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Report finds Clark County’s rivers, streams getting warmer

Most recent data shows water temperature on the rise, especially in urban areas, but it’s not all bad news

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Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky from Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership looks over an area along Salmon Creek planted with red-osier dogwood trees in February. Shade from trees is vital to stream health, according to recent data from Clark County’s Clean Water division. (The Columbian files)

Water temperatures in many of Clark County’s rivers and streams, especially in urban areas, continue to rise, according to the county’s most recent stream health report. That was the message Marlena Milosevich Butler of the county’s public works department shared at a water pollution symposium Tuesday.

“There are many different ways we … can combat rising temperatures,” she said.

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