Ford Middle Fork Flathead River at Nyack; proceed past old ranger station cabins and barn and head north; in approximately 0.25-0.35 mi. can see many large POPBST mixed with conifers; plot to west of trail across one meander scar or channel.
This is an overflow area from main channel of Nyack Creek or even Middle Fork in some years; scouring and deposition have created variability on a small scale (lots of vertical relief in a short distance); arcuate parallel overflow channels have been empl
Representativeness
Highly representative of Nyack River overflow channels, the vicinity of which have been scoured; fai
This site, almost to the trail, is an overflow site in the spring that receives sediment on upper sites; the overflow has also carved channels and left raised ridges or flat ground between channels, such as being currently created.
