Fish, especially baby trout, need a lot of dissolved oxygen (>7.0 mg/L) in their spawning streams. They also need clear cold water, and will not survive if the water is too turbid (muddy), or too warm.

However, construction in clay soils on steep slopes will cause a turbid runoff lowering the amount of oxygen in the water and smothering trout eggs in silt.

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