We can restore river otters back in a couple of ways i found this article online about a river otter restoration in New Mexico. It would take a lot of efffort and work with changing the waer quality and making sure that they have a wide variety of prey to feed on and a variety of aquatic plants for the otters to eat.

Once we have tackled the necessary conditions for salmon to live in Bowker Creek, keeping them here is the next challenge. To preserve the run, a great deal of education must go into the community, and the emphasis on not littering. There must also be occasional clean-ups, to block any dams that have formed and may block the path of the salmon.

Bowker Creek current water quality: Temperature: (average) 12 degrees celsius. Dissolved oxygen (average) 8.25 ppm. pH: (average) 6.5. Phosphate: (average) 0.25 mg/l. Nitrate: (average) 0.37 ppm

Temperature: bellow 12 degrees celsius. Dissolved oxygen: greater than 9 ppm. pH: between 7 and 8. Phosphate: below 0.25 mg/l. Nitrate: below 1 mg/l.

Although our plan for Bowker Creek may seem ideal, there are flaws that we must address before beginning the project. One being, the issue with excess stormwater contributing to the creek's water volume, and because there is plenty road runoff emptying into Bowker, the dirty water affects the turbidity and the salmon cannot withstand the haziness. 

The best way to maintain the creek as we know it is more of what we are seeing now, which is having students and community help to eliminate invasive plants and harbor native ones.