Habitat ana tnhancement !Jranch ~ Community Directory 1999-2000
Communit0 tconomic Development, Public 9nvolvement, Streamkeepers ana School Projects
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Pub/isheci by Community 9nvolvement Habitat and Enhancement {3ranch ]isheries and Oceans Canada 360 - 555 West Hastings Street. Vancouver, {3.e. V6t3 593 Welcome to the 12th annual edition of the When the Salmonid Enhance Each CA lives and works in a Community Directory for B.C. and Yukon. I'm ment Program (SEP) began in specific area. The map on page proud to introduce the people from your 1971, some experts doubted that 2 shows the areas, identified by communities who are making extraordinary "ordinary" citizens could make a numbers. Use the appropriate efforts to care for our fisheries resource. The meaningful hands-on contribu number to find the name, phone volunteers, community hatchery staff, tion to salmon stock rebuilding. number and address of the education coordinators and community Fisheries and Oceans Canada Community Advisor. To find advisors found in these pages have dedicated ignored the warnings and listings for that area, see the themselves to the active stewardship of our launched the Public Involvement page number to the right of the watersheds in this large and diverse region. Program (PIP). The program, and name. There are four types of the citizens, quickly proved the projects: What you don't see here are the names of the many Fisheries and would-be experts wrong: Oceans staff who provide invaluable support to the community - Community Economic advisors and the many individuals and groups working for the fish. Development Program (CEDP} The staff includes enhancement technicians, project team members projects are operated under (engineers, biologists, technicians), administration and communica contract by Aboriginal people or tions staff, major hatchery employees, fisheries scientists, program community groups; managers, stock assessment biologists and fishery officers. Commu nity advisors appreciate the efforts of these colleagues.
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10 WeW?IForestProductsLtd (CordyCreek) Streamkeepers Projects Kerry McGourlick 250/956-4446 Po1tHardyStreamkeepers :~#:t;~# ..:; Box 250, Fax: 250/956-4448 Antonia Huber >eentfal Port McNeill, B.C. VON 2RO ·~~qtjiilC.~nu One of the longest-running hatchery Box 467, operations in the area. In 1998, for the first Port Hardy, B.C. Where to start? Well, the past year has time, all hatchery broodstock was taken First year: 1997 been "interesting" indeed for the volunteers from adults returning to the river. and me. The coho crisis was the main topic First year: 1978 School Projects Activity: · Hatchery of discussion. Was the strategy too much? Location: San Josef, Goodspeed:rivers, Classroom incubatiol). All area code 250 Too little? Awaste of time? An over School District 85 Cordy Creek 1 reaction? Only time will tell but there is a Persons: 10 Alert Bay Elementary Mike McCutchenal high level of support in the local enhance Chum: 100,000 ment community for the initiative. Early Coho: (Goodspeed) 120,000 A.]. Elliott Elementary (SanJoseO 75,000 Paul Emery coho and chinook returns show a marked Chinook: (Marble R.) 20,000 Avalon Adventist Academy increase in abundance. Steelhead: 3 pair Oggy Medina 949-8243 Cheslakees Elementary Anear record dry spell in spring and summer 1998 meant that a WeW?IForestProductsLtd Ms. Ropponen 956-3411 number of groups in my area had to intensify fry salvage activities (Marble River) Coal Harbour to keep trapped fry and smolts from becoming bird and snake food. Grant Anderson: 250/949-4342 L. Bourroughs 949-6590 Help for the volunteers, in the form of displaced fishers work Kerry McGourlick: 250/956-4446 Eagle View Elementary Gale Moncion 949-6418 programs, was much appreciated as the combined efforts rescued Box 250 Fax: 250/956-4448 more than 20,000 fry. Port McNeil!, B.C. VON 2RO Echo Bay Elementary Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda' 'xw The Marble River Hatchery is one of the Cooperation between Streamkeepers and the Vancouver Island largest and longest-standing PIP projects Diane Harris 949-7743 Holberg Elementary Highway Project produced meaningful gains to protect habitat on the North Island. In 1998, it completed a during road construction. The highway project now is committed rearing channel to complement hatchery Debbie Burke 288-3625 operations. Kingcome Band ''where possible" to achieving net gain of habitat. Kingcome Band First year: 1981 There is no decrease in interest in fisheries enhancement, Activity: Hatchery, rearing channel Port Hardy Secondary Location: Marble River Mr. R. Check 949-7443 streamkeeping or outdoor education in the area. Thanks are due, of Persons: 10 Robert Scott Elementary course, primarily to the enthusiastic volunteer community. Thanks Coho: 55,000 Melinda Gabriel, Katie Lambert 949-6362 are also due to the area's dedicated support team. Chinook: 1,050,000 Seaview Elementary &Jr. Secondary Dan Nordin 284-3315 P9P Projects and released back into Phillips estuary at 7 Willi Community Hatchery Sunset Elementary Bear Creek Pond Project grams. Pat Waywright, T. Manders 956-4434 Ray Lutz 250/281-2257 Paul Wiederman Started in:1989 Tlislagilakw School Box 5127 Fax: 250/281-4244 4072 Macauley Road Activity: Small hatchery, fry stocking, Woss, B.C. VON 3PO Gregg School 974-5591 Black Creek, B.C. V9J 1C8 Pen rearing Westwind Academy (Private) This is a very active coffimunity project of Paul was able to complete his rearing pond Location: St. Albyns Lake, Phillips River Randy Volk - 956-2121 the Nimpkish Valley Rod &Gun Club. and was waiting for fall rains to fill it. Persons: 15 First year: 1996 Woss Elementary Project will monitor basic environmental Coho: 25,000 Frank Wetmore 281-2233 Activity: Hatchery parameters over the next year to determine Chinook* - 50,000 Location: Nimpkish River &tributaries Zeballos Elementary suitability for colonization. (See also Gillard Pass) Persons: 8 Cathy Woodley 761-4227 Started in: 1998 Steelhead: 31,000 Activity: Habitat improvement Campbell River Fish &Wildlife Association Chinook: 9,700 School District 84 Location: Bear Creek Tim Walters 2501287-8277 Captain Meares Secondary Coho: 25,000 Persons: 2 P.O. Box 217 Dave Danylyshyn 934-6555 Campbell River, B.C. Ray Watkins Elementary 7.ebaUosEnhanwnentGroup . Big Bay Community Association The coho strategy produced high John Crowhurst 2501761-4292 Barb Parnanen 283-2220 Don &Debbie Martin 250/286-8117 expectations for an increased return to P.O. Box 25 2501761-4221 General Delivery Mohun Creek'in 1998. If demonstrable Zeballos, B. C. VOP ZAO Stewart Island, B.C. VOP lVO returns are not forthcoming, the club will This hatchery targets chinook for Summer 1998 was quiet for volunteers from re-evaluate its Quinsam Hatchery stocking enhancement. Stuart Island and neighbouring Sonora strategy. Coho are planted at 4 grams. First year: 1990 Island but fall 1998 was much busier. An Started in:1991 Activity: Hatchery excellent run of chinook to the Phillips Activity: Fry planting, stream monitoring Location: Zeballos River River enabled the group to achieve its egg Location: Coho (Mohun) Creek Persons: 6 -8 target for the first time in years. The return Persons: 10 Chinook: (Conuma) 74,000 of marked chinook was particularly Coho: 16,000 satisfying. Chinook* will be sea-pen reared 11 Courtenay alU/District Fish &Game Protective responsibility for their stream or streams. brought to eyed stage. Nile Creek Enhancement Society Association This has made the tasks more manageable. Started in: 1982 Rod Allan 2501757-9384 Neil Brodie/Lloyd Patten 250/338-4035 The society hope to undertake a number of Activity: Small hatchery 6315 Island Highway West Box3177 upgrad~; a fence on Rosewall Creek, a new Location: Millard Creek, Tuable River Qualicum Beach, B.C. V9K 2E4 Courtenay, B.C. V9N 5N4 intake for the Coal Creek channel and an Persons: 12 The main focus for this societ}' was to work The resource suffered a real loss with the upgrade of chum incubation facilities. Coho: (Roy) 25,000 closely with the Vancouver Island Highway passing of hatchery "mom," Elsie Morgan. The thorny issue of water drawdown at the (Millard) 100,000 Project to achieve a net gain of habitat on Some renovations have been competed and lower end of Coal Creek remains a problem, Chinook: (Oyster) 100,000 the creek as mitigation for damage caused more are anticipated. Annually, up to 1,000 which leaves early returning pinks at the (See also Roy Creek) during highway construction. The channel coho smolt.s, trapped during winter freshet.s, mercy of seals. *Big Qualicum smolt.s are design and construction brought together are salvaged from a ditch along the Island relased to Tuable River. Klahoose First Nation highway project consultant.s, volunteers, Highway. The club will work with the Started in: 1993 Flavian Harry 250/935-6536 Big Qualicum Hatchery staff, HEB Resource landowner and DFO to find a solution to Activity: Hatchery, colonization, Box9 Restoration and Habitat Management staff. the problem. Fry salvage, habitat creation, Squirrel Cove, B.C. VOP lKO This new channel will increase summer Started in: 1979 Stream stewardship The project is working to access funds for and winter habitat and the group is looking Activity: Spawning & rearing channel, Location: Baynes Sound streams obstruction removal ori the Brem River in for another channel opportunity. Hatchery, habitat creation Persons: 20 Toba Inlet. If they succeed, there is an Started in: 1995 Location: Trent, Tuolum, Puntledge rivers, Coho: (Baynes) 106,000 opportunity to develop a groundwater Activity: Stewardship, incubation Arden Creek smolt.s (Baynes) 60,000 rearing channel above the obstruction. Location: Nile Creek Persons: 25 Pink: (Quinsam) 1,000,000 Planning continues for a new hatchery to Persons 10 Coho: (Trent) 100,000 Chum: (Big Qualicum) 500,000 supply fry to several Cortes Island creeks. Pink: (Quinsam) 500,000 (Cook Cr.) 250,000 Started in:1992 Englishman River Enhancement/ Chinook: smolt.s (Big Qualicum) 25,000 Activity: Cassette incubator, fry stocking Oyster River Enhancement Society r Buck Suzuki Environmenta!FoulU/ation Location: Cortez Island streams Jitka Petruzelka 250/337-5967 Clinton Young 260/248-4393 GiUardPassFisheriesAssociation Persons: 17 Box93 671 Forsyth Ave Greg Barlow 250/286-0018 Chum: (Sliammon) 500,000 Black Creek, B.C. V9J 1K8 Parksville, B.C. V9P 1G6 P.O. Box425 Coho: (Quinsam) 25,000 1998 was a banner year for the society. With guidance from Big Qualicum Campbell River, BC V9W 5B6 Participation is at a new high with more Hatchery and technician Gord Stewart, the As with Big Bay Community Association, Little River Enhancement Society than 200 members. In cooperation with group is expanding it.s program to include excellent 1998 chinook returns to Phillips Frank Shepherd 250/339-3027 DFO Resource Restoration, the Pacific more habitat assessment and habitat River were very gratifying. RR#2, Site 298, C-11, Salmon Foundation and others, the society complexing on the Englishman River side Started in:l988 Courtenay, B.C. V9M 5M9 constructed two kilometres of new channels. Incubation facilities have been Activity: Satellite hatchery, New cooperative initiatives with the spawning and rearing channels, all state partially upgraded. Recent pink salmon Habitat improvement Ministry of Highways have meant increased of-the-art for spawning and rearing of returns have been encouraging. The Location: Phillips River, Ito Brook, net gain opportunities during road coho, pinks and cutthroat. Other program leader is seeking Fisheries Sonora Island construction in the watershed. Although opportunities, waiting in the wings, will Renewal B.C. funding to expand the Persons: 10 last year saw disappointing coho returns, make the Oyster one of the most productive program. Coho: 25,000 sumnier fry surveys indicated a satisfactory medium sized rivers in the Georgia basin. Started in: 1992 Chinook: 100,000 seeding of the available habitat. *Coho: 50,000 are raised to smolt. Activity: Incubation, fishway maintenance, (See also Big Bay Community Association) Development plans in the watershed **Chinook are sea-pen reared to 7 grams. Habitat creation remain a concern. Started in:1983 Location: Englishman River GrantB. Culleyfr. Foundation Started in: 1983 Activity: Spawning channel, hatchery, Persons: 10 Mike Patterson Activity: Hatchery Rearing Coho: (Englishman) 100,000 POBox286 Location: Little River Location: Oyster River, Woodhus Creek Pink: (Quinsam) 500,000 Campbell River, B.C. V9W 5Bl Persons: 20 Persons: 100 Chinook: (Big Qualicum) 50,000 Started in:l998 Coho: eggs: 12,000 Coho: *150,000 Chum: (Englishman) 250,000 Activity: Stream stewardship, incubation smolt.s: 25,000 Chum: (Puntledge) 400,000 Persons: 20 Chum: (Puntledge) 400,000 Chinook: **100,000+ Fanny Bay Enhancement Society Chum: 50,000 Cutthroat: 5,000 Pink: 600,000 Chuck Gosbee 2501757-9934 Site 23-C9 Fx: 2501757-9930 Kiwanis ofCourtenay MiUard CreekBroodProgram ParksviUe-QualicumFish &Game Association Fanny Bay, B.C. VOR lWO Don Woodcock 250/338-1970 Paul Gurr 250/336-23 57 Jack Greenway 2501752-6885 The 1998 highlight was the official opening 635 Pidcock Avenue Site 697, Comp. 3 , RR#6 Box988 of the new hatchery building at Rosewall Courtenay, B.C. V9N 3E4 Courtenay, BC V9H 8H9 Parksville, B.C. VOR 2SO Creek in May. The new facility allows Puntledge Hatchery used much of the Paul and his family contiue with feeding Club members are to be congratulated on members to expand their fry salvage facility in the summer of 1998 to hold fry released into their pond by the Kiwanis one of the smoothestcrunning programs on activities and close to 15,000 wild coho were captive brood of endangered summer hatchery program. the East Coast of the Island. Early reports of relocated to the hatchery for release to their chinook. As with the beer, "It's the water" Started in: 1993 large coho off the mouth of French Creek in native streams in the fall. that makes this facility so attractive for fish Location: Millard Creek fall 1998 produced high expectation that With 20 Baynes Sound area streams to culture. Activity: Rearing pond egg fecundities will increase as El Nino monitor, the group has initiated stream With fall rains, the facility will be used Persons: 4 moderates, reversing the recent trend to teams, each accepting stewardship again to incubate and rear coho for Millard smaller fish. *Coho are released at 2 grams. and Roy creeks. Oyster River chinooks are Started in: 1980 12 Activity: Small hatchery, fry feeding, Started in:1981 improvement over the previously stated Prqject Watershed Society Colonization Activity: Small hatchery, 3 rearing ponds objective of "no net loss." Laurie Dawson 250/334-1621 Location: French Creek Location: Roy Creek Started in:1997 #3, 2401 Cliffe Ave., Persons: 15 Persons: 12 Activity: Advocacy, stream stewardship Courtenay, B.C. V9N 2L5 Coho: *100,000 Coho: 50,000 Community awareness The society continues to oversee the Persons: 50+ Streamkeepers program in this area. In Quadra IslandSabnon Enhanwnent Society Sayward Fish &Game Association addition, they are very active in watershed DonMcEachern 250/285-2193 Ian Sutherland 250/282-3244 MiUard Creek Streamkeepers stewardship in both the urban and rural Box413 P.O. Box 154 Brian Bloomfield, Barb Porter 250/338-7509 areas with agricultural fencing of riparian Quathiaski Cove, B.C. VOP lNO Sayward, B.C. VOP lRO RR#6, 3692, C15, areas and estuary awareness as important This is one of DFO's original Public The association is looking foiward to Courtenay, B.C. V9N 8H9 facets of their program. Involvement partners on the Island. The receiving direction from various initiatives The group has nearly completed a Started in:1992 society had an "interesting" year with such as Forest Renewal as to coho potential watershed management plan for the creek. watershed stewardship issues ranging from in the upper Salmon River. The hatchery is It was a major effort requiring cooperation QualicumBeach Streamkeepers logging to banning of four-cycle outboards holding the line at 100,000 coho eggs until from several levels of government as well as Faye Smith 250n52-9297 on Village Bay Lake. Members have worked a stocking plan is developed. all stakeholders in the area. 221 Elizabeth Ave., with HRSEP-funded job creation projects . The Salmon River system has tremendous They have also worked closely with groups Qualicum, BC V9K 1G4 on the Island but have been unsuccessful in untouched potential for coho augmenta such as Project Watershed to improve 1998 was a good year for this group of obtaining funds for their own efforts. Early tion, but it has been hard for the group to stream and off-channel habitat. While there dedicated Streamkeepers. Using USHP and forecasts for coho returning to Quadra interest government agencies. Hopefully, a was disappointment that a fishway was not PIP funds, they made very real gains in Island were encouraging. joint initiative with BC Hydro will affect a installed on Millard Creek this year, the habitat on Beach and Grandon creeks. Started in: 1978 change. Several minor upgrades were Streamkeepers are not letting that override Cooperation from the Village of Qualicum Activity: Hatchery, stewardship, completed at the hatchery with funding the sense of satisfaction they feel with the Beach and technical guidance from Dave Education, habitat restoration from the B.C. Wildlife Federation. work that has been completed. Clough has made the program a success. and enhancement · Started in: 1978 Started in: 1995 First year: 1995 Location: Quadra Island streams Activity: Hatchery, colonization Activity: Habitat creation, Activity: Streamkeepers Persons: 20 Location: Memekay, Salmon rivers Stream monitoring Location: Beach, Grandon creeks Coho: (Quarda) 100,000 Persons: 6 Location: Millard Creek Persons: 20 Chum: (Quadra) 400,000 Coho: 100,000 Persons: 8 Willow Creek WatershedSociety Ross Ponds Stmrie CreekParkAssociatlon Oyster Bay Streamkeepers Charles Desorcy 250/923-3612 Chip Ross 250/336-8377 Grant Erickson 250/923-1005 Karl Fuchs/Diane Wilson 250/923-4267 POBox392 Site 699, C. 5, RR #6, 3956 Thirsk Street 4490 Gary Lane, Campbell River, BC V9W 5B6 Courtenay, B.C. V9N 8H9 Campbell River, B.C. V9H 1H3 Campbell River, B.C. The group is planning to begin habitat Chip is rearing Millard Creek coho in three The crew has been very busy working with This small group is working slowly but enhancement now that inventory and of six ponds on his property and the Campbell River Community Fisheries steadily on restoration and enhancement of assessment has been completed. Urban monitoring the flow in the others for Initiative. Adownstream/upstream fence several creeks in the Oyster Bay area, south development in the watershed is still a Puntledge Hatchery. With the superior monitored smolt numbers in the spring and of Campbell River. The Urban Salmon concern. The society is a full participant in · groundwater supply, the hatchery may use was to operate in the fall of 1998. Habitat Program provided funds for further the Fisheries Renewal B.C. program in the the ponds for captive summer chinook The estuary groin deflector that the Lions stream assessment that will dictate the Strathcona area and in the Campbell River brood program. Fry growth, with only a bit Club installed at the estuary has proven its course of action to be followed. The group HRSEP program. Like all volunteer groups of supplemental feeding, has been value, keeping log build-ups to a plans to hire a hydrologist to study the in this area, the society is waiting with excellent. minimum. feasibility of opening Woodhus Slough to extreme interest to see what affect the Started in: 1997 Started in:1994 the ocean to create estuarine habitat. restrictions on coho fishing will have on the Activity: Habitat creation Activity: Inventory/assessment Started in:1995 runs in 1998. Persons: 2 Habitat creation Activity: Streamkeepers, assessment Started in: 1995 Persons: 12 Location: Oyster Bay Activity: Stewardship, restoration Roy CreekSalnumidEnhancement Persons: 2 Location: Willow Creek Terry Carter 250/336-8486 Streamkeepers Projects Persons: 25 Box 1036, Project Watershed coordinates the program. Portuguese Creek Stewards Royston, B.C. VOR 2VO Contact is Laurie Dawson 250/334-1621. Gail Slater 250/337-8175 School Projects Despite assuming a low profile, the society RR#4, Site 435, Comp 6, Sarah Casley: HEB Central Van. Island has made steady headway in their effort to Courtenay, B.C. Island Highway Concerned Citizens Group Coordinator 1-800-883-0463 increase coho stocks. El Nino and The Portuguese Stewards have been Peggy Carswell 250/337-8348 All schools area code 250 rivermouth seals kept the run lower than Box 179, scouting further opportunities to enhance normal last year but they are hoping for fish habitat around the creek and have Merville, B.C. VOR 2MO School District 69: Parksville/Qualicum improvement The society monitors four initiated several water impoundment and This stewardship group has been very busy Coordinator: Sarah Casely off-channel ponds and has plans to water augmentation projects. Acontrover keeping an eye of the progress of the District Liaison: Mike de Leur, Resource construct two more. Highway construction sial drilled well, funded by USHP, proved its Vancouver Island Highway construction Centre: 2501248-2964. All area codes 250 in the watershed caused concern but the value by keeping coho fry alive in this creek project. Through their efforts, the project Ballenas Secondary society is working with the project's fisheries that traditionally dried up in July. has committed to achieving "whereever Lori Mitchell 248-5721 consultants to achieve net gain of habitat possible" a net gain of habitat on their Started in: 1997 when construction is complete. stream crossings. This is a very positive 13 Bowser Elementary Tuolum Elementary Paul Anders 757-8487 .John Harrison 334-3118 Errington Elementary Union Bay Elementary Peter Warren 248-3334 Kathy Gordon 335-2821 Kwalikum Secondary Valley View Elementary Anne Crossley 752-5651 Kate Hackett 897-0343 HEB Community Involvement groups continue Nanoose Bay Elementary Village Park Elementary to demonstrate their commitment and Cathy Ozero 468-7414 Patti Spearman 339-4854 Oceanside Middle enthusiasm to protecting- and restoring- salmon Bill Gammell 248-4662 School District 72: Campbell River stocks and their habitat. Through various Parksville Elementary Leslie Renaas, Quinsam Hatchery - HEB provincial and federal funding- partnerships, Mike Miller, Diane Anderson 248-5778 Regional Education Coard. 287-9564 local enhancement groups completed a Qualicum Beach Elementary Campbell River Christian number of habitat assessment and restoration Jill Chudleigh 752-6989 Peter Geeton 287-4266 fry Winchelsea Elementary Carihi Secondary initiatives including- coho salvage projects Heather Seaman, 248-3296 Dennis Klassen 286-6282 in 1998. Brenda McConachie Cedar Elementary The general public shows an increasing- awareness of and desire to Kari English Mike Rennie 287-8335 Central protect their local streams. More people are becoming- involved in School District 71: Comox Valley DougPhyall 287-8113 the Streamkeepers program and forming- local stewardship groups. Coordinator: Sarah Casely Cortes Island District Liasons: Gord Fyfe 334-2161 Doug 935-6313 (£DP Projects harbour. Enhancement efforts are directed Ian Hargreaves 337-5114 Georgia Park 'fla-o-qui-aht First Nations towards chinook, coho, and chum. Project Airport Elementary Terry 923-0735 Terry Tom 2501725-3233 assists Tofino PIP hatchery staff with Mike O'Neill, Giselle Perreault 339-3732 Linnaea Independent Box880 . broodstock collection. Arden Elementary Donna Bracewell 935-6747 Tofino, B.C. VOR 2ZO First year: 1981 Wendy Rudolf, Dave Talbot, 334-3191 Maple Elementary This hatchery is in a remote location with Activity: Hatchery, lake pens Black Creek Elementary Henry Unger 923-5255 no hydro power; its main source is propane. Location: Thornton Creek Jan Scheuerman, Terry Muir 337-5131 Ocean Grove The focus is on enhancement of Lower Persons: 3-plus Brooklyn Elementary Liza Hadfield 923-4266 Kennedy River chinook. Coho (fry) 200,000 Tom Shaw, Lynn Swift 339-4866 Oyster River First year: 1984 (smolts) 50,000 Comox Elementary Cheryl McDonald 923-4275 Activity: Moist cassette incubation, Chinook 800,000 Karen Holland 339-4881 Phoenix Lake and sea pens Chum 500,000 Courtenay Elementary Erin Stevens, Kye 287-8346 Location: Kennedy River Gay Bailey 338-5396 Pinecrest Elementary Persons: 5 P9P Projects Courtenay Junior Kathy Guidi 287-8805 Chinook: 750,000 AlhemiSalmonEnhancementSociety Peter Hagberg 334-2428 Quadra Jake Leyenaar 2501723-5143 Cumberland Elementary Bill Williams 285-3385 NanaimoRiwr SalmonidEnhancementProject 6231 Moore Road Phil Brown, Sherri Watson 336-8521 Rockland Elementary Paul Preston 2501245-7780 Port Albemi, B.C. Denman Island Doug Flynn 923-4258 271 Pine Street Anew hatchery/resource centre is being Dennis Lavallee 335-2324 Sandowne Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2B7 constructed on Kitsuksas Creek at the G.P. Vanier Secondary LynnForwell 923-4248 This production facility uses both river and McLean Mill Historic Site. Education will be Mary-Catherine Ruelle, 338-9262 Sayward Elementary well water supply systems. Projects include an important component. Greg Vivian Lynn Cumberland 282-3314 an education component, Gently Down the First year: 1981 Glacier View Elementary Southgate Sr. Secondary Stream, and a multi-partnership program, Activity: Incubation, fry stocking Rob Granham 338-1425 Bob Mills 923-4253 Salmon in the City, on the Millstream Location: Plestid, Dry, Rogers creeks Homby Island River. Persons: 25 Brad Fraser 335-2125 First year: 1979 Coho: 130,000 Huber Park Elementary Activity: Hatchery; lake and sea pens, Jane Hunter 338-6596 Assessment Cherry Creek Enhancement Society Lake Trail Junior Location: Nanaimo River Dave Chitty 2501724-0512 Maye Davis 334-3168 Persons: 5 School District 70 Randy Meyers Chinook: 700,000 Port Albemi, B.C. V9Y 3Z4 Miracle Beach Elementary Coho: (fry) 500,000 Project focus is habitat restoration and Ian Hargreaves 337-5114 (smolts) 100,000 coho assessment. Society and students Puntledge Park Elementary Chum: 500,000 operate a downstream fence to provide data Melanie Zimmer 334-4495 for stock assessment in the spring. Royston Elementary Thornton Cl'eekEnhancementSociety First year: 1992 Gordon Fyfe 334-2161 . Richie Smith 2501726-7566 Activity: Habitat improvement, Sandwick Alternate Box 255 Juvenile assessment, education Dave Scott 334-2580 Ucuelet, B.C. VOR 3AO Persons: 100 Asatellite facility located in Ucluelet Location: Cherry Creek 1't Hafalt First Nation This small scale hatchery uses city water. Location: Lost Shoe, Salmon creeks Randerson Ridge Elementary Bert Thomas 250/246-4736 Staff work closely with coho stock Persons: 16 Eric Lille 758-5076 RR #1 Chemainus Rd. assessment at PBS. Main focus is coho smolt Coho: 100,000 Rock City . Chemainus, B.C. VOR lXO production and stock assessment. Roger Lappin 758-2434 Project is a joint AFS/HEB operation. Staff First year: 1985 Streamkeepers Projects Seaview provide operational support such as Activity: Incubation, rearing, stocking, Vancouver IsfandWatership Foundation Lindsay Little 390-4022 broodstock collection to Ladysmith Assessment Don Lowen 250/388-47563731 South Wellington Sportsmen's Club. Location: Chase River Winston Crescent Linda Paterson ,754~2873 First year: 1992 Persons: 40 Victoria, B.C. V8X 1S2 Waterloo Elementary Activity: Habitat improvement, Coho: 20,000 Partly funds the Gently Down the Stream Barrie Baker 245-7612 Stock enhancement, assessment Bprogram at the Nanaimo River Hatchery; Woodbank Elementary Persons: 4 Sproat!.akeSalmonEnhancement 1,800 to 2,000 students participate each Cheryl Ostle 722-3644 Location: C.hemainus River, Bonsall Creek Phil Edgell 2501723-6192 year. Coho: 50,000 PortAlbemi, B.C. First year: 1997 Albemi Valley School District 70 Chum: 50,000 The group's main theme and interest is Activity: Classroom incubation, education Coordinator: Dave ChittY · 723-3242 · habitat restoration activities such as culvert Persons: 1,800 - 2,000 AES Echo Centre 723-2181 Hui-ay-aht First Nation (PachinaRiver) removal and bank stabilization. Chum: 1,500 A. W. Neill Jr. Secondary Stefab Ochman First year: 1993 Coho: 11,500 Matt Gregory 723-8151 P.O. Box 70 Activities: Habitat improvement, Albemi Elementary Bamfield; B.C. VOR IBO Fry salvage, assessment Dave Lowe, Art Halsall 724-0623 School Projects Efforts at the small scale hatchery in Location: Sproat Lake Beaver Creek Bamfield include coho and chinook All are area code 250 Jerry Swaney 724-1630 restoration. Project assists Nitinat Hatchery S.T.R.EAM.S School District 66, Lake Cowichan District Calgary Elementary with Sarita chinook. Other efforts include Terry Petras 250/246-4988 Coordinator: Art Watson 749-6743 Elenore Peterson 723-9141 habitat restoration and education/ P.O. Box808 Lake Cowichan Secondary Cherry Creek stewardship. Chemainus, B.C. VOR lXO David Halme 749-6634 Arilene Klock 723-8458 First year: 1997 Group's main activity is habitat improve Stanley Gordon School Gill Elementary Activity: Hatchery, public awareness ments - bank stabilization, stream flow Jim Lehrer, Mary McCormick 749-6612 Gavin McLeod 723-9311 Location: Pachina River improvements, improved spawning and Yount Elementary Ha-Ho-Payuk Coho: 50,000 rearing habitat- on Matthews Creek. S. Taylor 745-6621 Darren Olson 724-5542 First year: 1990 John Howitt Hui-ay-ahtFirstNation (Sugsaw Creek) Activity: · Habitat improvement, School District 68, Nanaimo Coordinators: Ron Brandner 723-7521 Stefab Ochman Stock assessment Roger Lappin (758-2434), Linda Paterson Maquinna Elementary P.O. Box70 Location: Mathews Creek (754-2873),Jeremy Sumner (753-3418) Shirley Prince, Mike Wethore 724-0512 Bamfield, B.C. VOR IBO Persons: 12 Chase River Redford Elementary Asmall scale facility focused on chum Coho: 5,000 Clint O'Hara 754-6983 Donna Ofstre, Bill Bingham 723-7212 restoration. Works closely with Nitinat Cilaire School Sproat Lake Elementary Hatchery. Toft no Salmon Enhanc.ementSociety Natasha Fiket 758-7941 Phil Sorenson 723-3862 First