For a few years I’ve watched this tiny trickle of water turn into a nice little creek with plenty of bends and falls and a little wetlands type area. It seems to be active a lot more than it used to be. Lots of animals stop and drink from it now and ive seen so many interesting plants and mushrooms pop up.
How do I support this little habitat? I’ve been picking plastic and glass out of it but little else. I read somewhere once you shouldnt disturb creeks too much. Should i fuck with introducing native plants/animals? or just let it be? I live in a temperate forest area if that matters.
I know it’s just some ditch runoff, probably from gutters around here, but Ive become attached to it in a weird way
If no local plant society, I would recommend learning how to identify invasive species and how to minimize their impact effectively and without herbicides as much as possible. For example, tree of heaven is easily identified by its leaf shape (similar to sumac) and smell when crushed (burning rubber) even when young. Easy to just pull out when they’re smaller than a couple inches tall, very difficult and basically requires stump killer after its first year
This is assuming you’re in north america