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Large Woody Debris - 2005 Field Season Large Woody Debris (LWD) is defined as woody material with a small end diameter greater than or equal to 10 cm (4 in.) and a length of at least 1.5 m (5 ft.). The tally includes all woody material that are at least partially in the baseflow channel, the active channel (i.e., bankfull channel) or spanning the active channel. This includes rootwads of live trees. IMW Complex 2005 Field Season Watershed LWD (pieces/mile) Percent Functional 1 Hood Canal Big Beef 683 65% Little Anderson 810 76% Seabeck 806 58% Stavis 951 72% Lower Columbia Abernathy 203 78% Germany 177 76% Mill 303 60% Strait of Juan de Fuca Deep 632 69% East Twin 877 74% West Twin 626 76% 1 - Functional is defined as all or part of the piece extending within the bankfull channel.