Water Damage at The North Arm

["Kristin Purdy" <kristinpurdy at comcast dot net>]

I visited The North Arm Natural Area of Pineview Reservoir in Weber 
County today to check on the status of the flooding.  The foot bridge 
over the North Fork of the Ogden River has been pushed off its moorings 
on one side and is impassable.  A sizeable log jam is wedged against the 
upstream side of the bridge.

I should have had a clue when I first looked down into the area from 
along SR-158 above the preserve.  The nature trail is actually a stream 
and my binoculars revealed that the brown blob in the middle of the 
trail-stream was a female mallard.

The area is still birdable using the Pineview West trail that runs down 
the embankment along the west side of the preserve from the marina.  
>From this trail, I heard or saw Yellow Warblers, Fox Sparrows, 
Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, a Downy Woodpecker, and I believe I heard two 
brief segments of a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT'S song.  The long, curving 
boardwalk at the north end of the preserve is still 6 inches above the 
water.  

The entrance to The North Arm is located between miles 3 and 4 of SR-158 
in Eden, Ogden Valley, Weber County.  You'll find entrances to the 
Pineview West trail between miles 2 and 3; mile marker 3 also has an 
Angler's Access sign.  

Kris

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