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The Suisun Valley Creek and Channel, along with its tributaries, drains 53 square miles of the Suisun Valley watershed spanning Solano and Napa counties into the Suisun Marsh, feeding the largest estuarine brackish water marsh on the West Coast of North America, and comprises more than 10% of California’s remaining natural wetlands.
Suisun Creek log flow
Upstream pollution
Suisun Creek overhead Winter 2023
Major log blockage
Upstream pollution
Upstream pollution
Suisun Channel log jam
Suisun Channel @ Railroad bridge cleanup failure
Manmade Channel Pollution
Up Channel Suisun Valley Creek flooding
Railroad Bridge log release failure
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Suisun Channel log jamb flooding results
Suisun Creek log flow
Upstream pollution
Suisun Creek overhead Winter 2023
Major log blockage
Upstream pollution
Upstream pollution
Suisun Channel log jam
Suisun Channel @ Railroad bridge cleanup failure
Manmade Channel Pollution
Up Channel Suisun Valley Creek flooding
Railroad Bridge log release failure
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Suisun Channel log jamb flooding results
Suisun Creek log flow
Upstream pollution
Suisun Creek overhead Winter 2023
Major log blockage
Upstream pollution
Upstream pollution
Suisun Channel log jam
Suisun Channel @ Railroad bridge cleanup failure
Manmade Channel Pollution
Up Channel Suisun Valley Creek flooding
Railroad Bridge log release failure
IMG_7972.JPG
Suisun Channel log jamb flooding results
Suisun Creek log flow
Upstream pollution
Suisun Creek overhead Winter 2023
Major log blockage
Upstream pollution
Upstream pollution
Suisun Channel log jam
Suisun Channel @ Railroad bridge cleanup failure
Manmade Channel Pollution
Up Channel Suisun Valley Creek flooding
Railroad Bridge log release failure
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Suisun Channel log jamb flooding results
Invasive Nutria
Fish and Game control program Suisun Marsh
Highly Invasive
Nutria /
Myocastor coypus
Myocastor coypus
Myocastor coypus
Nutria cause various kinds of damage through burrowing, intense herbivory, and
carrying pathogens and parasites.
carrying pathogens and parasites.
Mute Swans
Invasive and destructive to the natural waterway habitat.
Invasive
Corbicula fluminea
Asian Clam
Asian Clam
Invasive
Invasive
Invasive
Arundo donax
Suisun Valley creek and Suisun Channel
Suisun Valley creek and Suisun Channel
Invasive
Invasive
Cynara cardunculus (artichoke thistle)
Invasive Seed Head
Cynara cardunculus (artichoke thistle)
American Bullfrog
Highly Invasive
American Bullfrog
Invasive
Poison Hemlock
Invasive
Procambarus clarki
Red Swamp Crayfish
Red Swamp Crayfish
Invasive Nutria
Fish and Game control program Suisun Marsh
Highly Invasive
Nutria /
Myocastor coypus
Myocastor coypus
Myocastor coypus
Nutria cause various kinds of damage through burrowing, intense herbivory, and
carrying pathogens and parasites.
carrying pathogens and parasites.
Mute Swans
Invasive and destructive to the natural waterway habitat.
Invasive
Corbicula fluminea
Asian Clam
Asian Clam
Invasive
Invasive
Invasive
Arundo donax
Suisun Valley creek and Suisun Channel
Suisun Valley creek and Suisun Channel
Invasive
Invasive
Cynara cardunculus (artichoke thistle)
Invasive Seed Head
Cynara cardunculus (artichoke thistle)
American Bullfrog
Highly Invasive
American Bullfrog
Invasive
Poison Hemlock
Invasive
Procambarus clarki
Red Swamp Crayfish
Red Swamp Crayfish
Beaver dam Suisun Channel
Cool, deep water pools for fish migration
Beaver dam
Natural Beaver dam breakup
Summer shaded Channel
Slow flow
Summer Gravel Bar
Suisun Channel
Suisun Channel
Bank slump
Log jamb flood damage
Log jamb flood damage
Winter storm Suisun channel flow to Suisun Marsh
Normal flow without blockage
Arundo donax Suisun channel blockage
Beaver dam Suisun Channel
Cool, deep water pools for fish migration
Beaver dam
Natural Beaver dam breakup
Summer shaded Channel
Slow flow
Summer Gravel Bar
Suisun Channel
Suisun Channel
Bank slump
Log jamb flood damage
Log jamb flood damage
Winter storm Suisun channel flow to Suisun Marsh
Normal flow without blockage
Arundo donax Suisun channel blockage
Beaver dam Suisun Channel
Cool, deep water pools for fish migration
Beaver dam
Natural Beaver dam breakup
Summer shaded Channel
Slow flow
Summer Gravel Bar
Suisun Channel
Suisun Channel
Bank slump
Log jamb flood damage
Log jamb flood damage
Winter storm Suisun channel flow to Suisun Marsh
Normal flow without blockage
Arundo donax Suisun channel blockage
Beaver dam Suisun Channel
Cool, deep water pools for fish migration
Beaver dam
Natural Beaver dam breakup
Summer shaded Channel
Slow flow
Summer Gravel Bar
Suisun Channel
Suisun Channel
Bank slump
Log jamb flood damage
Log jamb flood damage
Winter storm Suisun channel flow to Suisun Marsh
Normal flow without blockage
Arundo donax Suisun channel blockage
Black Phoebe
Lower Suisun Valley Creek
Anas platyrhynchos
The word “Mallard” is Old French for “wild drake.”
Castor Canadensis
Fauna of Suisun Channel
Columbia Black-tailed Deer
Fauna of Suisun Channel
Aquatic of Suisun Channel
Buckeye Tree
Flora of Suisun Channel
California Ground Squirrel
Fauna of Suisun Channel
Snowberry Shrub
Flora of Suisun Channel
Western Pond Turtle
Western Pond Turtles are designated as a state “species of special concern” in California. Populations have declined by as much as 80% in some regions.
Canis latrans
Fauna of Suisun Channel
Coyote Scat
Fauna of Suisun Channel
Canis latrans Track
Procyon lotor
Fauna of Suisun Channel
Raccoon Track
Suisun Valley Channel
River Otter
Fauna of Suisun Channel
River Otter Track
Lynx rufus fasciatus
Bobcat Channel night hunt
Pikeminnow
July 2024
Black Phoebe
Lower Suisun Valley Creek
Anas platyrhynchos
The word “Mallard” is Old French for “wild drake.”
Castor Canadensis
Fauna of Suisun Channel
Columbia Black-tailed Deer
Fauna of Suisun Channel
Aquatic of Suisun Channel
Buckeye Tree
Flora of Suisun Channel
California Ground Squirrel
Fauna of Suisun Channel
Snowberry Shrub
Flora of Suisun Channel
Western Pond Turtle
Western Pond Turtles are designated as a state “species of special concern” in California. Populations have declined by as much as 80% in some regions.
Canis latrans
Fauna of Suisun Channel
Coyote Scat
Fauna of Suisun Channel
Canis latrans Track
Procyon lotor
Fauna of Suisun Channel
Raccoon Track
Suisun Valley Channel
River Otter
Fauna of Suisun Channel
River Otter Track
Lynx rufus fasciatus
Bobcat Channel night hunt
Pikeminnow
July 2024
"...streams run high and full, and torrents cut their way down dry declivities into the swollen sea with a hoarse clamor, headlong out of hills, while cultivated fields erode away-" Iliad 16/452
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