Conservation project set at Elberton Road

The Palouse Conservation District is in the process of slating a bio-engineered bank stabilization project on the North Fork of the Palouse River on Elberton Road. The project calls for stakes to help with erosion of the bank.

“They will put stakes inside the river to capture or trap things that float so it deflects the power of the river from the banks,” said County Planner Alan Thomson.

Randy Stevens, project manager at Palouse Conservation District, said the erosion has occurred for a number of reasons at the site which is located along the river bank upstream from the bridge approach at th...