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Marsh Creek & Its Wildlife

Jeanne Rosenmeier
Sep 24
1 min read

Updated: 1 day ago

Longtail weasel
Longtail weasel

Marsh Creek: wildlife hotspot of the east bay! Today we talk to Bud Chaddock of Friends of the Marsh Creek watershed about what it has to offer and its challenges. And this Saturday, September 26, is the annual cleanup! Check out the details on the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District website. https://www.ccrcd.org/events


















This is the coolest thing ever!



Osprey with Hitch (fish) Breeding Gopher Snakes Leech



FISH!

Top: hitch, sacramento sucker

Bottom: golden shiner, black bullhead


And the bad news:


Poaching salmon



Algae and duckweed invasion


Trash


Drop structures and problematic fish ladder


Snapping turtle


 
 
 

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