2022.06.04

Creek Revival

Radical reconstruction in Seattle is bringing nearly dead urban streams back to productive life

STREAM TEAM led by biologist Katherine Lynch (foreground) revived Thornton Creek by rebuilding its gut—a thick layer of wet earth, rich in microbes, hidden underneath the streambed. /  Photographs by Jelle Wagenaar

STREAM TEAM led by biologist Katherine Lynch (foreground) revived Thornton Creek by rebuilding its gut—a thick layer of wet earth, rich in microbes, hidden underneath the streambed. / Photographs by Jelle Wagenaar

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