Axtell Creek Stretch 2 Description, as of March, 2002:

• Creek flows under Maple Street to highly channelized stretch around east end of softball diamonds
• Creek makes 90-degree bend at northwest corner of Maple and Crosstown intersection, then travels along Crosstown Parkway
• Bare soil along banks
• Shrub and wetland vegetation on left bank (facing downstream) and grass on right bank
• Very narrow or no riparian zone
• Some shading by deciduous vegetation on left bank
• Erosion sites at corner of Maple and Crosstown
• Erosion and sand deposit at Howard Street, creek becomes deeper before enters culvert
• Fish observed
• Much and sand substrate

WHAT'S NEW IN THIS STRETCH, as of June 2003?

• Creek Planting Activities with Maple School Students
• Rain Garden
• Educational Signs