In Arlington, a stream is born, giving fish a new route
ARLINGTON — “This is going to be anti-climactic,” the excavator driver yelled as he dug the machine’s shovel into a pile of mud.
A few scoops later, a trickle of water broke through.
The water inched its way through a 600-foot trench Tuesday and meandered through a series of logs and stumps and rocks, until it reached the other side, where it connected with a roadside ditch.
And so a stream was born.
The $250,000 Adopt A Stream project, part of the Olaf Strad tributary about a mile south of Arlington Municipal Airport, was years in the making. Before, coho salmon would have to swim in roadside ditches along 162nd Avenue NE and 67th Avenue NE, exposed to all the pollutants that come with roads and cars.
The project was funded by the state departments of Ecology and Fish and Wildlife, as well as the Tulalip Tribes.
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