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Cascade Creek is a stream that flows south then southeast from its source on White Hill to its confluence with San Anselmo Creek just west of Fairfax in
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Ecology

Although short on water by late summer, fisheries ecologist Dr. Alice Rich considered Cascade Creek to have the best
Steelhead trout Steelhead, or occasionally steelhead trout, is the common name of the anadromous form of the coastal rainbow trout or redband trout (O. m. gairdneri). Steelhead are native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific basin in Northeast Asia and N ...
(''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') habitat in the Corte Madera Creek watershed. However, Cascade Falls presents an impassable barrier to steelhead spawning migrations. Rich also noted that Cascade Creek's steep gradient and low flow conditions were not suitable rearing habitat for juvenile trout, the latter typically spending a year in freshwater before outmigrating to San Francisco Bay. Rich documented several anecdotal records for the occurrence of
Coho salmon The coho salmon (''Oncorhynchus kisutch;'' Karuk: achvuun) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family and one of the five Pacific salmon species. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon or "silvers". The scientific species name i ...
(''Oncorhynchus kisutch'') in tributaries of Corte Madera Creek, including Cascade Creek. According to Leidy, suitable habitat for coho salmon is present in Cascade Creek and most other Corte Madera Creek tributaries.


See also

* San Anselmo Creek *
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References

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External links


Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed


Rivers of Marin County, California Rivers of Northern California Tributaries of Corte Madera Creek (Marin County)