The view west from Buckhorn Road this morning.
I am curious - the topsoil along the project was to be removed from the area and stored off to the side, and then returned.
Looking west, from right to left, there is the (mostly) original land level (riddled with stump removals and other disturbances). Next there is the 1952 line (yellow markers), then a 1' terrace graded drop. I drew a line for the proposed PSNC 2014 line. The 1999 Cardinal/Williams line up the center of the photo (yellow markers again) and then on the other side of the Cardinal line there's another 1' drop, and no sign of the removed topsoil in sight.
So, where is it...? Where did the topsoil go?
Edit: It was my understanding there would be a pile of it. I was told today that there was not that much topsoil. I guess all that foliage in the field just grew in a very shallow bit...? See where it says "continuous silt fence" on the left in the picture? Some of it is over there.
Edit: Upon further observation, how is this possible? How can you terrace a field down by 1 foot, then terrace it again by another foot, and have no discernible topsoil left? Where is the DIRT? And where is all the plant matter that was there? Was the bulk of the topsoil taken away with that?
Edit: It was my understanding there would be a pile of it. I was told today that there was not that much topsoil. I guess all that foliage in the field just grew in a very shallow bit...? See where it says "continuous silt fence" on the left in the picture? Some of it is over there.
Edit: Upon further observation, how is this possible? How can you terrace a field down by 1 foot, then terrace it again by another foot, and have no discernible topsoil left? Where is the DIRT? And where is all the plant matter that was there? Was the bulk of the topsoil taken away with that?
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