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Rain Gardens, Bioswales, Vegetative Buffers

Stormwater runoff is one of the prime threats to the Salish Sea Ecosystem, from the tiniest Olympia oyster to Chinook salmon and on up to orcas. Slowing down and filtering runoff before it enters creeks and the saltchuck is essential, and native plantings are a key part of the solution.

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Native sedges and bulrush filter stormwater before it enters Lake Whatcom
Sedges are great
Rain garden plantings and cobble, one year after installation
This fern grotto collects, directs and cleans up stormwater

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