Site: Cottonwood Ranch
Time: 6:54 pm
Weather: Windy, partly cloudy, close to raining
Date: 5/27/08
Notes: Today I noticed differences with the water. It was not only running a tad faster than before, but it was in some parts still. It kind of contradicts itself but I think it is the positioning of the ditch that determines how the water runs. In the parts where it was relatively slow, algae was growing. Very faint but none the less it was there. I am not positive how it grows, but I know that it provides food for insects, a covering for the organisms under the water, and nutrients for the cottonwoods that live nearby. I think if the ditch is slightly downhill the water might run faster, but if it is pointed up hill it is harder for the water to travel against gravity causing a slower flow. Other than the water not much changed. The soil is still moist from all the rain we have been getting. And the birds are still very active. I haven’t been able to any small animals since the first day.
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