What is the condition of Clark County streams?
Review of recently collected Public Works data and reports by various salmon recovery programs shows that stream health ranges from nearly pristine (excellent health) in remote forested areas, to very poor or poor in streams through urban and suburban areas. Streams with good health tend to be found in less developed areas of the Cascade Foothills where forest covers over half the streams drainage area. Streams in fair condition tend to be found in areas in transition from forest land to rural and suburban land use.
