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The Water All Around Us – Surface and Groundwater Program

Burnt Bridge Creek Watershed

Burnt Bridge Creek is a highly modified urban stream that flows some 12.6 miles from its agricultural origins near Northeast 162nd Avenue on the east, through the heart of Vancouver and the Greenway Project at its center, to its terminus at Vancouver Lake. We invite you to learn more about Burnt Bridge Creek and the city's efforts to improve and enhance this important community feature:

• Read this summary of the watershed and our many programs aimed at improving and protecting water quality.

BBC Watershed Program

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• Read about nutria, large South American rodents, how they are impacting sensitive areas along waterways, what Vancouver is doing about this problem, and how you can help.

Nutria Facts

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Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway Project

Through this visionary project, we are improving water quality, managing surface water, enhancing natural habitat and making a large urban greenway available to the public for education, enjoyment and stewardship. The Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway Project is designed to echo nature by re-establishing the natural flood plain and multiple stories of vegetative cover, which not only provides wildlife feeding, resting and nesting habitat, but also slows and reduces peak runoff, reduces soil erosion and cools water temperatures. Completed in 2006, the project is enriching the community’s quality of life as it improves this natural watershed resource. A joint effort of Vancouver Public Works and Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation departments, the project was funded by Surface Water Management Program enterprise funds and an Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation (IAC) grant.

Thanks!

Thank you to those who have submitted comments on the proposed Water Quality Monitoring Program, below. Comments and suggestions received by July 13, 2007, were submitted to the administrative record for this program and have been reviewed for the monitoring program proposal. Further development of this program is pending Department of Ecology water quality studies.

Appendix A - Draft Quality Assurance Project Plan for Stream Ambient Water Quality Monitoring

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Appendix A - Figure 1 Map - Monitoring Stations

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Appendix B-  Draft Biological Assessment

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