Wood is Good
When a tree falls into a stream it creates fish habitat. Fallen trees create pools where fish can rest and hide from predators. Pools and wood sort gravel for spawning. Wood is crucial for maintaining healthy salmon runs.
Unfortunately, historic logging practices allowed trees to be cut right up to the stream bank and sometimes loggers used the stream itself as a “road” to get logging equipment into an area.
Without large wood, streams become straighter, pools smaller, and there are fewer places for fish to hide.
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