year: 1996 Mike White 2501725-3435 Davis Road Wood Elementary Activity: Hatchery, habitat assessment Box476 Colleen Skipper 245-7187 Lauralee Edge! 724-1132 Location: Sugsaw Creek Tofino, B.C. VOR 3AO Dover Bay School Chum: 180,000 Enhancement efforts of this small scale Gord Graham, John Eby 756-4595 Independent Schools hatchery at Tofino are chinook and coho Dufferin Crescent Elementary Coordinator: Don Lowen lildysmithSportsmen'sClub restoration. The target rivers are remote. Sally Ramsay, Marg Rogers 753-0264 Nanaimo Montessori Greg Smith 2501245-3660 Project works closely with Thornton Creek Extension Elementary Jim Nelson 753-0649 RR #1, Pictou Road, CEDP facility and stock assessment Linda Gow 753-1549 Ladysmith, B.C., VOR 2EO First year: 1985 Fairview Elementary Asmall scale hatchery located on Bush Activity: Hatchery, sea pens Jeremy Sumner, Pat Johns 753-3418 Georgia Avenue Creek. Enhancem~nt efforts are directed at Location: Cypre, Tranquil, Kootowis rivers chum and coho stocks in the Ladysmith Persons: 12 Chris Pagan 753-1044 harbour area. Project also has an Chinook: (50,000 marked) 240,000 Hammond Bay Elementary educational component. Coho: (59,000 marked) 240,000 Darlene McKee 758-5711 First year: 1993 Ladysmith Intermediate Activity: Incubation, stocking, education Thornton Creek Volunteers Cody Good 245-33 51 Location: Bush Creek Doug Kimoto 2501725-2376 Mountainview Persons: 35 staff and volunters PO Box233 Lisa Frey 732-2831 Coho: 20,000 Ucluelet, B.C. VOR 3AO North CedarElementary Chum: 90,000 Acommunity project focused on coho stock Wendy Phillips 722-2722 enhancement and habitat restoration, North Oyster Elementary MalaspinaCoUege especially spawning and rearing habitat. Margaret Cox 245-3330 Frank Dalzeil 250/741-8739 First year: 1981 Princess Royal 900 - 5th Street Activities: Fry stocking, instream incubation, John McKay 753-8111 Nanaimo, B.C. V9R SSS Stream rehabilitation 15 Haig-Broum Fly-FishingAssociation Mil/Bay and District Conservation Society Brian Tucker 250/479-5106 Dave Nelson 2501743-7304 PO Box 6454, Depot #1, POBox2, 3410, Shelbourne St., Cobble Hill, B.C. VOR 110 Victoria, B.C. V8P 5M4 Volunteers have established a healthy coho This has been an exciting and challenging This organization is involved in habitat run in Shawnigan Creek. Every year they year for those involved with the west coast restoration and public education initiatives. transport spawners above a barrier falls in the fisheries resource and South Vancouver Island First year: 1989 estuary, trapping fish and using a tramway to Activity: Habitat improvement move them up the cliff to transport trucks. Community Involvement volunteers and Location: Sandhill, Bilston creeks First year: 1979 contractors have taken these challenges in Persons: 10 Activity: Stocking, incubation stride. The level of technical expertise and Location: Shawnigan Creek degree of dedication demonstrated by Island Stream &Enhancement Society Persons: 10 community driven projects in the area has Kathy Riemer 250/537-9630 Coho: adult capture, wild production PO Box 3301, Ganges PO, reached new levels of excellence in the fields Saltspring Island, B.C. V8K 2V9 Portage Inlet Salmon id Society of stock enhancement. habitat restoration, public education, and all The Saltspring volunteers operate a small Jack Stidston 250/385-4205 facets of stock and habitat assessment. By continuing to display the hatchery and complete several habitat 935 Inskip Street ability and motivation to play a leadership role in the stewardship of restoration projects each year: riparian Victoria, B.C. V9A 4J6 our watersheds and the life they support, south island residents give planting, habitat complexing, water Operation of adult and juvenile counting ·good cause for optimism as we move into the new millennium. storage, fish passage structures, and are fences on Craigflower Creek. Construction active in public education and awareness. assistance to Goldstream Volunteer First year: 1984 Enhancement Society. Headwater lake CEDP Projects P9P Projects Activity: Incubation, stocking, hatchery, stocking program on Craigflower Creek. Cowichan Tribes: CowichanRiver Hatchery JJsquimaltAnglers Habitat work, education, First year: 1986 Doug Millerd 2501746-5741 J.K. Saunders 250/384-9484 Public information Activity: Brood capture, stocking 5760 Allenby Road, 1101 Munroe Ave. Location: Saltspring Island Location: Craigflower Creek Duncan, B.C. V9L 5Jl Victoria, B.C. V9A 5Pl Persons: 30 Persons: 4 Alarge scale production facility including a This group operates a salt water grow-out Chum: fed fry 20,000 Coho: fed fry outplanted 50,000 groundwater hatchery, lake and sea pens, site for chinook smolts raised at the Howard Coho: fed fry 20,000 and significant fry salvage and assessment English Hatchery and also gives support to SatumalslandGroup programs the operation of the Craigflower Creek I.ake CowichanSalmonidEnhancementSociety Rick Jones 250/539-2641 First year: 1977 smolt fence and other volunteer initiatives Art Watson 2501749-0119 PO Box 14 Activity: Hatchery, lake & sea pens, in the area on an as-needed basis. General Delivery Saturna Island, B.C. VON 2YO Fry salvage, assessment First year: 1992 Lake Cowichan, B.C. VOR 2GO The Saturna volunteers operate an onstream Location: Cowichan River Activity: Net pen rearing The Lake Cowichan volunteers carry out a incubation and rearing facility with the goal Persons: 6 plus seasonal Location: Esquimalt Harbour variety of activities including operation of a of re-establishing a chum run in Lyall Creek. Chinook: smolts 3.5 million Persons: 25 small hatchery, fry salvage, habitat The first chum returned to Lyall in 1997. Coho: smolts 150,000 Chinook: seapen smolts 125,000 restoration, stock assessment (including First year: 1992 Salvage: fry & smolts 500,000 rotary screw and lake traps), and an Activity: Incubation, stream habitat Goldstream Volunteer SalmonidEnhanc.ement innovative public awareness program. Location: Lyall Creek SanfuanEnhancementSociety Association First year: 1982 Persons: 5 Mr. & Mrs. Tremblay 250/647-5568 Peter Mccully 250/474-6698 Activity: Hatchery, fry salvage, Chum: fed fry 80,000 4, Queesto Drive PO Box 6494, Depot 1, Juvenile assessment, Port Renfrew, B.C. VOS lKO Victoria, B.C. V8P 5M4 Habitat restoration Shawniganl.ake School Aproduction hatchery in an isolated One of the largest volunteer hatcheries on Location: Lake Cowichan Scott Noble 2501743-5516 location, this facility generates its own the coast. GVSEA also operates a counting Persons: 30 1975 Renfrew Road, power with a water turbine. Staff also carry fence, carries out adult and juvenile Coho: fed fry 40,000 Shawnigan Lake, B.C. VOR 2WO out assessment duties under DFO Stock assessment programs and is very involved Students operate a recirculating hatchery, Assessment Division contract and have been in public education initiatives. I.ester B. Pearson College take part in assessment and Streamkeeping. involved in habitat restoration activities. First year: 1978 Sylvia Roach 250/478-5591 First year: 1980 First year: 1978 Activity: Incubation, rearing, RRl, Activity: Classroom incubation, education, Activity: Incubation/rearing, stocking, Habitat improvement, Victoria, B.C. V8X 3W9 Streamkeepers, stocking Net pens Education support This educational program for international Location: Shawnigan Creek Location: Sanjuan, Gordon River Location: Goldstream River students includes a wide variety of stream Persons: 70 watersheds Persons: 40 stewardship activities and operates a small Chum: fed fry 20,00 Persons: 2 plus seasonal Coho: smolts 200,000 incubation box. Its goal; to re-establish a Coho: smolts 150,000 fry outplants 75,000 chum population in Stony Creek. An Sidney Anglers fed fry 300,000 Chinook: seapen smolts 200,000 innovative public awareness program. Tom Davis 250/656-3097 Chinook: smolts lmillion Chum: fed fry· 500,000 First year: 1985 2485 Beacon Avenue, Activity: Incubation, education, Sidney, B.C. V8L 1X9 Streamkeepers Volunteers have successfully re-established a Location: Metchosin wild run of coho in Reay Creek, continue to 16 Chum: fed fry 30,000 monitor stock strength and restore habitat encourage the public to become "Bilston common purpose: "To ensure the health of stewardship and local involvement. Thirty along this important urban stream. Buddies." They celebrate Rivers Day with a the Cowichan watershed from source to people are involved in a well monitoring First year: 1982 Bilston Watershed Picnic. sea." This group acts as an umbrella component; lOOs volunteer for different Activity: Habitat restoration, First year: 1986 organization for community groups in the aspects of the project. Wild production Activity: Education, enhancement watershed providing a resource center and First year: 1997 Location: Reay Creek Location: Martin Brook, Bilston, Metchosin, project registry for these groups. Activity: Water quality monitoring, Persons: 10 Pritchard & Cole creeks First year: 1995 Habitat restoration Species: coho Species: cutthroat Activity: Streamkeepers, habitat Location: Hagan Creek Location: Cowichan watershed Persons: 30 Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society CoastalEnvil'OnmentalRestoration Cutthroat Kurt Bohn · 250/642-7677 Co-operativeAssociation FriendsofBowkerCreek 2485 Beacon Ave KevinJancowski 250/595-6666 Ian Graeme 250/370-1271 Society for the Protection ofAyum Creek Sooke, B.C. VOS lNO. 1730 Albert Ave. 2615 Dean Ave. Gwenn Griff 250/642-6474 First year: 1978 Victoria, B.C. V8R lZl Victoria, B. C. P.O. Box 1282 Fax: 642-6812 Activity: Incubation, stocking, rearing, This fisher's co-operative is dedicated to the Members are dedicated to raisirig awareness Sooke, B.C. VOS lNO Adult capture restoration of salmonid habitat in the south of the creek to encourage community spirit This society is dedicated to restoration of Location: Sooke River, deMamiel Creek Vancouver Island area; involved in habitat within the neighborhood, create a sense of the Ayum salmon run through protection of Persons: 78 complexing projects in Greater Victoria. ownership and provide a focus for the creek in perpetuity. Volunteers trained Coho: fed fry 50,000 First year: 1997 community action on the environment. through the Streamkeepers program smolts 50,000 Activity: Habitat restoration, inventory Although the creek no longer supports a· engage in water quality monitoring, Chinook: fed fry 325,000 Location: South Vancouver Island salmon run, the society attempts to educate invertebrate sampling, watershed mapping, smolts 325,000 Persons: 8 the public about the other wildlife values of stream clean-ups, spawner enumeration, creek habitat and promotes the creek as a etc. The group, along with the Habitat Tony Brown Co!quitzRiver WatershedStewardshipl'rcdect transportation and recreation corridor. Acquisition Trust and other community Tony Brown 2501746-5081 Mr. L. Ross 250/479-4014 First year: 1996 partners, has purchased land surrounding 6405 Genoa Bay Road, RRl, Strawberry Vale School Activity: Habitat, education the creek estuary and is working toward Duncan, B.C. V9L 1M3 13 51 Hastings Street Location: Bowker Creek other land acquisitions in the watershed to Tony, a classroom incubation pioneer, Saanich, B.C. V8Z 2W4 Persons: 20 create a park and protect the creek. operates a large in-school incubator that Ari education/stewardship project involving First year: 1996 takes the school district's eggs to eyed stage several schools and thousands of students Frie11ds ofMountDouglas Park Society Activity: Habitat, fund raising prior to distribution to individual schools. in the Colquitz watershed. Annual events Bob Bridgeman 250/477-7464 Location: Ayum Creek Several thousand eggs are kept and released include watershed festivals, headwaters-to 1381 El Nido Persons: 40 as fry into nearby Shawnigan Creek. estuary field study, and other outdoor Victoria, B. C. Species: coho, cutthroat, chum, steelhead First year: 1981 learning opportunities for Saanich students This group is involved in data collection Activity: Class incubation, education First year: 1994 and stream stewardship on Douglas Creek, South!slandSfl'eams Location: Shawnigan Creek Activity: Streamkeepers an urban stream in Mount Douglas Park. Craig Davidson 250/656-1940 Persons: 25 Location: Colquitz Creek They educate the public in the watershed 2335 Amity Dr. Coho: fed fry 6,000 Persons: 600 students + teachers about the local creek through yearly stream Sidney, B.C. V8L 1B2 clean-ups, storm-drain marking and park This organization of commercial fishermen Vancouver IslandWatership Foundation CourtlandHastingsAgliculturalPl'eseroation signage. The group is also working on works on all aspects of stream monitoring Don Lowen 250/388-4756 Society (CHAPS) habitat restoration and fish monitoring. and enhancement. Projects have included 3731 Winston Crescent Sonja Nienaber 2501727-0812 First year: 1996 fish counting fences, fish releases, harbour Victoria, B.C. V8X 1S2 143 5 Courtland Ave. , RR #3 Activity: Streamkeepers, fish releases and estuary studies, shoreline studies, This group supports more than 210 schools Victoria, BC V8X 3Xl Location: Douglas Creek eelgrass transplants and storm drain dye on Vancouver Island and has been very The group's main goal is to promote and Persons: 200 testing. The objective is clean water and successful in education program co enhance agriculture and agricultural Coho enhanced habitat for all fish. ordination, fund raising, and heightening viability in the Courtland Hastings area. First year: 1997 awareness of the fisheries resource. They encourage and enhance fish and Hagan CreekKENNES WatershedPrcyect Activity: Habitat First year: 1992 wildlife habitat through sound manage Misty MacDuffy 250/363-6837 Location: 35-40 South Island creeks Activity: Classroom incubation, education ment practices, have done water quality PO Box 176 Persons: 150 Location: South Vancouver Island testing and fish assessment on Durell Creek. Fax: 363-6746 Species: all species of salmonids Persons: 5 First year: 1998 Saanichton, B.C. V8M 2C3 Persons: 12 The project's goal: restore and protect the SomenosMarsh Wildlife Society Streamkeepers Projects health of Hagan Creek and sustain the Paul Fletcher 250-748-3372 Bilston WatershedHabitatProtectionAssociation Cowichan Watershed Council ecological and social systems of its 3961 Riverside Road Ian McKenzie 250/478-2387· Mike Hayhoe 2501746-1004 watershed. They will try to identify and Duncan, B.C. or Kym Hill 250/474-7062 c/o Community Futures Fax:746-8819 remedy impacts land use activities have on This conservation group is embarking upon This dynamic group has increased public Development Centre the creek and, ultimately, the Saanich Inlet. water quality sampling, mapping/ awareness about the Bilston watershed while 750B Jubilee St. KENNES (Kwa-nus), "place of whales," the inventory and public awareness program enhancing streams within it. They organize Duncan, BC V9L 1X8 Saanich Peoples' name for Hagan Bight, on creeks flowing into Somenos Marsh. school outings on the system to view The Cowichan Watershed Council is a grass reflects on a quality of marine habitat that First year: 1988 restoration