The ponds on Wet Creek were shallow. There may be a bit of reflection to tell from the picture, but you should be able to see that livestock were heavily utilizing the riparian forage. Sediment no doubt led to the shallow conditions, but the abandonment ? - I still wonder about pathogens... I'll look in to the Dieter and McCabe article.

I've also included a picture of the conditions on a tributary of Wet Creek on the KMZ. This was pretty indicative of the condition of public lands and riparian areas throughout this watershed (and many more I might add !).

Wet Creek hosts Bull Trout. It's not going to be good when that system blows out ~

I'll look into that development...