 The spring-fed Madrona Park Creek will soon flow through the steep ravine above Madrona Woods. It will travel under 38th Avenue through its original channel in the Spring Street Ravine. A culvert now moves it under Lake Washington Boulevard and from there it wends its way through Madrona Park’s northernmost meadow and into Lake Washington at a newly-created wetland cove.
 Before 2007, the stream ran above ground for very short stretches in both the upper and lower ravines. The majority of the water still runs through an underground pipe into the city drainage system, but most of the linear feet of the Creek have been 'daylighted,' that is, brought above ground.  The resulting larger stream will run through the Spring Street Ravine to a pond on the west side of Lake Washington Boulevard. From there a fish-passable culvert will take it under the Boulevard. A series of ponds and fish-passable steps in the stream will drop it down to the new cove at the lake shore.  The area around the stream and cove has been revegetated with plants native to the area. We need more donations to finish the project and connect 2/3 of the creek's flow with a culvert across 38 Ave. To donate, click here.
 Salmon are likely to find Madrona Park Creek too small for spawning, but they will probably rest under sheltering shrubs in the quiet cove or the pools and feed on the nutrients brought down by the stream before continuing on their way up Lake Washington and out to the Sound. |
Restoration Plans 
