Completed assessments of 17 landslides in the Vernon Creek Watershed, including potential for future failures. Developed restoration prescriptions, including soil bioengineering plans and cost estimates. Completed a native plant species inventory on the landslide surfaces and in adjacent areas. Following the assessment a high priority slide was rehabilitated using the combination of "hard" engineered structures and biotechnical erosion control, including a modified crib wall to protect the slide toe along the stream channel, gabions, a "live" pole drain to enhance drainage of the slide face, "live" staking, and hand seeding. The slide was inaccessible to vehicles due to very steep slopes, and all materials had to be brought in by helicopter. The work was completed by hand by a three-person crew, using a portable yarder to move 15 m lengths of Douglas fir logs into place for the crib wall.
