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 The Fauna of Cottonwood Creek - Nelson, BC Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 49° 29.362 W 117° 17.955
11U E 478327 N 5481901
Along Cottonwood Creek is this sign, informing us of the fish that do and did call the stream home. It can be found along the creek by Railway Street, about a block south of the Baker Street Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMNHV2
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 03/19/2015
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Welcome to Cottonwood Creek
Before Nelson grew into a city, Cottonwood Creek hosted several kinds of fish: rainbow trout, mountain whitefish, and kokanee (the freshwater salmon also known as redfish). Today, rainbow trout still call the creek home, and with our effort, kokanee and whitefish could also return.
Fish-friendly and productive mountain streams take a wide variety of forms - fast and slow moving water, shallow and deep areas, and turbulent and calm sections. Healthy stream banks host trees and shrubs, boulders and gravel. Fish need clean gravel for laying eggs, quiet pools or back eddies to rear their young, and trees to shade the water.
To make Cottonwood Creek healthy for fish, we need to keep water pollution, road sand and garbage out of the water. Providing and maintaining a variety of habitats is important to restoring fish populations in Cottonwood Creek.
From the Sign
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