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The Suisun Valley Creek and Channel, along with its tributaries, drains 53 square miles of the Suisun Valley watershed spanning Solano and Napa counties into the Suisun Marsh, feeding the largest estuarine brackish water marsh on the West Coast of North America, and comprises more than 10% of California’s remaining natural wetlands.


Suisun Creek log flow
Upstream pollution

Suisun Creek overhead Winter 2023
Major log blockage

Upstream pollution

Upstream pollution
Suisun Channel log jam

Suisun Channel @ Railroad bridge cleanup failure

Manmade Channel Pollution
Up Channel Suisun Valley Creek flooding

Railroad Bridge log release failure

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Suisun Channel log jamb flooding results

Suisun Creek log flow
Upstream pollution

Suisun Creek overhead Winter 2023
Major log blockage

Upstream pollution

Upstream pollution
Suisun Channel log jam

Suisun Channel @ Railroad bridge cleanup failure

Manmade Channel Pollution
Up Channel Suisun Valley Creek flooding

Railroad Bridge log release failure

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Suisun Channel log jamb flooding results

Suisun Creek log flow
Upstream pollution

Suisun Creek overhead Winter 2023
Major log blockage

Upstream pollution

Upstream pollution
Suisun Channel log jam

Suisun Channel @ Railroad bridge cleanup failure

Manmade Channel Pollution
Up Channel Suisun Valley Creek flooding

Railroad Bridge log release failure

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Suisun Channel log jamb flooding results

Suisun Creek log flow
Upstream pollution

Suisun Creek overhead Winter 2023
Major log blockage

Upstream pollution

Upstream pollution
Suisun Channel log jam

Suisun Channel @ Railroad bridge cleanup failure

Manmade Channel Pollution
Up Channel Suisun Valley Creek flooding

Railroad Bridge log release failure

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Suisun Channel log jamb flooding results

Invasive Nutria
Fish and Game control program Suisun Marsh

Highly Invasive
Nutria /
Myocastor coypus
Myocastor coypus

Myocastor coypus
Nutria cause various kinds of damage through burrowing, intense herbivory, and
carrying pathogens and parasites.
carrying pathogens and parasites.

Mute Swans
Invasive and destructive to the natural waterway habitat.

Invasive
Corbicula fluminea
Asian Clam
Asian Clam

Invasive
Invasive

Invasive
Arundo donax
Suisun Valley creek and Suisun Channel
Suisun Valley creek and Suisun Channel



Invasive

Invasive
Cynara cardunculus (artichoke thistle)

Invasive Seed Head
Cynara cardunculus (artichoke thistle)

American Bullfrog

Highly Invasive
American Bullfrog

Invasive
Poison Hemlock


Invasive
Procambarus clarki
Red Swamp Crayfish
Red Swamp Crayfish

Invasive Nutria
Fish and Game control program Suisun Marsh

Highly Invasive
Nutria /
Myocastor coypus
Myocastor coypus

Myocastor coypus
Nutria cause various kinds of damage through burrowing, intense herbivory, and
carrying pathogens and parasites.
carrying pathogens and parasites.

Mute Swans
Invasive and destructive to the natural waterway habitat.

Invasive
Corbicula fluminea
Asian Clam
Asian Clam

Invasive
Invasive

Invasive
Arundo donax
Suisun Valley creek and Suisun Channel
Suisun Valley creek and Suisun Channel



Invasive

Invasive
Cynara cardunculus (artichoke thistle)

Invasive Seed Head
Cynara cardunculus (artichoke thistle)

American Bullfrog

Highly Invasive
American Bullfrog

Invasive
Poison Hemlock


Invasive
Procambarus clarki
Red Swamp Crayfish
Red Swamp Crayfish

Beaver dam Suisun Channel
Cool, deep water pools for fish migration

Beaver dam

Natural Beaver dam breakup

Summer shaded Channel
Slow flow

Summer Gravel Bar
Suisun Channel

Suisun Channel
Bank slump
Log jamb flood damage
Log jamb flood damage

Winter storm Suisun channel flow to Suisun Marsh
Normal flow without blockage

Arundo donax Suisun channel blockage

Beaver dam Suisun Channel
Cool, deep water pools for fish migration

Beaver dam

Natural Beaver dam breakup

Summer shaded Channel
Slow flow

Summer Gravel Bar
Suisun Channel

Suisun Channel
Bank slump
Log jamb flood damage
Log jamb flood damage

Winter storm Suisun channel flow to Suisun Marsh
Normal flow without blockage

Arundo donax Suisun channel blockage

Beaver dam Suisun Channel
Cool, deep water pools for fish migration

Beaver dam

Natural Beaver dam breakup

Summer shaded Channel
Slow flow

Summer Gravel Bar
Suisun Channel

Suisun Channel
Bank slump
Log jamb flood damage
Log jamb flood damage

Winter storm Suisun channel flow to Suisun Marsh
Normal flow without blockage

Arundo donax Suisun channel blockage

Beaver dam Suisun Channel
Cool, deep water pools for fish migration

Beaver dam

Natural Beaver dam breakup

Summer shaded Channel
Slow flow

Summer Gravel Bar
Suisun Channel

Suisun Channel
Bank slump
Log jamb flood damage
Log jamb flood damage

Winter storm Suisun channel flow to Suisun Marsh
Normal flow without blockage

Arundo donax Suisun channel blockage

Black Phoebe
Lower Suisun Valley Creek

Anas platyrhynchos
The word “Mallard” is Old French for “wild drake.”

Castor Canadensis
Fauna of Suisun Channel

Columbia Black-tailed Deer
Fauna of Suisun Channel

Aquatic of Suisun Channel

Buckeye Tree
Flora of Suisun Channel

California Ground Squirrel
Fauna of Suisun Channel

Snowberry Shrub
Flora of Suisun Channel

Western Pond Turtle
Western Pond Turtles are designated as a state “species of special concern” in California. Populations have declined by as much as 80% in some regions.

Canis latrans
Fauna of Suisun Channel

Coyote Scat
Fauna of Suisun Channel

Canis latrans Track

Procyon lotor
Fauna of Suisun Channel

Raccoon Track
Suisun Valley Channel

River Otter
Fauna of Suisun Channel

River Otter Track

Lynx rufus fasciatus
Bobcat Channel night hunt

Pikeminnow
July 2024

Black Phoebe
Lower Suisun Valley Creek

Anas platyrhynchos
The word “Mallard” is Old French for “wild drake.”

Castor Canadensis
Fauna of Suisun Channel

Columbia Black-tailed Deer
Fauna of Suisun Channel

Aquatic of Suisun Channel

Buckeye Tree
Flora of Suisun Channel

California Ground Squirrel
Fauna of Suisun Channel

Snowberry Shrub
Flora of Suisun Channel

Western Pond Turtle
Western Pond Turtles are designated as a state “species of special concern” in California. Populations have declined by as much as 80% in some regions.

Canis latrans
Fauna of Suisun Channel

Coyote Scat
Fauna of Suisun Channel

Canis latrans Track

Procyon lotor
Fauna of Suisun Channel

Raccoon Track
Suisun Valley Channel

River Otter
Fauna of Suisun Channel

River Otter Track

Lynx rufus fasciatus
Bobcat Channel night hunt

Pikeminnow
July 2024
"...streams run high and full, and torrents cut their way down dry declivities into the swollen sea with a hoarse clamor, headlong out of hills, while cultivated fields erode away-" Iliad 16/452
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