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Rush Creek (Marin County, California)

Field	Value
name	Rush Creek
image	Rush Creek (Marin County).jpg
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	United States
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	California
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	Marin County
subdivision_type5	City
subdivision_name5	Novato
source1_location	above Novato, California
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	20 ft
mouth	Black John Slough of the Petaluma River
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	0 ft

Rush Creek is a stream in eastern Marin County, California, United States. It originates on the north edge of Novato, California and flows 1.5 mi northeasterly through wetlands into Black John Slough and then the Petaluma River. The name is associated with Peter Rush who bought land near Novato in 1862.

Ecology

The creek flows through coastal saltwater marsh and coastal brackish-water marsh habitats. The wetlands provide suitable habitat for San Pablo song sparrow, California black rail, saltmarsh common yellowthroat, California brackishwater snail, and California clapper rail.

Conservation

In 1999, the Rush Creek/Cemetery Marsh Enhancement Project was completed by the Marin Audubon Society. This project involved the excavation of channels to improve circulation and replacement of tide gates in the 230 acre Rush Creek marsh and 50 acre Cemetery Marsh. Both marshes are managed by Marin County Open Space District as natural preserves.

References

{{gnis. 232023. Rush Creek
Durham, David L.. (1998). "Durham's Place Names of California's San Francisco Bay Area: Includes Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Contra Costa, Alameda, Solano & Santa Clara counties". Word Dancer Press, Sanger, California.
"Rush Creek Watershed". Marin County.

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