2. Restoring Shelters in the Stream
This
new exhibit illustrates how B.C.'s Watershed Restoration Program
is restoring watersheds damaged by past logging practices.
It shows the importance of installing fish-friendly culverts
and how the addition of large woody debris to streams provides
better fish habitat. Rivers vary widely in size, length, grade
and where they get their water.
The size and flow of small
coastal rivers can greatly fluctuate as they receive most
of their water from rainfall. As a result, their maximum size
is reached in the winter when it rains the most.
Most rivers
in the interior of B.C. are at their zenith in late spring
or early summer, when the snowmelt runs off the mountains.
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