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Takeaways:
- A stream’s gut, the hyporheic zone has different water chemistry, temperature and life-forms than those found in the stream above and in the groundwater below.
- Biologist Katherine Lynch hoped to help restore the stream’s gut to help Thornton Creek better maintain itself, and help set a new standard for urban stream restoration.
- Her interest, research, and scientific findings has convinced Seattle Public Utilities and other city decision-makers of the importance of a stream’s gut and to make hyporheic restoration a formal part of the utilities’ creek projects.
Click here to view the original web page at: To Revive a River, Restore Its Hidden Gut