projects, produced a brochure and roots, community-based group with a has been seriously degraded. The success of Activity: Streamkeepers monitoring this watershed initiative is tied to private Location: Avril, Bing, Richards creeks Persons: 20 Doncaster School Glen Lake Elementary Mayne Island School Species: coho, cutthroat Yvonne McLean 595-3611 Peggy Leversedge 478-9622 Marie Mullen 629-3711 Ecole Victor Brodeur Hans Helgeson Pender Islands School Veins oflife Society Brent Herrington 388-4524 David Foster 478-3431 MikeMiles 629-3711 John Roe Tel/fax: 250/383-2086 First Nations Kindergarten John Muir School Saltspring Elementary RPO Box 44107 Tillicum Mall Pauline Arnouse 386-1408 Linda Audet 642-4421 Debbie Nostdal, Patrick Lewis 537-9928 Victoria, B.C. V9A 7Kl Frank Hobbs School John Stubbs Elementary Saturna Elementary This enthusiastic organization has been Cecily Craigmyle, Karen Diereck 477-1804 Joan Fish 478-5571 Shelly Johnson 539-2472 focusing on the salt water/estuarine habitat GAP Lansdown School Lakewood School of "The Gorge." With Streamkeepers Leith Leslie 598-3144 T. Waring,R. McArthur,B. Potter474-3449 School District 79 Coordinators: Tony George Jay Elementary Metchosin School Brown (743-5571), Art Watson training, they're expanding to include the Catherine Bergstrom 385-3381 Brian George 478-9593 A.B. Grenwell School watersheds draining into the Gorge. Glanford School Sangster Elementary Elvin Hedden First year: 1996 Upton/Grant 479-7179 Bob Hall 478-4441 Alex Aitken Elementary Activity: Habitat Gordon Head School Saseenos Elementary Darlene Collison 748-8724 Location: Gorge waterway NormPite 477-1855 Shirley Roodbol 642-5811 Alexander Elementary Hampton School Wilway School Darren James 748-8148 WoodwynnFann Laurie Hamm 475-6174 Mona Achtzener 478-1213 Chemainus Elementary Kelly Cabrera, Jim Sandwith 250/544-1175 Lakehill School Ian Windsor 246-3522 Woodwynn Farm Judith Sales 479-2896 School District 63 Coordinator: Discovery Elementary 743-3291 7930 St. Stephens Rd. Lampson School Angus Stewart 479-7128 · Drinkwater Elementary Saanichton, B.C. V8M 1S2 Laurie Walker 361-4272 Bayside Middle School Barry Hoag Woodwynn Farm, committed to the Macaulay Elementary Ken Bergeron 652-1135 Duncan Elementary principles of watershed management, has Carol Richardson 385-3441 Beaver Lake Elementary Charles Granger 746-6195 been collecting information to raise Margaret Jenkins Peter Jackson 479-7125 George Bonner awareness on the health of local surface Frances Hancock 598-5191 Brentwood Bay Elementary Larry Hickman, Leanne Steele 743-5571 and groundwater systems. Staff has · Marigold Elementary Delores Carey 652-3996 Honeymoon Bay School addressed water quantity and quality, fish Terry Viggers 479-8256 Claremont Secondary Tina Quinn population declines and habitat restoration. McKenzie Elementary Peter DemchukJohn Seibert 658-5221 Khowhemun They place riffles and pools in creeks and John Bataller 479-1691 Cordova Bay Elementary Ann Brown, Annalise Delange 746-7845 ditches and work with the community on Montery Elementary Susan Paul 658-5315 Koksilah annual stream clean-ups. They practice soil Barbara Adams, Clarke Smith 598-4589 Deep Cove Elementary Kathy O'Donnell 748-3138 Northridge School' Heather Emanuele Lake Cowichan Sr. Secondary conservation strategies, promote use of 656-7254 Judy Jensen, Shirely Cummins 479-8293 Durrance Elementary DavidHaime alternative fertilizers and support Oaklands School Lon Schill 652-2125 Mill Bay Elementary sustainable water use; are a partner in the Don Samuelson 595-2444 Keating Elementary Gary Bazuik, Dave Pollack 743-5504 "Hagan Creek/ Kennes Watershed Project." Quadra School Stu Calder 652-9261 Mt. Brenton School First year: 1997 Laurie Mars 382-8296 Lochside Elementary Devina Brookman Activity: Water quality monitoring Richmond Elementary Southard Quint 658-5238 Mt. Prevost Middle Location: Hagan Creek Kathy Becker 592-2491 North Saanich Middle Darlene Perry 746-7187 Persons: 5 Rock Heights Elementary Del Morgan, Liz Baxter 656-1129 Quamichan Middle Species: cutthroat Elaine Aspestrand 384-7125 Parkland Secondary Steve Guille 746-6168 Rogers School Gord Redlin 656-5507 Stanley Gordon School School Projects Yves Parizeau 727-0188 Prospect Lake Elementary J. Lehrer, C. Lehrer, S. Taylor All area code 250. Sir James Douglas Elizabeth Mannix 727-3314 Tansor Elementary School District 61 L. Masse 382-7788 Royal Oak Middle Marilyn Sulz 748-4631 Coordinators: Erika Godfrey (360-4318), South Park Elementary Angus Stewart 479-7128 Theits Island School Ron Gower (592-2491), Clarke Smith (598- Vivian Jubb 382-5234 Saanichton Elementary Joan Boan-Mitchell Strawberry Vale School Sherry Seabrooke 652-4451 4589), Shirley Cummins (361-4272). Liz Priestman,Susan Gilberstad 479-4014 Sansbury School Independent Schools Arbutus Jr. Secondary Torquay School Geisla Braniff 656-3022 Coordinator: Don Lowen Bill Daring, Linda Hall 477-1878 Ken Button 477-9511 Sidney Elementary Glenlyon-Norfolk School Blanshard Elementary Uplands School Doug Varcoe 656-3958 Heather Lappert,Judy Woodward 598-2522 Wendy Lynwood 382-9289 Bonnie Newman 592-2022 Stelley's Secondary Maxwell International Bahai School Burnside Elementary Victoria West Bob Stoddart 652-4401 Bonnie Mann 743-7144 Bob Campbell 382-1015 Heidi Rensing 382-9131 St. Andrews School Campus View View Royal Elementary School District 64 Eileen Kirkhoff,Jamie Zwicker 382-3815 Lorette Dixon 477-0178 Cecily Craigmyle 479-1671 Coordinator: Debbie Nostdal 537-9928 St. Margaret's Cedar Hill Elementary Willows School Fernwood Elementary Bev Waterfield 479-7171 Ed Parent 477-6945 Denise Sefton 592-2486 Bruce Stewart (3) 537-9332 St. Michael's Middle School Cloverdale Elementary Fulford Elementary L. Thierry, M. Jackson 592-2411 Ollie Goldsmith 382-7231 School District 62 Richard Magnussen,Stella Weinert 537-9223 Sunrise Waldorf School Colquitz School Coordinator: Ted Waring 474-3449 Galiano Elementary Hugh Peters 743-7253 Dave Newell 592-2486 Belmont Secondary Lynn Scott 539-2261 Victoria School for Ideal Educ'n. Craigflower School Mrs. Chalmer 478-5501 Gulf Islands Secondary Ginnie Truscott 383-6654 f B Elaine Dolan 384-8157 Colwood School DavidAstill 537-9974 Marilyn Baur 478-2332 General Delivery, Persons: 50 Grantham's Landing, B.C. VON lXO Location: Sechelt Bill Chinnick enhances coho and chum in Coho: smolts 200,000 Soames, Roberts, Chapman, and Chaster Chinook: smolts 125,000 creeks. Bill's hatchery on Soames Creek has· Pink: fry 250,000 This past year saw more new volunteer groups also been used other Sunshine Coast Chum: fry 250,000 initiating projects sparked by a general · enhancement groups because of its reliable groundwater supply TenninalForest Products common concern of the decline of salmon First year: 1979 Rob Lidden 604/886-7033 stocks and the ever-present impacts of urban Activity: Hatchery Box 1188 development. Stream and watershed mapping Location: Grantham's Landing, Gibson's Gibsons, B.C. VON lVO is being carried out to assist local governments Persons: 6 Terminal Forest Products supports the in developing Official Community Plans to Coho: smolts 10,000 ongoing restoration and research in Ouilet Chum: fry 50,000 Creek. Additional over-wintering ponds increase public awareness and prevent future were constructed this past summer. Smalt ----""'-'~-~ damage of fish habitat. Pender Harbour &District Wildlife Society enumeration surveys showed that over 50 Bill Griffith 604/883-2434 per cent of the creek's coho production CEDP Projects The Powell River Salmon Society operates . General Delivery came from one over-wintering pond. Sechelt CEDP Project an adult counting fence, broodstock Egmont B.C. VON lNO The site also provides incubation and Sid Quinn 604/885-2273 collection facility, hatchery and spawning The society is actively involved in the rearing for chum fry outplants for nearby Sechelt Indian Band channel on Lang creek and a second enhancement of local Pender Harbor area Langdale and 1\vin creeks Box740 hatchery in the Pacifica Paper Mill at creeks and Sakinaw Lake. The society is Project began: 1982 Sechelt, B.C. VON 3AO Powell River. The society enhances Lang now expanding its focus to include the Activity: Habitat, hatchery The Sechelt Band operates the Mclean Bay . Creek stocks and provides chum eggs for creation of off-channel habitat and Location: Ouilet Creek, Gibson's hatchery which provides a highly successful local creeks enhanced by volunteers groups. instream restoration as well as operating a Persons: 6 terminal chinook and coho sport fishery in This facility has become well known in the hatchery for chum and coho. Chum: fry 200,000 the protected waters of Sechelt Inlet. The community as the place to watch returning First year: 1981 band also enhances chum and pink salmon salmon each fall. Activity: Hatchery, habitat Texada Island Creeks for local Porpoise Bay area creeks. · The Society also provides chinook eggs to Location: Pender Harbour Bob Hagman 604/483-3231 First year: 1980 Sliammon, Sechelt and the Sunshine CQast Persons: 12 5776 Marine Ave., Activity: Hatchery Salmon Society. Chum: fry 250,000 Powell River, B.C. V8A 2M4 Location: Porpoise Bay, Sechelt Inlet First year: 1982 Coho: smolts 50,000 Volunteers are monitoring coho and chum Staff: 1.5 Activity: Hatchery, spawning channel returns in Moaut, Gillies Bay and Raven Chinook: smolts. 125,000 Location: Lang Creek and Powell River Sargeant Bay Society creeks as well as rearing 100,000 chum fry Coho: smolts 100,000 Staff: 3.5 ]oop Burgetjon 604/885-9308 from Lang Creek at Moaut Creek prior to Pink: fry 250,000 Chinook: smolts 450,000 P.O. Box 1486 release to assist in the run rebuilding. The Chum: fry 750,000 Coho: smolts 75,000 Sechelt, B.C. VON 3AO volunteers are also monitoring water levels Pink: fry 250,000 The Society maintains a fish ladder in test pits beside Mouat Creek to assess the Sfiammon CEDP PrOject Chum: fry 1,00,000 allowing access to Colvin Creek and potential of developing off-channel habitat. Floyd George 604/483-4111 enumerates coho spawners. Coho and First year: 1992 Sliammon Indian Band P9P Projects cutthroat numbers continue to rebuild with Activity: Habitat, hatchery R.R. 1, Sliammon Road Canadian Forest Products Ltd. the expanded habitat resulting from the Persons: 12 Powell River, B.C. V8 A4Z3 (Mainland Division) creation of a small lake above the intertidal Chum: fry 100,000 The Sliammon BaIJ.d Hatchery pr9duces Fred Gazely 604/884-5264 area in the Provincial Park. chinook, coho, chum and pink salmon for Box 110 First year: 1993 Streamkeepers Projects the Sliammon River. Acoded-wire tagging Port Mellon, B.C. VON 2SO Activity: Habitat, education Gambiel'lsfandStreamKeepers program provides key information on coho The chum spawning channel in the McNab Location: Sargeant's Bay, Sechelt Lois Kennedy Payne 604/886-4887 and chum distribution and harvest rates in creek flood plain produces large numbers of Persons: 12 RR#3 the sport and commercial fishery in chum fry and provides rearing for coho and Gambier Island C30 Johnstone Straits. cutthroat. Channel length was expanded in Sunshine Coast SalmonidEnhanrement Society Gambier Island, B.C. VON lVO First year: 1979 1998 from 230 metres to 720 metres. There Bob Amstead 604/885-4136 Local volunteers are mapping the streams Activity: Hatchery are further opportunities to expand the RR #1, Site 23, on the island for use with the Official Location: Sliammon River, Powell River channel in the future. The channel Sechelt, B.C. VON 3AO Community Plan, promote community and Staff: 3 provides additional off channel habitat and The society operates the largest hatchery on landowner awareness of streams and Chinook: smolts 125,000 spawning for coho and cutthroat. the Sunshine Coast and enhances coho organizing stream restoration projects. Coho: smolts 100,000 First year: 1982 stocks for terminal fisheries in Chapman The local volunteers on Gambier Island are Pink: fry 250,000 Activity: Spawning channel Creek, Halfmoon Bay and Porpoise Bay. It mapping their streams to be used with the Chum: fry 1,000,000 Location: McNab Creek, Howe Snd. also operates an education program in its Official Community Plan, promoting Persons: 5 new education center and enhances chum community and landowner awareness of PoweORiver Salmon Society and coho for stock rebuilding in Roberts streams and organizing stream restoration Phil Jantz 604/485-7612 GranthamsSalmonidAssociation and Chaster creeks. projects. 7050 Albemi Street Bill Chinnick 604/886-2981 First year: 1990 First year: 1996 Powell River, B.C. V8A 2C3 Activity: Hatchery 19 Activity: Habitat, education School Projects Location: Gambier Island, Howe Sound All area code 604 Persons: 12 Sunshine Coast Schools: About 30 persons each. Fry released to local PoweORiverCUPELocal 798 creeks. Shawn Guellette 602/414-0160 Cedar Grove Elementary The summer of '98 was my busiest in-stream 6274 Walnut St. Nelly Grey 886-7818 work season yet. Volunteers from Pemberton, Powell River, B.C. V8A2C3 Gibsons Elementary .West Vancouver and Bowen Island undertook The local members of the Town of Powell Bob Bentmore 886-2612 nine different coho habitat restoration River municipal staff are working on the Sechelt Element;uy restoration and preservation of Willingdon, Roger LeGasse 885-2114 projects. These included rock, gravel and McGuffie and McFalls creeks. The lower woody debris placements, riparian planting, section of McFall and McGuffie creeks have Powell River Schools: over-wintering pond excavation and fish been restored with a series of instream shot 30 persons; local fry release. Area code 604 rock wiers and the stream banks are being ladder construction. Many thanks to the Grief Point Elementary District of West Vancouver, the Pacific Salmon revegetated with native plants. In addition, Christine Brock 485-5660 the volunteers are operating netpens at the Ecole du Solie! Foundation, and the provincial Urban Salmon Habitat Program for creek mouth to rear and imprint chum fry Michelle Bertram 485-8430 co-funding these projects. from Lang Creek to rebuild the chum run. James Thompson Elementary In the Squamish area, Resource Restoration Division staff worked First year: 1997 Vance Blanchard 483-3191 Activity: Habitat, education directly with the Steelhead Society, the Squamish River Watershed Location: Powell River Society and the North Vancouver Outdoor School on major habitat Persons: 25 restoration projects on the Ashlu, Cheakamus, Mamquam and Chum: fry 100,000 Squamish rivers.The federal Habitat Restoration and Salmonid Spawn to be Wild Enhancement Program provided funding. Gertrude Pacific 6041885-3797 As I write this update, the fall rains have finally arrived. Soon we RR#3 Sandy Hook C128 will know if the changes in the fishery have the desired effect; Sechelt, B.C. VON 3AO putting more coho on the spawning grounds to utilize the habitat The volunteers are involved in stream . everyone has worked so hard to provide. restoration, public education and conservation in the East Porpoise Bay area. P9P Projects Dryden Creek The group has carried out instream Bowen Island Fish &Wildlife Club restoration in Davis Brook as well as Mel Drage 