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Creek Restoration
Taylor Creek
Urban Creeks Legacy projects in the Taylor Creek watershed include:
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1. Fish-friendly culverts and creek-restoration near Dead Horse Canyon in Lakeridge Park completed in 1999, and another culvert to be replaced closer to the mouth of the creek.
2. New trails and a bridge built in the park in 1999, in partnership with CascadiaQuest.
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Also, in partnership with King County, water runoff detention in the upper watershed where the creek's headwaters are located will be increased.
Taylor Creek facts
- • Located in the southeast corner of Seattle
- • Headwaters are located in King County’s Skyway district
- • Fourth largest creek in Seattle
- • Dead Horse Canyon channels the creek from three upper watershed ravines into Lake Washington
- • Hemlock and alder trees, some hundreds of years old, grow fifty feet tall in the canyon
- • A trail parallels the creek and crosses over numerous small tributaries.
- • Cedar logs used to be cut at a sawmill at the mouth of the creek
Related links
Be a Creek Steward
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