West River

Ran this section 5/18/12 and found the river to be in great shape. Frankly, I was surprised to see how little storm damage there was. There were 2 strainers worth noting. The first was on an erroded bank (east bank) where a few large pines had fallen in the river. The 2nd strainer was less than 2 miles down stream from the eroded bank; look for a large tree mid-river (only one branch visible). Otherwise, the river was clear and storm damage almost non-existent. I speculate that the dam upstream was used to minimize flooding as there was alomost no sign of debris until the Rock River joined the West.