6041898-5390 spearheading efforts to maintain local area Sherran West 6041947-0072 Box 1963 Box 51 Squamish, B.C. VON 3GO creeks threatened by urban development. Bowen Island, B.C. VON IGO This is a family-run operation on the Drage First year: 1997 This project, located in Crippen Regional property in Brackendale. Rip-rap weirs were ActiVity: Habitat, education Park, has a high profile in the installed in Dryden Creek, creating Location: Sechelt communi~. Public awareness and education are key spawning platforms and pools for coho and Persons: 12 components of the club's activities. Many cutthroat. Coho returns have been poor in groups and individuals visit the facilities for recent years, so eggs from Tenderfoot interpretive tours and•presentations. Club Hatchery have augmented production. The members have a good working relationship majority of fish are released as fry but about with GVRD Parks staff and the local 1,000 are held through the winter for community school. release as smolts. Terminal Creek Hatchery operations have First year: 1987 successfully re-i.ntroduced chum to lower Activity: Hatchery, habitat improvement Terminal Creek. As in many areas, coho Location: Squamish River returns have been poor in recent years. Persons: 4 Project activities have branched out Coho: 20,000 recently to include habitat improvement projects on nearby Davies Creek. North Vancouver Outdoor School First year: 1984 Jim Wisnia 6041980-5116 Activity: . Fish ladders, hatchery, Box 250 Habitat improvement, Brackendale, B.C. VON lHO Public awareness, education This project provides an outstanding Location:· Terminal, Davies creeks educational experience for elementary Persons: 20 school students. The hatchery program Coho: 30,000 teaches salmon biology in a truly hands-on Chum: 100,000 manner. HEB's Resource Restoration Division has been encouraged 20 to build several spawning/rearing channels SquamishRiwr Watershed Society groups, monitoring and restoring where Pemberton Schools on the school ground. Study programs use Edith Tobe 6041898-9171 necessary every stream in the district. Coordinator: Hugh Naylor 894-6402 these channels to teach aquatic ecology. Box 1318 Habitat and biological surveys and water Blackwater Elementary First year: 1981 Garibaldi Highlands, B.C. VON 1TO quality monitoring have identified several Brenda Gow 452-3330 Activity: Hatchery, education, The Society was formed in April 1998 to act problems such as chlorinated water leaks, Myrle Philip Elementary Spawning channel as °lead proponent for funding and sewer line breaks, poor construction Gerhard Reimer, Melissa Friend932-5321 Location: Cheakamus River coordination of projects within the practises and impassable culverts. Habitat Signal Hill Elementary Persons: 4,500 Squamish watershed. It is an extension of restoration projects completed on the Edith Illes, Delorese Los 894-6378 Coho: 20,000 the Squamish Watershed Committee which, Brothers Creek system include three fish Xit'olacw Community Chum: 100,000 in 1995, began assessment and restoration ladders, excavation of an over-wintering Kim Symes 894-6131 projects with funding from Forest Renewal pond, spawning gravel and woody debris Pember«mSportsmen's WildlifeAssociation B.C.'s Watershed Restoration Program. placement. Nelson Creek Hatchery is Squamish Schools Hugh Naylor 6041894-6402 Recent restoration projects, with additional utilized to produce chum and coho fry for Coordinator: Murray MacDonald898-3657 Box221 funds from the Habitat Restoration and stocking inaccessable and under-seeded Brackendale Elementary Pemberton, B.C. VON 210 Salmonid Enhancement Program, have habitat. Donna Harness, Elenor Bocock 898-3651 Birkenhead River Hatchery produces been done in the Squamish estuary and on First year: 1995 Howe Sound Secondary chinook fry for the Birkenhead as well as the Cheakamus and Mamquam rivers. Activity: Habitat inventory/improvement Dave Colwell 892-9307 coho fry for seeding several Upper Lillooet The group strives for a broad range of Location: West Vancouver streams Mamquam Elementary tributaries. This is usually done in participation and input from the Persons: 20 volunteers Donna Watson 898-3801 conjunction with habitat improvement community to promote an ecosystem Stawamus Elementary projects that have included spawning gravel approach to watershed management. They Strea.mkeepers Projects Billy Hildering 892-5904 and large woody debris placement, flow are committed to developing long-term All are part of the Streamkeepers Program. Valley Cliffe Elementary augmentation, streamside fencing, and strategies to achieve that goal. Lynn Wisnia, Teresa Slick 892-9394 planting. Assessment activities include First year: 1998 operation of upstream adult and Activities: Coordination, training, School Projects downstream smolt enumeration traps on Habitat and biological inventory, All area code 604 the Fee Creek spawning/rearing channel Assessment, monitoring, West Vancouver Schools: (Birkenhead system) and Cottonwood Creek Habitat restoration, Bowen Island Community (Upper Lillooet). The group organizes and Public awareness, education M. Courtenay, 947-9337 hosts numerous hatchery/spawning Location: Squamish River C. Nicholson channel field trips for school groups from Persons: 20 Caulfield Elementary throughout the region. Linda Frost 981-1200 First year: 1985 SteelheadSocietyofB.C. Chartwell Elementary Activity: Hatchery, habitat improvement, Carl Wilson 6041892-5776 Kevin Thorpe 981-1~10 Assessment, education Box 5688 Collingwood K-12 Location: Birkenhead, Upper Lillooet rivers . Squamish, B.C. VON 3GO Val Morton 925-3331 Persons: 20 · This project concentrates on several large Eagle Harbour Primary Coho: 30,000 scale habitat restoration projects Sheila McKinlay 921-6524 Chinook: 60,000 throughout the Upper Squamish River Irwin Park watershed. These include re-watering of Jenny Murdy 981-1240 Sewell's!andingMan'na side channels, excavation of groundwater Ridgeview Elementary Dan Sewell 6041921-3474 side channels and ponds, and placement of Carey Isaksson, 981-1250 6695 Nelson Avenue woody debris, boulders and gravel. Christy Campbell West Vancouver, B.C. V7W 2B2 Watershed Restoration Program provided Rockridge Middle This project provides short-term, salt-water funds for full-time staff to conduct initial Bernie Hoffman 981-1300 rearing and release of chinook and coho surveys, supervise construction and perform West Bay Elementary 981-1260 smolts. This release strategy has been post-construction assessment. HEB's Westcot Elementary shown to significantly increase smolt-to Resource Restoration Division has provided Al Serfas 981-1270 adult survival rates. Adult returns have biological engineering design support. shown a tendency to return to their release First year: 1993 location prior to returning to their streams Activities: Habitat restoration, assessment of origin, which serves to enhance the local Location: Squamish River sports fishery. Chinook smolts are from Persons: 20 Tenderfoot. Capilano Hatchery usually provides the coho. West Wmrouwr Streamkeepers First year: 1984 P. Berlinguette 6041872-1644 Activity: Sea pen rearing 1658 East 20th, Location: Horseshoe Bay, Howe Sound Vancouver, B.C. V5N 2K8 Persons: 10 Initally, this group has focused efforts on Coho: 20,000 Brothers Creek and its tributaries, as well as Chinook: 50,000 Nelson, Eagle and Wood creeks. The goal is to eventally have neighbourhood sub- 21 when chinook are incubated and reared in Hutchinson Creek Project fresh and salt water. Some coho are over Larry Cardus 6041469-9255 wintered in a pond, allowing for natural 10 Parkglen out-migration in the spring. Port Moody, B.C. V3H 411 First year: 1981 An innovative barrel incubator and a small Activity: Hatchery, seapen rearing rearing trough are used for incubation and The Burrard Inlet I Vancouver area is small in Location: Richards Creek short term rearing of coho and chum at comparison with other CA areas but it is filled Persons: 5 this unique project in quiet and private with many projects and dedicated volunteers. Chinook: 40,000 setting. Fry are released into the stream to Projects range from a small pen for coho in a Coho: 2,500 populate under-utilized rearing habitat in the upper reaches of Hutchinson Creek. backyard creek to a modem, full-scale Burnaby Fish and Game Club Larry also helps local schools with hatchery. Rapid urban development is of great Herb Karras 6041435-7572 classroom fry releases. concern for some groups who are trying to PO Box 570 First year: 1992 protect the watersheds that support their 141-6200 MaKay Ave., Activity: Incubation box, creeks. Some groups focus on undoing some of Burnaby, B.C. VSH 4M9 Short-term rearing the damage already done to the many small coastal streams in this The Burnaby Fish and Game Salmon Location: Hutchinson Creek Enhancement Program members transfer Persons: 2 area. Enriching the local streams with fry and providing smolts for swim-up chinook fry to the project and care Chum: 2,000 release into Burrard Inlet are the goals of other groups. School for them during their fresh-water life cycle. Coho: 5,000 groups are very active in this area where classroom incubators are Fry are moved to nearby seapens for short in much demand. Fry are released to local streams in the spring, term rearing before release to the ocean. MacKay Creek Residents often in combination with Streaµikeeper and streamside learning First year: 1990 Jack Atkinson 6041987-2733 Activity: Rearing facility 990 Canyon Bvld., activities. Wherever their interests lie, the level of dedication and Location: Simon Creek North Vancouver, B.C. V7R 2Kl commitment is very high. Thanks so much to all the dedicated Persons: 20 This small project rears coho in the upper volunteers, teachers, students and DFO staff who make all these Chinook: 100,000 reaches of MacKay Creek. Apen placed in a contributions to the resource possible. good-sized creek pool is home to 500 to Burrard InletMarineEnha11(2111enf Society 1,000 coho fry year round. Fry are fed (BIMIJS)ICentennialHighSchool throughout the year and released into the CEDP Projects Chinook: 100,000 Orland Lee 6041461-0975 . creek the following spring. Seymour Salmonid Society Chum: (even years) 500,000 928 Baker Drive, First year: 1992 Janice Jarvis, Owen Hackett 6041640-9690 Pink: (odd years) 500,000 Coquitlam, B.C. V3J 6X2 Activity: fry rearing PO Box 52060 Steelhead (summer) 25,000 Jointly operated by BIMES and the Location: Upper MacKay Creek North Vancouver B.C. V7J 3T2 (winter) 10,000 Centennial School Salmon Project Club, Persons: 2 www.seymoursalmon.com Cutthroat: 2,000 the Mossom Creek Hatchery developed from Coho: (fry) 1,000 The Seymour River Hatchery is located, as a school salmon enhancement club started is the Seymour Demonstration Forest, in P9P Projects 23 years ago by teachers Rod MacVicar and Maplewood CreekPrqject the Seymour River watershed. It began as a BedwellBay Barnacle Club Ruth Foster. It began with egg transplants Tom Young 6041925-8158 small facility run by BCIT under contract. Gary Bradley 6041937-3702 to restock the "fished out" creek and grew C/O Hanger's 6041929-3108 In 1987 it was taken over by a community 3530 Marine Ave. from a few gravel upwelling boxes to a 2012 Park Royal South group, Seymour Salmonid Society. From Belcarra, B.C. V3H 4R8 modern hatchery and teaching facility. It West Vancouver, B.C. V7T 2W4 this arose a volunteer base of several At the seapen site, located in Bedwell Bay on also produces fry to stock neighbouring Maplewood Creek is a short groundwater hundred plus a beautiful new hatchery and Indian Arm, community members combine creeks at the head of Burrard Inlet. fed tributary to the lower Seymour River. education centre. The goals are fisheries efforts each spring to rear chinook and The hatchery benefits from strong alumni For the past eight years up to 35,000 chum enhancement and increased awareness of coho in seapens before release to the ocean. and community support. It is a field site for have been hatched and released from an the resource through public education. As well, a few coho fry are released to a flagship high school science program that in-stream incubation box. The box was The hatchery has a large office/educational Windemere Creek in early summer. has received many awards including the removed in 1997, as it appears the chum area, incubation room, semi-natural First year: 1991 Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in are now established. Although the creek rearing and holding channels, covered Activity: Seapen rearing Teaching Science, Math and Technology. provides good rearing habitat, spawning rearing area and a workshop/storage area. Location: Windemere Creek Mossom Creek's biggest challenge lies grounds were considered inadequate for the In 1997 the GVRD became an equal Persons: 8 ahead as development plans are being number of returning adults. In 1998, funding partner, providing greater security Chinook: (smolts) 50,000 formulated for the area around its pristine volunteers installed several hundred feet of and the ability to make long-term plans. Coho: (smolts) 10,000 watershed. With tailed frogs and clean new spawning gravel near the original The hatchery provides coho and valuable (fed fry) 1,000 water in the almost intact watershed, incubation box. Future goals include assistance to many PIP projects and to area Mossom Creek is unique in the region and restoring a duck pond into healthy juvenile classroom incubators. BuntzenBay Residents merits protection. habitat and doing additional spawning and First year: 1977 Keith Major 6041469-0512 First year: 1976 habitat improvements in the upper reaches. Activity: Hatchery, education, 1204 Caledonia Activity: Hatchery, seapen, school support, First year: 1990 Habitat improvement. North Vancouver, B.C. V7G 2A6 Streamkeepers Activity: Habitat improvement Location: Seymour River The Buntzen Bay Residents group carries Location: Mossom Creek Location: Maplewood Creek Persons: 100 plus 3.5 full time staff out a variety of activities on a year-round Persons: 70 Persons: 20 Coho: . 