Creekside corridors are naturally vegetated lands along rivers and streams. When appropriately sized, these areas can reduce flooding, limit property loss from stream bank erosion, filter and settle out pollutants, and protect aquatic and terrestrial habitat.
Resources: http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/watermgmt_section/shoreland/wrs_buffers.pdf https://www.floods.org/ace-files/Monetary_value_of_streams.pdf http://caciwc.org/library/H 1-10 Niev Duffy.pdf http://www.water.ca.gov/urbanstreams/docs/ca_riparian_handbook.pdf Banner Image: http://www.cayugawatershed.org/Cayuga%20Lake/RPP/caywetrip.htm Side Images: Pollution image from http://en.hesperian.org/hhg/A_Community_Guide_to_Environmental_Health:Toxic_Pollution_in_Water Flooding Image from http://www.winchester.us/164/Local-Permitting-Improvement-Requirement Native plant roots image from http://conservationresearchinstitute.org Wildlife Image from…
Shark cleaning stations are one of the highlights of diving Cocos, where, in specific locations, butterfly fish and angel fish congregate and wait for hammerhead and other sharks species to come in for a thorough cleaning.