Houston, W. ( 2023, August 2). Marin district outlines plans for salmon habitat restoration. Retrieved January 22, 2024, from
https://www.marinij.com/2023/08/02/marin-district-outlines-plans-for-salmon-habitat-restoration/
This article published only about a week ago by the Marin Independent Journal, summarizes the upcoming project by the Marin Municipal water District. In an effort to restore the habitat for the endangered coho salmon. Lagunitas creek was interrupted by the creation of dam, however through innovative strategies environmentalists will try to replicate the habitat for the salmon before the dams existed. The Peter Dam at Kent Lake interrupts the flow of important gravel and wood downstream, which create spawning beds for salmon. This project is estimated to cost between 10 and 12 million dollars.
The article highlights the efforts of Marin County to reconstruct a habitat for the endangered species of salmon. This is such an important thing to do in order to protect the ecosystem as a whole. With dams being a controversial topic in the environment, it is nice to see people finding ways to help animals affected by them.
Great to hear about this kind of project focused on salmon recovery. And now you can totally picture what a dam actually looks like. Did they mention if they are trying to help the salmon past the dam? Or are they focused more on habitat downstream? I wonder if they considered removing the dam entirely and had similar challenges to the one at Jasper.
I believe you are a dam expert now, Sofia. I hope you feel like you learned a lot from your topic this year. Thanks for the good reporting!
Though I am pro dams for other reasons, I do agree with your reasoning. I do think it is very important that we can protect the ecosystem from our man-made structures and technology and I think that the way they are trying to do this is fantastic. Do you know if they are not just doing this for salmon but for other fish and or wildlife?