About Chimacum Creek

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What is Chimacum Creek? Where is it? Chimacum Creek runs
through the hills of Beaver Valley, Washington. The rain supplies
it all year round, in the dry and wet months. In the 1800s it was
teaming with life. It was filled with oxygen and had many nurse
logs. The air was cool and the valley was a lush forest. It
contained Summer Cum, Coho, and Cutthroat Trout. Then dairy
farmers moved in. They soon cleared the valley and straightened
the creek out, making it to fast for young fish fry, but making it
easier for human access.

In 1990, the salmon here were so close
to extinction that the community decided that something had to be
done! We {and the North Olympic Salmon Coalition} are currently
trying to bring Chimacum Creek back to a good state, so that the
fish will return. Some examples of our work are planting trees
and trying to bend and curve the creek back to its original form.

Our tests show what Chimacum Creek is lacking so that we can help it recover.

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