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Archive Home > 2007 > May > 18 > $204K grant to help restore habitat on Whychus Creek

$204K grant to help restore habitat on Whychus Creek

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
May 18, 2007

Once, Whychus Creek meandered through Camp Polk Meadow, creating pockets of prime steelhead spawning habitat.

In the 1960s, though, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers came in after a big flood and straightened the creek so that it wouldn't spill out into nearby agricultural land again. In doing....

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