Robinson Creek Restoration.

[Giuga10]

(04-19-2013 09:30 PM)MuskieBait Wrote:  Yeah, Toogood Pond is just the same issue on another headwater tributary of the Rouge.

And regarding Nick's comment about trout being in Robinson in 2003 but none now...here's a bit of perspective...on my Year 2000 road map book, there are no residential roads, never mind neighbourhoods in the areas surrounding Robinson Creek. Look at that area now?

Look at how narrow that riparian zone really is. Granted, they did maintained a lot of overhead cover by keeping a lot of the trees, but the water catchment area is very, very small. Summer water level, if I can assume, must have significantly reduced. You need a good water catchment area and ground water supply to keep water level higher and water temperature cooler to support rainbow trout and brown trout. It's amazing that Redside Dace and still survive there.

Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do about the neighbourhood...it's an unfortunate inevitable...but you CAN ask residents to divert water from their roof gutter to exit onto the lawn for ground absorption rather than piping it into the waste water system. You can clean up the creek and restore some habitat. I'm not sure how the stormwater system is set up for Markham, but there are creeks in Mississauga where excess stormwater was allowed to run off into the nearest creek. I hope for Robinson Creek's sake this is not so.

I grew up on Little Etobicoke Creek and I know first hand of all the problems. If you think Robinson Creek is bad...you should see Little Etobicoke Creek. I walk home beside the creek everyday and I fished the creek when I was little (NEVER caught anything in Little Etobicoke BTW...not even creek chubs...although...as a stupid kid back in the day, we used to catch minnow species from Etobicoke Creek and put them into Little Etokicoke hoping those minnows would establish in Little Etobicoke. Even some sunfish from Centennial Park received a relocation We were 12 and stupid. )

Again, I'm not trying to be negative...but I'm trying to get people to think about some of the root issues.

I understand that land development has played a major factor in this but we can't look completely upon this factor although it is probably 85% of the cause. What we can do is focus on that 15% (garbage, habitat, dams ect.) and try to make it better.

And no worries I know your not trying to be negative.