Stream Ecology
Stream restoration cannot be completed without also restoring the riparian (stream side) habitat. Healthy creeks depend on large diameter trees which provide a living network of roots strong enough to withstand flooding, slow the movement of spawning gravel and provide stability to overhanging stream banks which shelter small fish.
Forest Ecology
A riparian area can be defined as: an area of land adjacent to a stream, river, lake, or wetland, containing vegetation that, due to the presence of water, is distinctly different from the vegetation of adjacent land areas.
Salmon Ecology
Historically, all species of salmon returned to the Pacific Northwest in such great numbers it was said one could walk across the water on the backs of the fish. Salmon are of spiritual, economic, and cultural importance to First Nations and non-aboriginal people in British Columbia. Yet we have treated our salmon streams poorly.