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Title	Urban streams monitoring program report 2008
Date	2008
Original Publisher	Bellingham (Wash.). Department of Public Works
Summary	Urban streams can be tremendous assets. They are an integral part of the environment, economy, and community through which they flow. Healthy streams support vital functions of the aquatic environment like providing fish habitat and flood control. Their presence bolsters adjacent property values and allows recreational opportunities such as fishing and swimming. Beyond their banks, stream health is interconnected with disease control, greenway services and the state of the near-shore marine environment. Degradation of urban streams can interfere with the vital functions of streams and can minimize or curtail recreational activities. Habitat may no longer support viable fish populations, flooding may threaten homes and businesses, and bacteria and other pollutants may render streams unfit for swimming and other recreational activities. Streams are degraded when land disturbing activities such as constructing roads, parking lots, and residential, commercial, and industrial buildings occur. The end result can be impaired or lost habitat, loss of natural flood control mechanisms, stream corridors that are no longer aesthetically pleasing, and loss of recreation areas. The City of Bellingham recognizes that urban activities impact streams and is working to understand and minimize these impacts through a variety of programs and projects. Among the various programs and projects are stream restoration, stream hydrology, stormwater treatment, and water quality monitoring programs as well as public education and ordinances that protect critical areas.
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)	Hydrology--Washington (State)--Bellingham Water quality management--Washington (State)--Bellingham Urban runoff--Washington (State)--Bellingham--Management
Geographic Coverage	Bellingham (Wash.)
Genre/Form	Annual reports
Collection title	North Corner Documents Collection
Type	Text
Format	application/pdf
Language	English
Language Code	eng
Decades	2000

Urban streams monitoring program report 2008

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