A historic moment for the San Vicente watershed. After a decade of restoration efforts along Mill Creek and San Vicente Creek in San Vicente Redwoods, a defunct, century-old dam is removed, releasing high-quality sediment critical for spawning habitat at the southern edge of the Coho salmon range. Learn more: sempervirens.org/mill-creek-dam
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Mill Creek had been blocked since early in the last century by a 12-foot-tall, 25-foot-wide dam a quarter mile upstream from its confluence with San Vicente Creek. In September 2021, that dam was removed, but not because of the territory above the dam—the real goal is to restore waters below it.
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