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TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />The Natural Environment <br />tributaries of the urban watercourses flow in roadside ditches with little <br />protection from urban impacts„(stream photo.) <br />Fish_Species in Tukwila (will be placed in sidebar) <br />Fish specieis found in the Gree <br />Cutthroat trout <br />Chinook salmon <br />Chum §411110n <br />Coho salmon <br />Pink salmon <br />Socke e salmon <br />Bull trout <br />uwa ish River include the following:, <br />Resident Cutthroat are found in Tukwila's streams as well as,other fish <br />and aquatic species (photo of fish) <br />Fish and Wildlife <br />The Washing on De artment of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)has mapped_ <br />and identified priority habitats and species in Tukwila to ensure their <br />protection and management. 'The include: the Green/Duwamish <br />reaches of Gilliam Creek, South .ate Creek and Riverton Creek riparian_ <br />4EP4a_Lasea§ adjacent to streams and <br />mapped are wetland complexes and Johnson Creek, in Tukwila South. <br />The Shoreline Master Projamprovides more detail on the Cit ''s <br />involvement with 111g.....WatPr„Re§Piirce Inventory Area 9.1WRIA 9) and the <br />Green/Duwamish River Salmon Habitat Enhancement Plan which is <br />intended to restore habitat for Chinook salmon and other species. (photo <br />of a,restoration sitel <br />Tukwila citizens are actively jnyolved in wildlifoprotection and <br />enhancement activities, such as the Back ard Wildlife Proglam projects to <br />restore habitat, and a salmon rearingproject that involves school children, <br />state wildlife officials and local businesses in annual stockino of Coho <br />salmon_inSouthgate Creek. telipto_of_kids plunthig sphijoal <br />Waterfowl areas in Tukwila include Tukwila Pond and the wetlands in <br />Tukwila South, which provide important winter habitat for m orating_ <br />water fowl and ermanent habitat for other waterfowl. Over 50 species of <br />birds Nye been recorded at Tukwila Pond. Other bird species found in <br />Tukwila include ossre which re. ularly nest near the Gree 0 uwamish <br />Riverihawks and passerine birds. Other wildlife species in_Tukwila <br />include co otes, Eastern Grey squirrels beaver, otter, nutria turtles <br />December <br />011: <br />2013 <br />