Landower's Guide to Managing Streams in the Eastern United States

Authors: L.A. Helfrich, Extension specialist and professor, Virginia Tech; D.L. Weigmann, director, Office of Science and Technology, State of Nevada; R.J. Neves, leader, Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Publication Number 420-141, posted December 1998

Junk piles and refuse dumps are worthless as bank protectors. They increase erosion, are unsightly, and polute stream waters.

Return to the No Streambank Junk Piles section of Streambank Protection Structures.