WHY DOES PUGET CREEK NEED OUR HELP?
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WHY DOES PUGET CREEK NEED OUR HELP? Puget Creek (1 minute : turn and talk to your neighbor)
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WHY DOES PUGET CREEK NEED OUR HELP? . (1 minute : turn and talk to your neighbor) . Puget Creek. WHY DOES PUGET CREEK NEED OUR HELP? . Puget Creek is in urban environment. Pollution from urban runoff. Water quality needs protected (vegetation). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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WHY DOES PUGET CREEK NEED OUR HELP?
Puget Creek
(1 minute: turn and talk to your neighbor)
• Puget Creek is in urban environment.
• The Puget Creek watershed is one of only three salmon-bearing streams within the Tacoma city limits.
• Restoration of the Puget Creek area started in 1995 and in 2000 Puget Creek Restoration Society (PCRS) was founded.
• PCRS has more than 3000 members and they do more than 7640 hours of work every year.
• Pollution from urban runoff.
• Water quality needs protected (vegetation).
WHY DOES PUGET CREEK NEED OUR HELP?
• Students removing an invasive species – English ivy.• Originally introduced as a garden plant.• English ivy chokes out other native vegetation and limits
the types of wildlife that can live in the area.
