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10/29/21 run is clean, one piece of wood at the top of railroad drop. Scout the drop. Otherwise the tub is pretty clear, any wood can be easily seen and avoided

There is a large strainer covering river left at the rapid after the takeout for the headworks/entrance to the gorge section. Stay away from the left. River right is clear.

Ran this 5/9/2020 the run is clean, no wood at RR drop, no other hazards, all the wood is off to the sides and clear.

Wood in the far left and ledge 1, probably not an issue, but be aware. It's not part of the Headworks run, just an FYI if boaters continue through the park

Update 1/22/2020
The run is clear, most hazards have cleared up. There's one log on river right near the large wood pile at the entrance to the final rapid. Keep left of the boulder mid channel. I expect it will flush out with the current high water.

There's some sort of metal framed tent wedged on the boulder mid channel when the houses appear on the right down close to the water. Just after the large wood pile on river right inside kanaskat park

Wood hazard below the pipeline bridge at the hard right bend (surfing spot) there a tree down on the right that blocks the main channel. Keep left

Put in inside the gate. There is a log across the channel on the right side of the first island. Towards the bottom of the island.
At 1140cfs there was 3-4' of water flowing over the entire log. Easy to see and run right over, but at lower levels or if swimming it will be a problem.

Log was still at railroad drop on 2/11/17. Less obvious at 1,600... was right at the water line. Our group opted to take the far right channel

Tacoma Water will will be closing the boat launch at the Headworks from October 3rd to as late as the 14th while the Corps of Engineers transports large woody debris to the site from the upper watershed. This is a requirement for both the Corps and Tacoma Water to protect listed chinook and steelhead. The wood floated into Howard Hanson Reservoir during peak flow events last winter. Tacoma Water is required to transport it around the dams and reintroduce it into the lower river below the Headworks.

~1500cfs.. First rapid inside gate, still quite a bit of wood (make sure newbies have boat control), second rapid there is still the huge wood pile, we went by on the left, but it's imperative to stay away from wood pile, not a lot of room to get by and you wouldn't want a swimmer. Once past the huge log jam, the third rapid has wood 3/4 of the way across starting from river right shore, you can get by on the left.

Straight section a couple turns before diversion pipe, tree has fallen all the way across river. At this level we were able to get over it on river left, but at lower flows could be very problematic. Also, once you see it, you could get stopped on river left, but they aren't eddies - it's more like moving slow current on the river bank.

Another tree down coming off river left, as you start into the rapid that continues down to the diversion pipe. You can easily get around it on river right.

Weir has about a 5' long log on the rock at bottom, no issues at this water level.

Ran the Headworks at about 1500 today. There is a log in the Weir (Railroad Bridge Drop) that *might* come into play. It is hung up on the exposed rock just ahead of the paddler in the featured photo above, with most of it hanging out into the current alongside the 'standard' line usually taken. We portaged the rapid today to be safe, but I paddled up behind it to get a better look. The end of the log appears to be about 3 feet (river) right of the line we normally take folks down, and could come into play if someone found themselves too far right. Also, there are a bunch of 'no trespassing' signs where we get out to scout that drop, and we got hollered at by some crotchety lady up the hill on her porch.

There was also what appeared to be some new wood in the final boulder garden stretch (at least, I don't remember it being there). There is a massive log on river right spanning probably 40-50 feet into the channel, with a lot of other wood hung up on it. Best to avoid the right side of the river as you make your way past the halfway point of the boulder garden.

There is still a large log in the railroad bridge drop on river left. Good idea to scout the drop before running.

The log is gone as witnessed on 2/21/11 at 935 cfs

The upper Headworks put-in is temporarily unavailable due to a large volume of wood that was incorrectly placed and blocks the access. Tacoma is working to address the situation this week.