Mill Creek Restoration V
Restoration Stories
Riparian vegetation and woody debris is crucial to the survival of salmon that travel upstream looking to spawn. It provides shade and cover from predators as well as cooler water temperatures that are ideal for spawning.The US Fish and Wildlife Service, The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Mill Creek Conservancy planted native grasses, shrubs, and oaks adjacent to existing vegetation along lower Mill Creek. This also reduced the potential for erosion and non-point source pollution from livestock in the surrounding areas. © USFWS
Riparian vegetation and woody debris is crucial to the survival of salmon that travel upstream looking to spawn. It provides shade and cover from predators as well as cooler water temperatures that are ideal for spawning.The US Fish and Wildlife Service, The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Mill Creek Conservancy planted native grasses, shrubs, and oaks adjacent to existing vegetation along lower Mill Creek. This also reduced the potential for erosion and non-point source pollution from livestock in the surrounding areas. © USFWS
Riparian vegetation and woody debris is crucial to the survival of salmon that travel upstream looking to spawn. It provides shade and cover from predators as well as cooler water temperatures that are ideal for spawning.The US Fish and Wildlife Service, The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Mill Creek Conservancy planted native grasses, shrubs, and oaks adjacent to existing vegetation along lower Mill Creek. This also reduced the potential for erosion and non-point source pollution from livestock in the surrounding areas. © USFWS