It was just a ditch two years ago, but now a small stream around the new site of B.C. Transit’s HandyDART facility is a salmon-bearing tributary of Craigflower Creek.
It was just a ditch two years ago, clogged with fill from highway construction and choked by blackberries and weeds.
Scientists say their discovery of 27 cutthroat trout and coho salmon so soon in the revitalized ditch is a promising sign for Craigflower Creek and the watershed that extends through View Royal and the Highlands. Contrary to public perception that all salmon come from major river systems like the Fraser or Goldstream, Barraclough said small creeks and tributaries like the Craigflower are important contributors to the coast’s salmon populations. “This might be small, but it’s a significant start,” she said.
Deer have arrived and American dippers and chickadees are feeding on insects, which are multiplying among the leaf litter in the water and along the banks. Garter snakes and frogs are showing up, too. So the runoff from roads, rooftops and landscapes “has to be of better quality and we have to ask ourselves how do we do better to green the [building and infrastructure] systems?”
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