Miller and Walker Creeks Stewardship Page

We all can be good stewards of Miller and Walker Creeks! Whether you live right next to the streams or a mile away, your actions can help improve water quality and reduce stormwater in the creeks and beyond.  Remember, Puget Sound starts here, right in your own back yard!

Stewardship Resources for Watershed Residents 
This Web site provides resources to help watershed residents be good stewards:

• Tips on How You Can Help Miller/Walker Creeks: Start Being a Better Steward Today
• Volunteer Calendar: Get Dirty for Clean Water and Healthy Habitat
• Stream Blog: Observations from the Stream Bank 
• 2009 Stream Blog - "Sound Citizen" sampling for kitchen spices, photos of outplanting of young coho salmon, fighting ivy one tree at a time, spring volunteer events, SeaTac Airport stream tour, otter and beaver sightings, unusual stream flows in Walker Creek in July-September, restoration project construction in August, debris jam removal in September, October tree plantings, adult fish observations in the fall, coho pre-spawn mortality
• 2008 Stream Blog - photos of outplanting of young coho salmon, volunteer event photos, photos and observations from summer stream survey, Fox Creek litter cleanup, adult fish sightings including links to video footage 
• 2007 Stream Blog - photos of major stream flooding
• Miller Creek Renewal: From Invasive Weeds to Healthy Habitat
  (external link -- requires Windows Media Player)
  Watch a 27-minute video on the October 2007 restoration of Miller Creek and view demonstrations of how to control invasive plants such as ivy, blackberry, and nightshade. 
• Miller Creek Photo Tour
• Walker Creek Photo Tour
• Miller and Walker Creeks Basin Plan:
  Recommendations to Improve the Streams
• Maps
• Aerial photo of Miller and Walker Creek basins, showing lakes, streams, streets, buildings, and city boundaries - designed to print on ledger-sized paper of 11x17 inches (Adobe Acrobat 6.7 MB)
• Map of combined Miller Creek and Walker Creek basins, showing lakes, streams, streets, and city boundaries (Adobe Acrobat)
• Map of Miller Creek basin only, showing lakes, streams, streets, and city boundaries (Adobe Acrobat)
• Aerial photo of Miller Creek basin only, showing lakes, streams, and city boundaries (Adobe Acrobat)
• Map of Walker Creek basin only, showing lakes, streams, streets, and city boundaries (Adobe Acrobat)
• Aerial photo of Walker Creek basin only, showing lakes, streams, and city boundaries (Adobe Acrobat)
• Other maps from the City of Burien (external link)
• Monitoring Info: How Are Miller/Walker Creeks Doing?
• Chronicle of Miller/Walker Creek events affecting stream ecology and fish populations (Adobe Acrobat)
• Miller Creek - Fish/Habitat Relationships: Measures, Analysis and Report (Adobe Acrobat)

Why Good Stewardship Matters
Whether you live near or far from Miller and Walker Creeks, good stewardship of our land and water carries multiple benefits:

• Healthier home and yard for children and pets
• Cleaner water in our streams and at Puget Sound beaches
• Less flooding and erosion
• Healthy urban forests and green spaces

Basin Steward Available to Help
Contact basin steward Dennis Clark, 206-296-1909, if you want to:

• Volunteer to help plant trees and control invasive weeds
• Improve your streamside property with natural yard care and use of native plants
• Arrange a presentation for your school, community group, or faith community
• Report fish sightings or non-emergency problems with the creeks

Establishing a basin steward to be a single point of contact for activities and information related to the basin was recommended in the Miller and Walker Creeks Basin Plan.

Stewardship of the Miller/Walker Creeks basin is jointly funded by the City of Burien, City of Normandy Park, City of SeaTac, King County, and the Port of Seattle. On behalf of the partners, this page is proudly hosted by King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks - Water and Land Resources Division.