150,000 basis. The main emphasis is in the spring Chum: 120,000 22 Coho: 20,000 Morten CreekPrcyeci developed with local schools and the schools. Schoolhouse North Project Zo Ann Morten 604/986-5059 Museum of Anthropology. Activity: Classroom Incubation, education Bob Henkle 604/469-1285 720 Otwell Street, First year: 1987 Persons: 2,500 1675 loco Road, North Vancouver, B.C. V7] 2G3 Coho: 7, 200 Port Moody, B.C. V3H 2X3 Morten Creek Salmon Enhancement North Shore Fish and Game Club The primary focus to date has been the Project moved to its present location in Terry Bragg 604/985-7272 Port Moody Ero!ogica/Society (PMES) cleaning, repair and maintenance of an old 1990. This community initiative is 1846 Draycott Road, Dr.JuttaHaunerland 604/ 469-9106 fish ladder that allows fish passage up to dedicated to restoring and protecting the North Vancouver, B.C. V7] 1W7 300 loco Road, the culvert passing under loco Road. salmonid populations of the Lynn Creek The North Shore Fish and Game Club Port Moody, B.C. V3H 2V7 Salmon appear to utilizing the productive watershed. This extremely innovative group began enhancement activities with an The present Noons Creek Hatchery began in habitat that is found above the culvert. created a salmon-bearing stream out of the incubation box on MacKay Creek. It has 1978 in a local resident's back yard. PMES First year: 1998 old leachate ditch in the now-closed North operated continuously since, producing was formed in 1991. The City of Port Moody Activity: Habitat improvement Vancouver garbage dump. Today the project 15,000 to 25,000 coho fry per year. The club offered a 3.5 acre parcel of land on Noons Location: Schoolhouse North Creek consists of a small hatchery, rearing trough, is vigilent in its protection of MacKay and Creek where operations began with rearing Persons: 10 and a natural rearing and spawning area. other North Vancouver streams and holds a ponds and a side channel. Coho stock was First year: 1988 creek cleanup each spring with help from provided by the nearby MossomCreek 'TransMountainPipelineCompany Activity: Habitat improvement, hatchery, local Scouts and Guides. hatchery. The hatchery building was opened Ken Koscielski 604/298-3612 Education, Streamkeepers First year: 1981 in June 1993. Today, it is home to thousands 7815 Shellmont Street, Location: Lynn Creek and Tributaries Activity: Incubation box and fishway of young coho and chum salmon, and is an Burnaby, B.C. V5A 4S9 Persons: 65 ' Persons: 20 active learning centre for students, Trans Mountain's Westridge Terminal on Coho: 30,000 Chum: 30,000 community groups and thousands of other Burrard Inlet has a small seapen at its Chum: 40,000 visitors each year. wharf for acclimating coho and chinook NorthShoreStreamkeepers The society has expanded its facility greatly. smolts to saltwater before release. Smalt Mosquito Creek Stewardship Society Karen Munro 604/988-4072 They established a water quality lab in the releases are routinely celebrated with local Karen R. Milne 5721 Malaspina Place, building and set up a water monitoring school groups who come to help out. The PO Box38457 North Vancouver, B.C. V7R 4L9 program to test water quality in Noons and group is generous in providing resources for Lower Lonsdale RPO Established as an umbrella group for other local streams. Outdoor classrooms and other activities in Burrard Inlet/Indian North Vancouver B.C. V7L 4T7 individuals and groups interested in new rearing and spawning channels were Arm. Trans Mountain's work boat and This urbanized watershed overlaps two protecting the health of all North Shore created to increase habitat for people and volunteer crew have transported crews to municipalities and lands managed by streams, its members are interested in fish alike. Plans are undetway to build a Indian River, assisted in chum egg-takes senior government. The group is working to public education, assessment and new hatchery office/learning centre. and transported chinook and coho smolts establish liaisons with all agencies which restoration of stream habitat. Many Activity: Streamkeepers, hatchery, to the Bedwell Bay loco seapen site. have an impact on stream habitat. Group neighbouring groups attend meetings and Education, habitat improvement First year: 1992 members have been active stewards of the participate in adult and juvenile salmon Location: Noons Creek Activity: Seapen rearing Mosquito Creek Watershed since the early .surveys on Hastings and Mosquito creeks, Persons: 50 Location: Port Moody Arm 1980's. Spawner surveys have been mapping and water quality assessment on Coho: 20,000 Persons: 6 conducted since 1995. Data collection at several streams, cleaning up stream banks, Chum: 80,000 Coho: smolts 10,000 the fish ladder, stream map updates and fry storm drain marking, organizing Rivers Cutthroat: 1,000 Chinook: smolts 50,000 trapping are ongoing activities. Day and other events, participating in the First year: 1998 Coho Festival, and providing speakers. ReedPointMarina VancouverAquariumandMarineScience Activities: Streamkeepers, Special activities include restoration work Al Grist 604! 464 3474 Centre Fish ladder maintenance such as bank planting and off-channel P.O. Box 78051 John Fisher 604/659-3491 Location: Mosquito Creek and tributaries - habitat development. Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3B 7H5 P.O. Box 3232 Thain, Wagg and Mission creeks Started in: 1993 This group uses a seapen site located off Vancouver, B.C. V6B 3X8 Persons: 12 · Activity: Streamkeepers, stream clean-up, loco Boat Club which is managed by the The Vancouver Aquarium promotes the Habitat assessment, Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society. salmon resource to the public through Musqueam Creek Project Habitat improvement, The groups share responsibility for seapen incubation, juvenile and adult displays. Willard Sparrow 604/263-4649 Spawner surveys, awareness rearing, acclimating chinook and coho Currently, the aquarium is designing a 6820 Salish Drive, Persons: 120 juveniles to salt water before release to the stream that will begin at the aquarium Vancouver, BC, V6N 4C2 ocean. The marina provides valuable entrance and wind through Stanley Park, The group is involved in all aspects of the North Vancouver Schoo/District support, storing equipment and mooring the draining into Coal Harbour. It will salmon resource. Projects ranging from Greg Milner 604/988-6388 government boat. Chinook are reared in accommodate a complete salmon life cycle stream clean-ups, public education to the 1801 Mountain Highway, fresh water before transfer to loco and Trans from emerging fry to returning adults for recent "BioBlitz" inventory carried out in North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2M7 Mountain seapen sites in the spring. park visitors to observe. Observation points the watershed have been undertaken. Classroom incubators are an important First year: 1986 and graphic displays along the stream will Various partners, including the David classroom learning tool, and the North Van Activity: Seapen rearing educate visitors .about the many important Suzuki Foundation, have brought the School District has more than 80 operating. Location: Port Moody Arm issues regarding salmon and their habitat group international recognition for The group has been active for more than 15 Persons: 15 as it relates to coastal BC. watershed planning and conservation. years. Many take extra initiative with Chinook: smolts 50,000 Activity: Education, public information Chum fry are released to Musqueam Creek Streamkeeper projects on streams close to Coho: smolts 10,000 Persons: 5 and the group assists teachers during their schools. In January, teachers distribute Coho: 10,000 classroom incubator fry releases in the eyed coho eggs from Capilano and spring. An educational curriculum is being Seymour hatcheries to participating 23 Vancouver Salmon and Stream Society~) Blueridge Elementary Seacove Comm. Sec. Laura Secord Michael Hollier 6041985-2048 Kathy Mercier 929-1295 Mary Brown 929-5411 Faye McLeod 713-4996 1733 Mahon Ave. Boundary Community Seymour Heights Elementary Lord Roberts North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2S9 Shirley Steam, Dagmar Rinkley985-7101 Cam Shields, Sue Jacobs 929-1055 Douglas Meiser 713-5055 Stanley Park Braemar Elementary Sheiwood Park Elementary Lord Roberts Annex Beaver Creek: The VSSS is actively involved Jim Irwin, Sandra Campin 988-6308 Ann Cullen 929-5496 Ann Hilliker . 713-5495 in restoration of Beaver Lake watershed, Brooksbank Elementary Upper Lynn Elementary McBride which includes two feeder creeks, Prospect Paul Clarke 985-8735 Jane Walker, Gerry Sandberg 985-6174 Susie Car 713-4971 and Railway, and the outflow stream, Canyon Heights Elementary Westover Elementary MacDonald Elementary Beaver Creek, that flows into Burrard Inlet. Mel Gallpen 980-2651 Alice Jennings 984-0345 Dan Kenning 713-4696 Since 1990, about 3,500 coho fry are placed Capilano Elementary Westview Elementary Mckechnie Elementary annually in Beaver Creek. Fry from Brad Sharp, Marianna Shields 986-3411 E. Hamfeldt, L. Niven, R. Harden986-2351 Jan Wells 713-4952 classroom incubation projects in Vancouver Carrisbrooke Elementary Makenzie schools are also released in Beaver Creek. Dave Backie, N. Dale, 986-7484 Vancouver Schools: Mary Smith, Gordon Mah 713-4799 Spanish Banks Creek: Spanish Banks Creek, H. Bow, 0. Bieg, K. Campbell Coordinators: Noreen Morris 713-5591 Maple Grove Elementary a salmon-bearing stream, has been stocked Cleveland Elementary Bev O'Conner 713-5500 Ron Miller 713-5356 with 2,000 coho fry every spring since 1991. C. Hallwood, B. Carlson, 988-6104 Bayview Nelson Elementary The VSSS has been pursuing daylighting of B. Baillergeon Bob Fortier 713-5433 Bruce Inglis 713-4595 its lower portion, presently unnavigable to Cove Cliff Brtiannia Elementary Nootka Elementary adult coho. The West Point Grey Boys & L. Szabados, 0. Gillespie 929-2922 Howard Enoya 713-4497 Gita Silver, Mary Basso 713-4767 Girls academy is now a partner with VSSS Dorothy Lynas Elementary Carleton Elementary Osler Elementary in providing a home for the incubation of M. Ponton, D. Kry, 929-9471 Elaine Chapman 713-4810 Don Bedwell 713-4920 coho eggs for Spanish Banks Creek. As well, 0. McKay Chief Maquinna Prince of Wales Mini students will be engaged in all aspects of Eastview Elementary Lynn Janson Andrew Kinnear 736-0520 urban stream ecology and the education of L. Aboussafy, G.Norman, 988-6388 Dickens Prince of Wales Secondary the West Point Grey community. G. Milner Karen Lam 713-4605 Karen Greig 736-2661 Activity: Streamkeepers, incubation, Fromme Elementary Dickens Annex Queen Alexandra Elementary Education; habitat improvement, S. Sutherland 985-9581 Nancy FitzHarris 713-5433 B. Cameron, R. Borke 713-4599 Assessment Handsworth Secondary Douglas Queen Elizabeth Annex Location: Beaver, Spanish Banks creeks Briar Ballou, Laurie Martin 987-3381 Caroline Chong 713-4817 Mary Curran 713-5482 Persons: 20 Highlands Elementary EdithCavell Queen Elizabeth Elementary Coho: 6,500 N. Bae in, I. Robertson 985-7478 Brad Walter 713-4932 Daphne Halts 713-5408 Larson Elementary Franklin Queen Mary Elementary Vancouwr Schoo/District C. Grass, T. Todd, 984-0447 Shari Duckies 713-5575 Avril Simpson 713-5464 Noreen Morris 6041713-5591 A. Ireland Fraser Academy Quilchena Jericho Leaming Centre Lonsdale Elementary Trish Selezigi 713-4740 Lauren Dubois 713-5420 Bev O'Conner 6041713-5500 ]. Moffat 988-6171 Garibaldi Renfrew Shaughnessy Elementary Lynmour Elementary Lori Henderson 713-4740 Lynn Zidek, Len Reimer 713-4851 Interest in the classroom incubation B. Scarr, B. Parsons, 986-2224 General Gordon Elementary Sexsmith Elementary program has been growing steadily in the P. Chapman, ].Jones Tenny McDaniel 713-5403 MikeMcEwan 713-4901 Vancouver area. More than 60 schools now Lynne Valley Elementary General Wolfe Shaughnessy Elementary - participate. Approximately half of them K. Ireton 984-9184 Carol Hamilton, Ann Carlisle 713-4912 Bev O'Connor, VirginiaAstell 713-5500 release chum fry to Musqueam Creek; the Maplewood Elementary Grenfell Elementary Simon Fraser other half, coho fry to Beaver Creek in Gary Albright 929-5476 Cathy Lam 713-4844 Diana Emrick, Barbara Johnson713-4946 Stanley Park. Many teachers incorporate Monteray Elementary Hastings Southlands stream activities with the fry releases. At Dorothy Watters 985-7814 Stephanie Schmid 713-5507 Barb Annandale 713-5414 Musqueam Creek releases, band members Montroyal Elementary Hudson Strathcona provide educational information. B.Martin 988-6377 Sue Stevenson, Joan Shannon 713-5441 Penny Perry 713-4630 Activity: Classroom incubation, education Norgate Elementary Jamison Elementary Tillicum Elementary Location: Musqueam and Beaver Creeks Doug Beveridge 987-4491 Kathryn Swan Alison Bird, Janet Hutchinson 713-5475 Persons: 1350 Plymouth Elementary John Oliver Secondary Trafalger Chum: 5,000 0. Tustin, D. McCartney, 929-5418 Ellen Stewart 327-8341 Joy Wild 713-5475 Coho: 2,000 L. Madill, L. Riddell Kerrisdale Elementary 'fyeeAnnex Queen Mary Tamara Groetter 713-5446 Nina Hooker, Nellie Wong 713-4723 School Projects Ross Bligh,]. Johnson 983-6155 Killarney Secondary University Hill All area code 604. Queensbury Elementary Louis Jefferson 435-6121 Rod Brown 713-5350 North Vancouver Schools Kathy Garford 987-2268 Kingsford-Smith Van Hom Elementary Coordinator: Greg Milner 988-6388 Ridgeway Annex Robin Robinson 713-4746 Barbara Miculec 713-4965 Andre Piolat Shiela Alder 988-5444 Kitchener Elementary Arlette Marchal Ross Road Elementary Gillian Wilson-Haffenden 713-5454 Balmoral Jr. Secondary Terry Dooley, David Prentice 985-8201 L'Ecole Bilingue Stephen Friday 987-9394 Suzanne Girard-Fortier 713-4585 24 the Brunette watershed and chum for the trout hatchery and nestled between a huge Musqueam Creek project in Vancouver also condominium complex and a Coquitlam originate here. In addition, it is currently linear park, this project began as an home to the Kanaka Education and interpretive opportunity for park visitors. It Environment Partnership Society (KEEPS ). has expanded to include an interpretive With identification of serious concerns for First year: 1982 center, rearing ponds, a coho spawning and coho stocks comes the opportunity to be Activity: Hatchery, Education support, rearing channel and a mini-hatchery. increasingly aggressive about habitat Fence, habitat protection, Operated by volunteers from the Hoy/Scott Stream stewardship Creek Streamkeeper group, this project is protection, rehabilitation and salmon en Location: Kanaka Creek, Maple Ridge trying to rehabilitate coho stocks adversely hancement initiatives. New incubation Persons: 2employees, 6 volunteers affected by urban development. Hoy Creek capacity has been added with the introduc Coho: 200,000 cannot be relied on to supply clean water tion of the Sapperton Community Hatchery, Chum: 250,000 for incubation, so a water recirculation River Springs and Paul Holgrem's site from Pink: (when available) 100,000 system was recently installed. Approxi Steelhead: yearling 7,500 mately half of the coho have been the Stave Valley Salmon Enhancement Cutthroat: yearling 15,000 transplanted from the Coquitlam River Society. The Hoy Creek site now has incubation capacity, eliminat Hatchery. Hoy Creek is a tributary to Scott ing the need for off-site assistance. The KEEPS organization is the CoquitlamRiver Hatchery Creek, a tributary of the Coquitlam River. new kid on the watershed management block at Kanaka Creek and (POGO Hunting &Fishing Club) First year: 1994 is already a driving force in the watershed and the community of Al Grist 6041464-3474 Activity: Smolt rearing, public awareness Maple Ridge. Unseasonable weather associated with el Nino and PO Box 78051 Pharmasave Habitat improvement Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3B 7H5 Location: Hoy Creek, Coquitlam River finding good opportunities for displaced fishers provide continued Operated by volunteers from the Port Coho: Hoy 2,500 challenges as we approach the new millennium. Coquitlam and District Hunting and Coquitlam (fry) 2,500 Fishing Club, this project has focused on P9P Projects Persons: 2employees, 5- 10 inmates coho and steelhead enhancement over the Hyde CreekResidentsAssociation years. Since 1997, chinook eggs have been & A!lCOHatchery Coho: smolts (Brunette) 25,000 Jim Jordan Wycherley transplanted from the Chilliwack Hatchery. Ken Rempel Al Smith 6041463-8891 (Alouette) 200,000 6041941-9846 This is now possible due to more favourable 1642 Windermere Place Alouette Correctional Center Chum: 2,000,000 river conditions following increased flows Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3B 2K2 Box 1000 Chinook: 200,000 provided by BC Hydro. Coquitlam River Located in a volunteer's back yard, this little Maple Ridge, B.C. VZX 7G4 Pink: 1,000,000 coho fry and smolts from this facility have facility is attempting to restore chum and Located at the Alouette Correctional Centre Steelhead: yearling smolts 50,000 been used to help re-stock tributaries and coho populations of Hyde Creek on the on the south bank of the South Alouette Cutthroat: yearling smolts 50,000 several major habitat rehabilitation and border of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam. River in Maple Ridge, this facility is restoration projects completed by the Hyde is a tributary of the Pitt watershed and operated in partnership between DFO, BeO-JroingKanakaCreekHatchery Resource Restoration Division. The is heavily impacted by urban development. MOELP, BC Buildings Corporation, and the John Heaven 6041462-8643 hatchery is fed by water from Coquitlam Annual low summer flow is a chronic Ministry of the 'solicitor General. 