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  • There was a good sackfull scattered in thin grass on the streambank under living trees just above the recent floodlevel.

    Where is the best place to find mushrooms? 2009

  • There was a good sackfull scattered in thin grass on the streambank under living trees just above the recent floodlevel.

    Where is the best place to find mushrooms? 2009

  • I discarded jars of dried snails; OIL OF EARTHWORMS-which appeared to be exactly that; VINUM MILLEPEDATUM-millipedes, these crushed to pieces and soaked in wine; POWDER OF EYGYPTIANE MUMMIE-an indeterminate-looking dust, whose origin I thought more likely a silty streambank than a pharaoh's tomb; PIGEONS BLOOD, ant eggs, a number of dried toads painstakingly packed in moss, and HUMAN SKULL, POWDERED.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • That implied a preference for biotic as opposed to mechanical techniques — preventing streambank erosion, for example by using revegetation rather than concrete revetments, or controlling pests by fostering their natural enemies rather than using pesticides.

    Aldo Leopold's Legacy 2008

  • The Gordon River has extensive streambank erosion that has been exacerbated by river traffic.

    Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia 2008

  • That photo is actually a streambank riparian forest, though, which has more hardwoods, and hence not what a mature longleaf pine savannah looks like.

    Archive 2008-09-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

  • That photo is actually a streambank riparian forest, though, which has more hardwoods, and hence not what a mature longleaf pine savannah looks like.

    snake charmer WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

  • Clean Water Act Nonpoint Source grants are provided to states for a variety of projects to control polluted runoff, including streambank restoration, wetlands protection, and education.

    Fact Sheet On Promoting Growth In Delta Region ITY National Archives 2000

  • He waded to the streambank and stumbled onto land.

    Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998

  • He waded to the streambank and stumbled onto land.

    Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998

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