Morrison Creek Streamkeepers

Mother Nature appears to be a bit slow in changing seasons this year, at least in Morrison Creek. This slow change is reflected in the change in migration patterns of pink fry and coho smolts. Comparing the first two weeks of the 2007 season with this years migration looks like…

With the assistance of another great crew this year the smolt fence was successfully installed on April the 18th, and now week # 1 is in the books.The cool temperatures we experienced this spring have brought us a bounty of Pink salmon fry. Over 4000 of these little silver bullets…

It is amazing how quickly time moves on when you are having a good time. The Morrison Creek Smolt Fence Project for 2007 is now completed. Many variables come in to play that can affect the numbers of fish we see going through our holding boxes. For instance, have we…

One of the hilights associated with working on the spring smolt fence project is the diversity that is observed going through the holding boxes. Not to mention the activity of wildlife in and around the catchment area. While Warblers, Thrushes, and Towhees sing in the lush canopy overhead, you may…

Dave Davies, and Alanna Mitchell gather weights and lengths of Coho smolts as part of our efforts to understand the health of the Morrison Creek system. As it turns out, Morrison Creek is one healthy system. One can only hope that we can maintain this status. Increasing pressure from developers…

A little more excitement this week. Dave Davies had 5230 chum fry on Tues morning, plus a couple hundred smolts. Our Coho smolt numbers have been strong all week.On Wed. morning we had a mink inside the boxes and he/she was not too pleased about having intruders, needless to say…