11450 - 256th St. Lake (courtesy of the GVRD), surface problem. The hatchery was relocated Corrections staff direct inmates who carry Maple Ridge, B.C. V2W IHI gravity-fed water from a nearby creek, and upstream in 1998 following the departure out enhancement activities. In 1997, this This hatchery is located in the Kanaka lastly from an emergency backup supply of the former owner/volunteer and facility began enhancing chinook Creek Regional Park and is an integral part pumped from the mainstem Coquitlam reconfigured to allow the pumped surface transplanted from the Chilliwack River. of the interpretive focus offered by the River. Incubatio.n water is filtered, sterilized flow water supply to be recirculated. This This is now possible due to an historic flow Greater Vancouver Regional District Parks with an ultraviolet filter, then re-circulated will minimize the impact of occasional agreement negotiated with BC Hydro by the Department who are partners with DFO and to reduce incubation mortalities from pollution or heavy silt load in the creek. Katzie First Nations, the Alouette River MOELP in its operation. John Heaven, the severe fungus outbreaks in the past. Alan This is one of a very few projects which Management Society, MOELP, and DFO. original and current manager, has become Grist has been, and remains, involved in continues to use an upwelling incubation This project also rears Brunette River coho familiar to hundreds of teachers and nearly every aspect of the Coquitlam River. box. Modem " Heath tray" technology was fry to smolt for the Sapperton Hunting and thousands of students from Lower His efforts were recognized in 1998 with the added in 1998. Fishing Club. Large earthen ponds are used Mainland schools welcomed here over the dedication of a new habitat restoration First year: 1985 for long term rearing. Asecond smaller years. Pumped surface water feeds the project known as Grist Channel. Activity: BroodstoGk collection, groundwater-fed hatchery serves as an hatchery and long-term rearing is done in large earthen ponds. Broodstock collection First year: 1981 Incubation, rearing, release, annex to the main hatchery and is Activity: Hatchery, stream stewardship Fry salvage, stream stewardship primarily used to augment capacity and and adult enumeration is assisted by operation of a fence a few miles Location: Coquitlam River, tributaries Location: Hyde Creek, Coquitlam and reduce risks during primary incubation. Persons: . 12 Port Coquitlam Aunique self-adjusting, air-floatation downstream where the public is invited to Coho: 50,000 Persons: 4-6 broodstock collection fence, designed by CA witness the operation and to see returning adult chum and coho in typical spawning Chinook: 50,000 Chum: fed fry 50,000 Maurice Coulter-Boisvert and fabricated Steelhead: 10,000 Coho: fed fry 25,000 with inmate labour, was installed in the condition. Eggs for the Salmonids in the Classroom projects in Vancouver, Burnaby, summer of 1998 and has significantly Hoy Creek Optimist Hatchery River Springs Salmon Enharu:ement reduced the need for off-site collection. New Westminster, Coquitlam, and Maple Ridge school districts originate from Laurie Girvin 6041931-6463 JohnJakse 6041464-4179 First year: 1979 Suite 123- 2960 Princess Cr., 1269 River Drive Activity: Hatchery Kanaka Creek at this hatchery. Chum and coho for Byrne Creek in Burnaby, coho for Coquitlam, B.C. V3B 7P2 Coquitlam, B.C. V3E 1N7 Location: S. Alouette River, Maple Ridge Rebuilt at the site of an old commercial This tiny facility was constructed inside the 25 caretaker's workshop for the River Springs participation with chum collection at the Activity: Chum, coho transplants (Kanaka) Brantford housing project on the Coquitlam River. Stave River and coho from Silver Creek. Stream rehabilitation W. Kanno, EFunk 664-8603 Pumped surface flows are delivered through George and Dale operate the Silvermere Location: Byrne, Kaymar, Hollis creeks Cariboo Secondary a header tank to a vertical stack incubation Lake Fishway for coho and augment their Persons: 6 Jim Reid 664-8542 cabinet. It was assembled to reduce production with Stave chum which are Chaffey Burke Elementary dependence on Coquitlam River Hatchery released to Silvermere Lake tributaries. Paul Other environmentally-based projects: Anne Hopkonson 664-8652 and to provide fry stocking capability for has nearly completed development of semi * indicates Streamkeepers Clinton Elementary Oxbow/River Springs habitat improvement natural rearing ponds on his property and • indicates Watershed Management Peter Martin, Debbi! Dibble 664-8660 constructed by DFO's Resource Restoration has incubation and adult holding • Alouette River Management Society Douglas Road Division. Chum, coho and transplanted capability for coho from Silver and Chester (Pres. Geoff Clayton, 465-3894) Bonnie Bowman 664-8676 Chilliwack chinook are incubated and creeks. Discussions are underway to * • BCIT Burnaby Lake Systems Project Edmonds Elementary. reared for a brief period prior to release. consider yet another site near the (Bob Gunn, 451-6860) Roger Beer · 664-8683 First year: 1997 headwaters of Silver Creek at a former trout * Balabian Creek: Harry Hooge Elementary Forest Grove Elementary Activity: Broodstock collection, hatchery and "u-catch-em" operation. (Keith Rogalski, 463-0866 Lynne Wilkinson 664-8690 Incubation, rearing, release, First year: 1980 * Beecher Creek: 8th Northview Scouts Gilmore Elementary Stream stewardship Activity: Broodstock collection, Oim Atwater, 822-4694) Elaine Shevchenko 664-8703 Location: Coquitlam River, Coquitlam Incubation, rearing, release, * City of Coquitlam: Parks & Leisure Services Gilpin Elementary Persons: 4-6 Stream habitat improvements - Streamkeepers support Drew Devlin 664-8712 Chum: fry 10,000 Stewardship, education. (Roberta Cuthbert-Webber, 933-6114) Glenwood Coho: fed fry 25,000 Location: Silvermere Lake/Creek, Mission * City of Port Coquitlam: Engineering Dept. Arlene Clark 664-8800 Chinook: transplants 10,000 Persons: 10-12 -Streamkeepers support Inman Elementary Chum: fry: Stave 150 - 200,000 (AlanJensen, 944-5411) Elaine Peterson 664-8719 SappertonFish &Game Club Coho: fall fry Silvermere up to 25,000 • Como Watershed Group Lakeview Elementary Al Rudolf 6041521-3346 fed fry Silverdale up to 15,000 (Pamela 7.evit 939-0523) Lorraine Marshall 664-8735 Box 40099 fall fry up to 50,000 • Coquitlam River Watershed Society Marlborough Elementary New Westminster Postal Outlet V3L 4X9 Chum: fry Chester 25,000 (Eunice Hodge 464-0004) Louise Thibodeau 664-8758 The Club has been involved in the Brunette * Eagle Creek Streamkeepers Morley Elementary watershed for more than 20 years but only Streamkeepers Projects (Anita Bedo, 299-9270) Sandra Barnett 664-877 4 recently have they been able to develop Burnaby I.akeSystemProject • Fraser Valley Regional Watersheds Coalition Nelson Elementary their own fish culture capability. Based on Mark Angelo, Gary Rosberg (Rick Mckamey, 826-6252) Leona Levchuk 664-8784 an artesian water source supplying only 35 Bob Gunn, * Hoy Creek Streamkeepers Rosser gallons per minute at 10 degrees Celsius, a BCIT 6041432-8270 (Laurie Girvin, 945-6732) Neil Carey 664-8801 small hatchery was constructed initially to 3700 Willingdon Ave., * Hyde Creek Streamkeepers ,Seaforth Elementary hold adult broodstock but subsequently to Burnaby, B.C. V5G 3H2 (Darrell Penner 941-9823) Coleen Lavalee 664-8808 include incubation capability that reduces Discussions are underway with City of • Kanaka Education and Environmental Sperling Elementary reliance on the Aiko Hatchery in Maple Burnaby and GVRD about a comprehensive Partnerships (KEEPS) Kitty Morgan 664-8836 Ridge. Coho were successfully incubated for management plan for the Burnaby Lake (Dave Smith, 462-8643) St. Francis de Sales the first time in 1997. Several shallow rock Basin. The group has been focused on * Lubbock Creek Streamkeepers, Burnaby Catherine Olsen 435-5311 weir placements are proposed for the rehabilitation of highly-urbanized Still (Harry Karmista, 540-4649) Stoney Creek Community Brunette River for 1999. Creek and its tributaries. BCIT provides * Maple Creek Streamkeepers Laurel Garcia 664-8845 First year: 1997 (hatchery) streamkeeper support for Burnaby projects (Stella Carrierre, 464-4918) Suncrest Elementary Activity: Broodstock collection, in partnership with Alymer Rudolph of the * RACE for the Coquitlam River Watershed Judith Parks 664-8862 Incubation, rearing, release, Sapperton Fish & Game Club. · (Diane Lorimer, 464-5020) 1\velfth Avenue Habitat improvements, First year: 1994 • Stoney Creek Environment Committee Bonnie McCulley 664-8870 Stream stewardship Activity: Habitat restoration, enhancement Oennifer Atchison, 420-9132) Westridge Elementary Location: Brunette River, tributaries Location: Burnaby Lake, tributaries Marge Fitch 664-8878 Persons: 12 Coho: fed fry 50,000 Byrne Creek Stream keepers School Projects Coquitlam Schools: smolts: 20,000 Vancouver Angling & Game Association All are area code 604. Coordinator: Carrie Lockwood, at (atA!ouette River Corrections.) Ken Glover 6041572-2995 Agassiz Schools: Centennial Senior 936-7205 6301- 132 Street Coordinator: Gord Johnson 796-2838 Baker Drive Elementary Stave VaHey Enhmu:ement Society Surrey, B.C. V3X 1M7 Harrison Hot Springs Ron Morwick 461-5323 Jim Taylor, George Donatelli, Volunteers Ken Glover, Bert Richardson and Gord Johnson, E Froeglich 796-2838 Birchland Elementary Paul Holmgren 6041462-7666 Bob Fuller adopted Byrne Creek in 1988 Kent Elementary Karen Read, 941-3428 11744 Statim Road, and have been actively trying to restore its R. Gallamore, R. Watson 796-2161 Gili Richardson Mission, B.C. V2V 6H5 coho population ever since. Because of Cape Hom Elementary This society is an amalgamation of interests their knowledge of the creek and its Burnaby Schools Gloria Olean, Mamie Sauave 526-4428 in salmon enhancement in the Stave Valley. tributaries, the City of Burnaby frequently Coordinator: Kitty Morgan, at 664-8758 Camey High There are almost as many individual seeks their comments on storm water Marlborough Elementary Michael McGire 942-7485 project sites as members, each with their management and stream mitigation Armstrong Elementary Central particular local interest and each taking measures in the drainage. D. Frederiksen-Bush, L. Nero 664-8587 Mark Huston, Doris Wilcox 941-0355 advantage of their respective property First year: 1988 Aubrey Elementary College Park Elementary characteristics. Jim focuses on student 2 6 Annie Chatel 664-8595 David Weir, Rob Seeth 939-4658 Coquitlam Eric Langton Elementary Jeff Christiensen 942-0241 Philip Gray, Antonine Pouyol 463-3810 Coronation Park Glenwood Elementary Lynn Wells, Elaine Reghan 461-4515 Linda Krebs 463-6512 Eagle Ridge Elementary Golden Ears Jill Sully, Zoe 0Ison 464-5848 John MacKinnon 463-9513 Twenty years of Public Involvement are behind Glen Elementary Hammond Elementary us. As we move forward, the spirit and dedication Jean-Paul Carrier 464-6608 Randy Bates 465-8991 Glenayre Elementary Harry Hoage of the volunteers to their various project~ always Annette Whitfield 939-9214 Jo-Anne Huston 463-0866 surprise me. Hazel Trembath Highland Park Elementary The process of education and involvement has Bill Bleasdale, Paul Richards 941-0517 Cathy Wightman 465-6737 Heritage Mountain Laity View Elementary gone both ways; not only are the volunteers Gary Levvekamp, 469-6407 Helen Homer 463-7108 being educated and trained on how to work with Alisson Bleasdale Menagerie Pre-School fish and habitats but our governments and Irvine Norah Theilade 463-4159 bureaucrats are also being educated on just how Lynn Hill 941-3408 Pitt Meadows Christian much this respurce means to the public. And, frankly, I think the latter James Park Annex Ron Woodrope 465-4442 Bev Bowering 942-6658 Pitt Meadows Elementary are quite surprised by the expertise,_creativeness, and dedication of Kilmer Elementary Marie Bowden, Fiona West 465-5828 those that have taken on the challenge of "putting a little back." Deidra James, Brian Dumad 941-3401 Riverside Elementary Kuayhquitlam Middle Ken Bisett, H. Demers, 465-2322 P9P Projects Cultus l.ake Elementary Diedra James 942-1835 E Bowden Cenh"e Cl'eek Co1nctions Dave Barnes 6041824-4710 Leigh Elementary Webster's Comer Elementary Len Ames 6041824-2229 4222 Columbia Valley Hwy. Ron Nelson 941-8661 Paul Thomson 462-7595 Box 365 Cultus Lake, B.C. VOX lHO Lord Baden Powell Yennadon Elementary Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 6J4 This project, which has been taken over by Linda Appleby 936-1436 Dale McQuarrie 463-8871 This project is operated by juvenile Cultus Lake Labs, has been incubating coho Mary Hill Elementary offenders and works with the very late- fry from Chilliwack Hatchery for Spring Creek, Michelle Everton 942-0264 Mission Schools: returning coho of Elk Creek. These coho which flows into Cultus Lake. Residents along Meadowbrook Elementary Coordinator: Bob Lewis, at 462-9936 return to spawn in January, February, and Spring Creek have shown interest in taking Sandie Saniuk 464-5813 Stave Falls Elementary March. The project collects eggs from these over this project. Minnekhada Middle Albert McMahon Elementary fish and raises them to the smelt stage to First year: 1993 David Erikson 942-026i PeggyHall, Marleen Olson 820-0274 try and keep this unique run of fish from Activity: Restoration Miller Park Cherry Hill Elementary disappearing. Location: Spring Creek Allen Stanton, May Robinson 936-4208 Joan Prescott, D. Turledge 826-9239 First year: 1982 Persons: 10 Montgomery Elementary Hillside Elementary Activity: Hatchery Coho: 5,000 Randy Lord 939-1108 Carla Spicer 826-4187 