex Corporation, Centennial, CO Photographer: Anna Coplen Location: Harford County, MD Date/Year taken: February 2004 |
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Polyethylene ditch liner is being used in
place of concrete to prevent acequia erosion and significant water
loss. Submitted by: Tim Williams, Penda Corporation, Portage, WI Photographer: Location: San Cristobal, NM Date/year taken: October 2004 |
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The Challenge of Erosion Control |
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California Conservation Corps
crews install fiber rolls on steep slopes in the Carnegie State Vehicular
Recreation Area. The slope was also graded, "trackwalked"
and seeded after a national off-road motorcycle event. Submitted by: Laurie Barnes, Salix Applied Earthcare, Redding, CA Photographer: John McCullah Location: Carnegie OHV-SVRA Park, Livermoore, CA Date/Year taken: October 2002 |
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Aggressive erosion threatened
properties and city services. Gabion faced MSE structures re-used
on-site material as structural backfill to minimize environmental
impacts and reduce project costs. Submitted by: Matt Showan,Maccaferri Inc., Williamsport, MD Photographer:Larry Larson Location: Northwestern Ave, Little Wekiva River, Orlando, FL Date/Year taken: March 2004 |
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Before and After |
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Road cut steep slope with
severe erosion process. Treated with bioengineering technology, RECP's
and sediment retainers. Submitted by: Aloisio Pereira, Deflor Bioengenharia, Minas Gerais, Brazil Photographer: Aloisio Pereira Location: Betim, Brazil Date/Year taken: Before - Sept 1997 and After - Dec 1997 |
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These photos show a newly constructed pedestrian
and bicycle path that run along a portion of this river on the slopes
of the riverbank. Cable Concrete was used for erosion and overflow
protection and to allow vegetation over growth.
Submitted by: Charlie Chase, International Erosion Control Systems, Canada Photographer: Charlie Chase Location:Thames in London, Ontario Date/Year taken: Before - Oct 2001 and After - Aug 2002 |
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A 1:100 year storm threatened properties
adjacent to Tucker Gulch. Traditional gabion retaining structures
were used to support and protect the channel for the future. Submitted by:Matt Showan, Maccaferri Inc,Williamsport, MD Photographer: Steve Bertolini Location: City of Golden, CO (Tucker Gulch) Date/Year taken: Spring 2004 and Winter 2004 |
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Exceptional storm water flows
washed out a segmental blockwork wall. A traditional gabion retaining
structure with mattress scour protection reinstated this slope and
retains the car park above. Submitted by:Matt Showan,Maccaferri Inc,Williamsport, MD Photographer: Matt Showan & John Parrish Location: Raleigh, NC Date/Year taken: Before - June 2003 After - June 2004 |
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Highway cuts in decomposed
granite are very challenging soils to stabilize. Several trial measures
were installed, including a soil-filled gabion toe wall, geotextile
"flaps", compost admixtures and assorted bioengineering
techniques. Submitted by:Laurie Barnes, Salix Applied Earthcare, Redding, CA Photographer: Daria Hoyer (before) John McCullah (after) Location: Highway 299W Buckhorn Summit Date/Year taken: October 2002 (before) December 2004 (after) |
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Before: An acequia used for irrigation
suffers from severe erosion causing significant water loss. After: Polyethylene ditch liner installed, providing significant erosion control and water retention. Submitted by: Tim Williams, Penda Corporation, Portage, WI Photographer: Ed Suazo Location: San Cristobal, NM Date/Year taken: October 2004 |
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