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| Indigenous
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| Mammals - deer, black bear, coyote, otter, raccoon, skunk
Birds - eagle, hawk, owl, songbirds, heron, kingfisher, hummingbird
Amphibian - frog, salamander
Fish - coho, chinook, steelhead, cutthroat, sculpin - d/s Queens Road
cutthroat - u/s Queens Road
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| Non-Native
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| squirrels, rats
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| Upper Watershed
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| Coastal forest:
Interrupted by access road (1926), old logging road (1970) and cutblocks (1950's, 1960's, and 1970).
Selective logging for fir and cedar pre-1930.
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| Mid Watershed
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| Second growth forest along stream corridor:
Linear. Widest in and along ravines. A few small wetland areas.
Loss of riparian due to trails all along stream bank. Interrupted by Highway 1 and other bridges.
Outside of ravines, urban development (residential land use) dominant.
Some buildings are located inside riparian buffer zone and at top of bank, with mostly non-native trees and vegetation on properties.
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| Floodplain/Estuary
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| No estuary.
Vegetation limited to edge of stream and top of bank d/s Marine Drive. Sparse vegetation along riprap banks d/s railway to mouth. Small patch of lawn and trees at Bewicke Park at mouth.
At top of bank and above, industrial and commercial land use dominant. Marinas at creek mouth.
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| Migratory
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| North-South along creek corridor.
East-West along lanes and residential properties between Mosquito Creek and adjacent creeks and watersheds (Thain, Mission, Wagg, MacKay) in lower 2/3 of watershed.
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