These rivers provide almost 90 percent of the Bay's fresh water. Many wildlife species depend on these tiny waterways. Streams provide spawning and breeding habitat for small fish and other wildlife like aquatic insects, turtles, frogs, toads and salamanders. The fields, woodlands and wetlands along a stream are also important habitat for amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Known as riparian habitat, these areas provide food, water, shelter and shade.
Streams are good for the soul.
I still remember the tiny stream I explored almost daily as a child. Although it was in the middle of suburbia, to me it was wild and full of adventures. Today, I am still lured by small woodland streams. The sound of trickling water as it flows over small rocks and winds through the landscape is both soothing and calming. Streams offer us a place of refuge from the stress that has become a part of our everyday lives.