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This method is more successful than planting cuttings and more tolerant of droughty conditions. <br />You should always obtain permission to harvest clumps from the landowner or public land management agency. In <br />addition, state and federal regulators should be consulted to obtain permits if required and to ensure that they concur <br />with the practice. <br />Case Study Examples <br />Medicine Lodge Creek, ID <br />A serious bank erosion problem on the lower end of Medicine Lodge Creek about 15 miles West of Dubois, Idaho on <br />the Jack Webster ranch was designed and treated with rock rip -rap, clumps, stream barbs, fascines, and a brush <br />mattress by Bob Lehman, NRCS AEin 2000. This area is extremely dry and the riparian vegetation is limited to the <br />wetted areas of the stream. The willow clump plantings established extremely well and helped to add aesthetics to <br />the rock rip -rap as well as other functions like wildlife habitat, water quality improvement, and fish habitat. <br />Figure 1: Eroding bank on the Jack Webster Ranch, lower end of Medicine Lodge Creek about 15 miles West of <br />Dubois, ID in March, 2000. <br />Figure 1: Willow clumps installed in rip -rap along the lower end of Medicine Lodge Creek about 15 miles West of <br />Dubois, ID in August, 2000. <br />5 <br />V. ' <br />_ I <br />Figure 1: Willow clumps installed in rip -rap along the lower end of Medicine Lodge Creek about 15 miles West of <br />Dubois, ID in August, 2000. <br />5 <br />