Morrison Creek Streamkeepers

2006 - Extreme Weather Affects Pink Returns Late summer drought conditions and accompanying low flows are having an impact on Morrison’s Pinks, which spend two years at sea before returning to their native stream to spawn around mid-August. Despite Morrison Creek’s continuous, year round flow of cool, clean water, this…

In the summer of 2006, the Morrison Creek Streamkeepers received funding from Environment Canada’s Habitat Stewardship Program (HSP) for Species at Risk to help protect the endangered Morrison Creek Lamprey. Working in conjunction with Environment Canada, we have been involved in several exciting projects including public education, preservation of habitat,…

In May 2005 a group of Morrison Creek Streamkeepers formed a Board and we became a registered Society. For many years we have been functioning as a loose knit group, coming together for 1 or 2 annual projects. As of May we have been meeting regularly to map out the…

The Comox Valley continues to boom and this rapid growth trend has increased development around Morrison Creek. The mid-sections of Morrison Creek have, until recently, been relatively un-touched by development. However, the building boom has now reached this area. Some of these new developments are quite close to the creek.…

The Morrison Creek Streamkeepers have recently installed three small temperature “dataloggers” that automatically record the stream water temperature every 4 hours. The 1st of the dataloggers is located near the headwaters, the 2nd is located down near the mouth of Morrison Creek at the very bottom of the watershed.A third…

Walkers in Morrison Park may have noticed a large blue “gate valve” at the junction of Morrison Creek and Arden Creek. Referred to as the Arden Diversion, the valve supplements Arden Creek’s flow by diverting water from Morrison Creek, through the Morrison Park into Arden Creek. Originally the diversion from…