Which organizations planted native trees along George Davis Creek?
King County has removed the last of 13 barriers blocking fish passage along Lake Sammamish, opening 4,300 feet of upstream habitat on George Davis Creek to kokanee salmon and other native fish.
New box culverts beneath the East Lake Sammamish Trail and East Lake Sammamish Parkway in Sammamish give fish access to the restored habitat for the first time in a century, the county said. The work completes the county’s 13 fish passage projects along the lake, carried out over the past eight years.
Volunteers from the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, the city of Sammamish and King County planted native trees and shrubs along the creek to provide shade and help keep the water cool…