Redmond’s streams, the Sammamish River, and Lake Sammamish are amazing resources. The City works hard to promote healthy streams and restore habitat.
Recipe for healthy streams
Water
- Clean and cold
- Enough flow in the summer
- Too much flow causes erosion
Shrubs and Trees
- Trees shade streams, keeping water cool
- Plant roots hold back soil, preventing bank erosion
- Falling leaves provide food for stream bugs that fish and other wildlife eat
Logs
- Help create different habitats for stream creatures: pools, glides, and riffles
- Are a source of food for stream bugs
Fish and Wildlife
- Bugs: Healthy streams have lots of aquatic insects
- Fish: lamprey, pike minnow, trout and salmon
- Other wildlife: otters, beavers, song birds, herons, ducks, frogs, salamanders, crayfish, and more…