Beautiful Zuni bowl ladies! I am uncertain you will want to haul as many rocks for the larger dryland area… I am wondering if you perhaps could try just a mix of rock and debris (i.e. felled conifers) to slow down that water movement when present, and capture more moving sediment.

Holly- I am having a similar issue with a rocky bottom. I am unsure I will be able to manually drive any stakes without the use of equipment (which is virtually impossible to mob to my particular location). If there is rock available, I am wondering if you could build the base of your BDA with rocks (more akin to a rock weir) and weave some conifer debris throughout.

I am unsure how to place an exact dollar amount on the economic impact of my incised coulee. However, it does feed into a canal which is used for lower elevation pivot operation so reducing sediment loading into that system might be extrapolated to labor work for having to dredge ditches (and benefit from just keeping more water in the system for longer). Additionally, this area is prime winter habitat for elk, mule deer, and antelope so there is an intrinsic benefit for improving habitat (increase water residency, increase plant production).

Attached are some photos of the large head-cut I would like to fix, and also pictures of some smaller downstream head-cuts that have been mitigated with a rock rundown. Some of the previously built rock rockdowns have been blown out by particularly flashy precip events, which just goes to show that the non- living structures do take more maintenance over time.