Jetty-Jacks

[Ματθιας]

I was wondering if any of you all have jetty-jacks along your rivers in your areas or is this just an Albuquerque thing.

I know firefighters don't like them. Basically, they are anti-tank obstacles with wires, supposedly to keep the river from meandering. They used to be all along the Bosque but they've seemed to have disappeared over the years.

Priorities, Day 54 - Aug. 12, 2014

The problem with jetty jacks is they work exactly as intended. These contraptions — three steel beams welded together and laced with wire — slow floodwaters, causing them to drop the sediment they carry and causing the floodplain along the river to build up. They are also placed to direct the...

riogrande.texastribune.org

 

[LVSteve]

Strikes me that the effects on these are mixed. In some places cottonwoods are considered an invasive species. Developers like schemes like this as it means more land is available.

BTW, is the word "bosque" used to avoid English speakers having to say "cottonwood woods"? I have noted that US English speakers have a morbid dread of saying two successive vowel sounds the in the same way. For instance, the name "Tara" comes out as "Terra" from everyone I know from California. Where I'm from it is "Ta-ra" with the "a" sound the same.

 

[Ματθιας]

I don't know about anyplace else along the Rio Grand but river the part that runs along the city is all public land/access. In fact the city was buying up private land along the river.

Years ago there was an article about piece of land that was along the river in city limits that the owner refused to sell. I don't remember the exact story, but the dad died and one sibling tried to get the mom ruled incompetent so she could sell the land. Other siblings got involved and it was a big mess. IIRC the city got it and was using the house/land as HQ for open space. I don't remember what exactly happened, but as I said it's all public from one end of the city to the other.

Anyway the word "Bosque" is from the area's Spanish Colonial heritage. It just means riparian forest - I've always known it as "swamp" Our city and state flag, red and yellow, are the colors of Spain.

 

[rockquarry]

The Bosque is a river in Central Texas. It flows through Bosque County.

 

[mtgianni]

I have never seen those. Growing up in Utah, many of the rivers had old car bodies that had been crushed along the banks. It was supposed to control erosion and keep high water in the banks.