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<br />~oven ~ire Fence Revetment <br /> <br />Woven wire fence can be used to stabilize .tream bank. with relatively low <br />velocities. Posts are driven into the channel along the toe of the bank ~~ <br />six to eight feet .pacings. Woven wire-fencing material I. attached to the <br />posts on the channeL .ide of the posts, The bank behind the fencing should ~e <br />.haped to a slope no steeper than L.5 horizontal to I vertical and then <br />seeded, This practice has achieved Its Intended re.ults when the bank behind <br />the fence has been completely .tabill.ed with vegetation, <br /> <br />Another variation to this practice Is to use live willow post., These post. <br />should be three to five inches diameter and spaced on a four foot spacln3. <br />Fiber netting Is tied to the posts to provide protection at the toe until the <br />willow. get establl.hed. The bank behind the willow posts should be shaped <br />and seeded. <br /> <br />'aintenence on these practices Includes Inspecting the fencing and vegeta- <br />tion, Any loose or broken wires should be repaired, Any seeded areas which <br />have been eroded should b. reshaped and .eeded, <br /> <br />54 <br />