By Laura McVicker, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Jul. 31--Significantly higher-than-normal water temperatures and low oxygen levels in Burnt Bridge Creek have prompted a $500,000 state study to find ways to improve the creek's water quality and fish habitat.

By ERIK ROBINSON The fallen trestle will remain in Burnt Bridge Creek. A collapsed railroad trestle will remain a permanent fixture in the lower end of Burnt Bridge Creek.

By ERIK ROBINSON, Columbian staff writer Kayla Robinson, a sixth-grader at Discovery Middle School, stepped gingerly toward the squishy shoreline where Burnt Bridge Creek runs through Leverich Park. "Oh, gross," she said. "Gross." She doesn't know the half of it.

By Erik Robinson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Oct. 5--Kayla Robinson, a sixth-grader at Discovery Middle School, stepped gingerly toward the squishy shoreline where Burnt Bridge Creek runs through Leverich Park. "Oh, gross," she said. "Gross." She doesn't know the half of it.