Morrison Creek Streamkeepers

Recent fall rains have coaxed a good run of Pink salmon to return to Morrison Creek. 2003 is forecast to be a good run for this species, which spends 2 years at sea before returning to their native stream to spawn. They may be seen as far upstream as Lake…

In Puntledge Park, alterations to the intake that feeds the pond has improved fish passage. The pond intake used to be a submerged pipe. While this worked well for juvenile coho in the pond, during periods of low water in late summer, spawning salmon would become trapped and die in…

The Morrison Creek Streamkeepers are currently conducting a study to monitor the streamflows in the Morrison Creek Watershed. This project was started in late July and is ongoing. We were fortunate to get low flow data for the past summer and fall as this was the driest period on record…

The MC Streamkeepers are hoping to complete a coho smolt count this coming spring. To count the total number of young coho that are produced in the watershed, the Streamkeepers’ volunteers operate a temporary counting fence at the bottom of the watershed. Volunteers identify, count, and release all the fish…

The Village of Cumberland has recently expanded their jurisdiction to include a significant section of the Morrison Creek Headwaters. Though we do not know what the Village plans for this area, the Morrison Creek Streamkeepers are concerned about potential impacts to the extremely valuable and sensitive headwaters/wetland complex area of…