Culvert Removal

We took out a couple of culverts that were left over from previous incarnations of Highway 1 and the old ranches. Here are some highlights. Besides the frogs and gobies, we found quiite a bit of wildlife in the area. All of the work was done in September 2010.

Baby southwestern pond turtle.

Pacific staghorn sculpin. We got into a muddy area between the broken sections of the culvert that had over 40 of these fish. This is about as big as they get and they are edible, however we let them all go.
Praying mantis.

Giant water bug with eggs.

The destruction of the concrete box culvert.

Me trying to find some of the frogs that kept moving back underneath the culvert during demolition.

Using a torch to cut all the steel in the roof of the structure. And there was a lot!