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HABITAT AND STEWARDSHIP The creek flows through Meadowbrook Pond , visited by migratory birds and an occasional transient Beaver or Coyote . Early in the 1900s the creek was a spawning ground for fish (at least five species of Pacific salmon and trout), as well as habitat for insects, amphibians, muskrats, bats, coyotes, and birds. The areas surrounding the creek were developed without regard for the importance of maintaining habitat and a Riparian corridor; species diversity declined, and the creek became a typical, significantly degraded urban watershed. Storm water retention, sites restoration, an Environmental Learning Center adjacent to a school, and a fish ladder contributed to restoration and the return of native plants and wildlife.Seattle Public Utilities staff, "Thornton Creek" For many decades much of the stream has run through Culvert s, notably under the car park of Northgate Mall . Building on gradual successes in restoration, activist neighbors initiatedThornton Creek Alliance and have had some success working with the City of Seattle and developers toward Daylighting parts of the buried creek.Mulady Organizations of citizens have cleaned up adjacent wetlands, educated the public about stream health and quality of neighborhood life, and rallied to bring more of the creek to daylight. Many restoration projects in Seattle have been in some way connected to or inspired by Thornton Creek. NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE THORNTON CREEK WATERSHED
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