many people chose to plant native plants when starting a garden because of the benefits they provide. Native plants develop their own defensive systems, driving away pests, diseases as well as invasive plants. This is why people choose to plant native. 

 Native plants, as well as being low maintenance, can provide many benefits to the ecosystem. It creates vital habitat for important wildlife. Plants like the ocean spray (grown in victoria) gives us beautiful scenery which we value and protect. 

 Humans, depend on plants for regular things we take for granted everyday. Clothes, building materials, paper, perfumes, cleaning supplies, and medicines. Without the native plants to provide us these products, human economy and life would not be as we know it today. 

 What if society did not have the habitat that the native plants provide for our wildlife? The animals depending on these plants for food and habitat would struggle to survive. This would knock the food chain out of place, resulting in decreasing populations of the native plant depending animals. 

Once the plant life was removed, excavation began to create the slope that exists, as well as the shaping of the curves in the new river. 

There is too much nitrate and not enough dissolved oxygen for salmon. The abundance of nitrate contributes to the lack of D.O. One of the reasons for all the nitrate is probably fertilizers from road runoff and gardens, which is full of nitrate. If the nitrate levels could be decreased, the D.O. would increase, and maybe be able to support salmon.

Birds play a huge role in the Bowker Creek ecosystem. From ducks and crows to hawks and owls, birds are prey, predators, and scavengers. But there's one thing all birds have in common - their wings. So what are some of the adaptations found in bird wings?

The addition of salmon would have a large impact on the ecosystem. Although adult salmon don't eat while breeding, the babies would eat insects, plankton, and invertebrates. Animals like raccoons, herons, hawks, and eagles would eat the dead adult salmon. The salmon would create a more stable and diverse community in the creek.