Location: Elk Creek, Upper Chilliwack River Mountain View Mission Central Elementary Persons: 100 Elgin Creek Wendy Yu, Wendy Baxter 936-7288 Sue Beatty, Shirley Gibson 826-1414 Coho: 50,000 Larry Remsen 6041536-7593 Mundy Road Elementary Silverdale Elementary 14391 Crescent Road Ken Porter 936-4271 Aaron Malks 826-2526 Cougar Canyon Creek Enhancement Surrey, B.C. V4P 2A2 Panorama Heights Stave Falls Elementary Pete Willows 6041594-5377 This unique project takes chinook fry from the Glen Coukel 944-4840 Lorraine Johnson, Bob Lewis 10718 Ramona Way Steveston Hatchery and raises them for a year, Parkland Elementary Delta, B.C. V4C 6S6 then releases them to the ocean. Elgin Creek is Tracy Maher 939-1151 New Westminster Schools: Cougar Canyon Creek is the only salmon- located in the lower part of the Nicomekl River Pinetree Way Coordinator: George Connell:524-4113 spawning creek in the municipality of and is influenced by the tide. There is a small Pat Vance 945-7011 at McBride Delta. This group has struggled to protect run of wild coho in this stream and the group Riverview Park Connaught Heights this stream from the onslaught of is trying to protect and enhance these fish. Patti Phillips, Michelle White 945-7004 Joyce Jackson 526-6322 development. In their project they have First year: 1997 Roy Stubbs EW.Howay worked with schools, Boy Scouts and the Location: Elgin Creek Jo Skj oldal, Sue Reynolds 939-2486 Tom Davies 522-4113 municipality. They operate a small, spring- Activity: Rearing, habitat protection Vanier Elementary Herbert Spencer School fed incubator with a transplant of coho Persons: 20 Deborah Halina, Ashlee Obome936-4201 Carla Taylor 522-4113 eggs from Inch Creek Hatchery to help Chinook: fry 10,000 Walton Elementary John Robson Elementary supply fry for this creek. Valerie Poppoleton 941-1962 Rick Mulholland 526-3023 First year: 1986 GulfofGe01giaCanllBlySociety Lord Kelvin Elementary Activity: Incubation box Vivian Gosslin 6041664-9282 Maple Ridge Schools: Elaine Baigioni 526-3816 Location: Cougar Canyon Creek Steveston Waterfront Coordinator: John Heaven at Lord 1\veedsmuir Elementary Persons: 25 This project created public displays inside a Kanaka Creek Hatchery: 462-8643 Sue MacDonald 526-5730 Coho: 25,000 historic Fraser River cannery. It informs and Albion Elementary Richard McBride entertains thousands of visitors each year. Julie Carr, Greg Pickering 463-4848 John Horstead 522-6744 First year: 1996 David Jones Elementary Location: Steveston Marlene Tabbenor 465-9908 Activity: Education Persons: 20 2~ Iangley Environmentaf Paitners Society are reared to the fry stage and liberally also produces all the egg-to-fry displays for Linda St. Arnau!! Lisa Fleming 604/533-6054 planted throughout the system. the B.C. Teachers Federation. Blue Jay 4914 - 22 lst Street First year: 1988 First year: 1987 Don Pohl 852-0802 Langley, B.C. V3A 37.8 Activity: Incubation .Activity: Hatchery, education, Bradner Elemenrary LEPS coordinates fundraising and works Location: Nicomekl River Tours by request Kerry Sakal 856-3304 closely with many volunteer groups in the Persons: 150 Location: Steveston Bradner Elementary Langley area. Coho: 50,000 Persons: 100 Don Pohl 856-3304 · First year: 1988 Chum: 100,000 Coho: 10,000 Centennial Park Elementary Activity: Habitat restoration Red chinook: 50,000 Chinook: 50,000 Aroon Whitelaw 853-9148 Location: Langley, Little Campbell, Salmon White chinook: 50,000 Cornerstone Christian Nicomekl, Serpentine rivers Pinks: 100,000 TyneheadHatchery John Foote 859-7867 Persons: 200 Lyn Price 604/589-9127 Dave Kanda! Elementary RavineParkSalmonidEnhancementSociety 16585 -96th Ave. Clare Brooks 856-7342 Little Campbell Hatchery Mike Hamilton 604/852-3131 Surrey, B.C. V3R 5W7 Donnick Park Elementary (SemiahmooFish &Game Club) 2395 Crescent Way (Sammy Tucker) This is a large project on the Serpentine Deems O'Neal 859-3712 Bob Oswald 604/541-0495 PO Box464 River. Located within the GVRD's 'fynehead Dr. R. Bondar Elementary 1284 - 184th Street Abbotsford, B.C. V2S 5Z5 Regional Park, the hatchery works with Jef Baerg 853-7730 Surrey, B. C. V3S 5J9 This is a long-time group with a brand new coho, chum, steelhead, and chinook. The Dr. T.A. Swift Elementary This project, started in 1978 on 30 acres of hatchery. It is located right behind well-maintained project has become a focal Trish Postma 853-7730 land owned by the Semiahmoo Fish & Abbotsford Senior High School. Like point for people wishing to protect the Godson Elementary . Game Club, has a mini hatchery building, previous projects from this group, it will Serpentine River. Karen Hamilton, James Klassen853-8374 a steel counting fence in the river, a large raise coho for Clayburn and Stoney creeks. First year: 1987 Harry Sayers Elementary nitrifying biofilter for water treatment, Students, teachers, and the society operate Activity: Hatchery, rearing, Sharon Taylor 852-9665 nature trails, and an environmental this recirculating hatchery. Tours by request Jackson Elementary meeting centre. The project works with First year: 1981 Location: Serpentine River Bob Obradovich 859-5826 coho, chinook, chum, steelhead and Activity: Incubator, rearing, Persons: 100 John McLure Elementary cutthroat. Tours of the facility are given on School support Coho: 100,000 Ken Ambrose; Paul Funk 853-6450 request. Location: Clayburn Creek Chinook: 100,000 King Traditional Elementary First year: 1978 Persons: 200 Chum: 200,000 Steve Lawson 857-0903 Activity: Hatchery, rearing, Coho; 50,000 Steelhead: 10,000 Margaret Sten Elementary Tours by request Brenda Calnek 859-3151 Location: Little Campbell River Salmon River Enhancement Group Streamkeepers Projects Matsqui Elementary Persons: 400 See Streamkeepers section Salmon River Enhancement Group AlexAndison 826-8181 Coho: 50,000 Mr. McFee 604/533-1919 McMillan Elementary Chinook: 80,000 Skow Kalefudect 23963 - 58A Place Gord Lint 859-0126 Steelhead: 20,000 Lydia Archie Langley, B.C. MEI Elementary Cutthroat: 20,000 Skow Kale First Nation This group does extremely good work on Larry Glenn, Nancy Baards 7686 Chilliwack River Rd., PO Box 365 the Salmon River. They are experts at North Poplar McleUan!ncubation Sardis, B.C. V2R 1A7 involving the community in helping to Marylyn Sewchuk 859-3101 Nonn McLellan 604/888-6161 This project, operated by the Scow Kale protect the habitat and the fish. At any PARK Program Box95 Band, produces valuable coho smolts for event or display in the area, this society is Albert Friesen 850-6718 Langley, B.C. VOX lJO the Little Chilliwack. This creek flows, front and centre with its groups and its Prince Charles Elementary This project mainly applies for transplants literally, through downtown Chilliwack. message. Dave Sampson 852-9323 of chum fry from Inch Creek Hatchery for First year: 1980 First year: 1994 Robert Bateman Elementary planting into West Creek. The transplants Activity: Incubation, rearing Activity: Habitat improvement, education Irene Moody, Shalegh Moorthy 864-0220 are shared with the 1st Willoughby Boy Location: Little Chilliwack Creek Location: Salmon River Ross Elementary ·. Scouts, who use part for an annual Mothers Persons: 10 Persons: 50 Cheryl-ann Danielson, 856-6079 Day planting of fry into Upper West Creek. Coho: 25,000 Renee Frayne First year: 1986 Sandy Hill Elementary School Projects Activity: Incubation, planting StevestonSalmonHatchery Peter Woo 850-7131 Location: East, West creeks Eva Tse 604/668-6500 Abbotsford Schools: Coordinator: Simpson Elementary Persons: 6 Steveston Senior High School Dale Taylor, Gordon Elementary653-6374 Mark Byrne, Geoff Blackwood 850-3511 10440 No. 2Road Abbotsford Christian St.Jame's Elementary NicomeklEnhanc.ementSociety Richmond, B.C. V7E 2E3 Bill Tinsley, 850-2694 Mrs. Hunger, Kathy Robbins 852-1788 Drew Waska 604/888-4998 This is a great project that provides Sharon Konynenbelt Terry Fox Elementary PO Box 1184 education plus chinook smolts for the Abbotsford Christian Jana Cohoe 859-8403 Fort Langley, B.C. VIM 2S5 Nicomekl River. This is a totally Carolyn Naylor 850-5022 Wm. A. Fraser Elementary This very enthusiastic group is at the recirculating hatchery- no stream in; no Abbotsford Jr. Secondary Cameron Friesen 859-6 794 groundbreaking stage for a new hatchery. outflow - built within the courtyard of the Frank Silonger 859-7125 For several years, they have worked from school. It is capable of raising 20,000 Aberdeen Elementary Chilliwack Schools: Coordinator: their makeshift facility with coho, red and chinook smolts and is totally operated by Mike Bavin 856-5137 Dave Lamson 858-3257 white chinook, pinks and chum. These fish students in the Hatchery Club. The project Alexander Elementary Doug Robertson, 859-3167 28 Bernard Elementary Richmond Schools: Don Christian Amy Doughty, Ieva Grant 795-7840 Hope Schools: Coordinator: Coordinator: Greg Fraser 668-6117 Patricia MacLellan 576-1381 Chadsey Elementary Dave Lamson 858-3257 Archibald Blair Dr. ED. Sinclair Charlotte Debruyn 823-6738 C. E. Barry Elementary Kim Dunnegun, Rick Beetstra 668-6330 Michael Baker 596-1537 Cheam Elementary john Riley, john Lang 869-2451 Blundell Elementary Ellendale Elementary Susan Todd 792-1416 Coquihalla Elementary Doug Griffing 668-6562 Shelagh Lim, C. Spicker, 584-4754 Chilliwack Middle Shiela Asdal, Janet Bakuska 869-9904 Bridge Elementary Ed. Stringer Darryl Harder 795-5781 Silver Creek Elementary Linda Kwan 668-6236 Ema Stephenson Robertson Annex Cornell Stefaniuk, T. Williams 869-5212 Brighouse Janin Ryan, Dave Frankson 583-5419 Ron Joosten 795-5312 Yale Elementary Wayne McDermott 668-6522 Fleetwood Park St Mary's Elementary Allen Porter, Doreen Van Stolk 863-2262 DeBeck Elementary Steven Church 597-2301 Garth Peterson 792-7715 Rod Smith 668-6281 Fraser Wood Elementary 'fyson Elementary Langley Schools: Gilmore Elementary Garth Findley 589-6442 Jim Mclssac 858-2111 Coordinators: Brenda Hobbs 530-4101 Jamie Tolman 668-6268 Frost Road Elementary Unsworth Elementary Colleen Kroeker 530-9747 Hamilton Eiementary Brian Grant 572-4050 Sandy Anvik 858-4510 Alex Hope Elementary Sherrie Morrison 668-6514 George Greenaway Elementary Vedder Elementary Janet Brown 888-7109 Homma Russ Anderson 576-1136 Dave Lamson, Helen Prouix 858-4759 Alice Brown Elementary Christel Broutigam 668-7844 George Vanier Elementary Vedder Middle Irene Fuller 530-0744 Kid Elementary Heather Briske, M. MacFarlane 596-1030 Margo Dyck 858-7563 Belmont Elementary Loma Lewis 668-6649 Grandview Heights Watson Elementary Alexis Bamscher 533-3641 Lord Byng Yvonne Dawdiak 531-2828 Steve Klassen, john Crocker 858-9477 Betty Gilbert Elementary Roz johns 668-6649 Green Timbers Elementary Yarrow Elementary Penny Palmer 856-8178 Maple Lane Elementary Darlene Haskins 588-5961 Todd Wickman 823-4408 Blacklock Elementary Barbara Jaquith 668-6692 Grosvenor Road Merv Grigg 530-3188 Mitchell Elementary Ida Hedrick 588-8394 Delta Schools: Coordinator: County Line Elementary Don Allison 668-6225 Guilford Park Secondary Glynn Crew 943-0228 Claire Wilson 856-2270 Quilchena Elementary Sandra Whyte 588-7601 Annieville Elementary Fort Langley Elementary GregFraser 668-6224 HT Thrift Elementary IanMacLean 588-1204 Judy Macinly 888-2111 Steves Elementary Sandra Ayres 536-8712 Chalmers Elementary Gordon Greenwood Mike Gillis . . 668-6660 Hyland Elementary Heather Gilbertson 594-5437 DaveAuline 882-0114 Tait Elementary Linda Smith, Shelly Lynch 543-9347 Cougar Canyon Elementary James Kennedy Elementary Merrely Green, 668-6444 James Ardiel Elementary Kim Hill, Dale Clark, Tim Hirose591-8676 Lisa Mirecki 888-5257 Katherine Baloulch Bob Elliott, Becky Low 588-3021 Delta Secondary Langley Christian Elementary Talmey Elementary Janice Churchill Frank Cloutier 946-4194 Dianne Schaap 533-2222 Cathy Losee 668-6275 Bob Moffatt 543-7187 Devon Gardens Elementary Langley Fundamental Westwind Elementary Jessie Lee Elementary LisaHignell 581-6185 Jim Ehman 530-9973 George Singh 668-6495 Gail Pack 531-8833 Gibson Elementary Langley Meadows Elementary Woodward Elementary Johnston Heights Secondary Dawn McDougall-Dentner 594-7588 Brenda Hobbs, James Reich 530-4101 Leslie Soboin 668-6296 Karen MacDonald 581-5500 Gray Elementary . Murrayville Ele~entary Kennedy Trail Gord Rittinger 594-2474 'fyrina Peterson 534-3177 Surrey Schools: Coordinator Malcolm Jorgenson 590-1198 Heath Elementary Nicomekl Elementary Karen Morley 590-2255 Laronde Elementary RonNeimes 596-1508 Tammy Farrer 533-1468 AHP Matthew Elementary Carol Falk 536-1626 Hellings Elementary Noel Booth Elementary johahne Morency-Connor 588-3415 Latimer Road Elementary Elaine Adams 596-1701 Colleen Kroeker 530-9747 Bayridge Elementary Nancy Skjonhals 576-9184 Holly Elementary North Otter Elementary Doug Field 531-8082 MB Sanford Elementary jack Moores 946-0218 Gloria juker 856-3355 Beaver Creek Del Laronde 596-7517 ]arvis Elementary Otter Elementary Kathryn Hamilton 572-6911 M] Norris Elementary Donna Bletcher 943-0201 Pam Wood 856-8426 Brookside Elementary Kathleen Stevens, K. Jicklings, 594-7150 Ladner Elementary South Carvolth Elementary Margie Klassen 596-8561 S. Koehler Ian Stewart 946-4158 Sarban Sangha 534-6824 Cedar Hills Elementary Maple Green Elementary Pinewood Elementary Shortreed Elementary Bryn Jones 581-0407 Keith Mackenzie 594-8838 Randy Gibbons 590-3357 KerryHerd 856-4167 CISC Complex B Marth Currie Richardson Elementary Walnut Grove Elementary Maureen MacDonald . 590-2255 Andrea Crowdis 576-8551 Irene Noel 596-7481 Susan Kovach 882-0220 Colebrook Elementary Newton Elementary Seaqum Secondary West Langley Elementary David Dekerf 596-3221 David Ellis, Wilf Laborge 596-8621 Michelle Tarves 591-6166 jean Enoch 888-6444 Cougar Creek Elementary North Ridge Elementary South Delta Sr. Secondary Willoughby Elementary Les Bezeredi 591-9098 Cheryl Mcllhargey, M. Caldwell 599-3900 Steve Fera 943-7407 john Harris 888-6o33 Coyote Creek Elementary Ocean Cliff Elementary South Park Elementary Wix-Brown Elementary Helen Prohowskyl 597-0858 Sydney Peters 538-1770 Chuck Carignan 943-1105 Rosalie Cranna 534-5633 David Brankin Old Yale Road Sunshine Hills Elementary ]oAnn Mulhern, 596-9547 Pam Duncan, 588-5468 Patrick Genuist 594-8491 Cheryl Rutherford Christine Regehr 29 Peace Arch riparian trees and shrubs. N. LaRoche 536-8711 Activity: Habitat projects Prince Charles Elementary First year: 1997 Kathy van Niekerk 588-5481 Location: Violet Creek near Grindrod Ray Shepherd Persons: 5 Ron Schell 531-1471 The overwhelming issue of this year is the Semiahmoo Trail concern for the low coho escapements to the Kingfisher Environmentallntelpretatiw Centre Marilyn Todd 531-6063 Thompson watershed. Society Serpentine Heights Brad Clark 250/838-6326 Jennifer Beegan 589-6322 The school programs remain stable with the R.R. #2, Mabel Lake Road Simon Cunningham Elementary invaluable assistance of education coordina Enderby, B.C. VOE lBO This hatchery and interpretative centre is Stephen Homing 588-4435 tors Joanne Nicklas, Neil Brooks, and Marlene South Meridian located on the banks of the Shuswap. The Val Hammell 538-7114 Wall. centre is a focal point for schools and local Strawberry Hill Elementary The North Thompson Indian Band Hatchery is volunteers. Richard Unrau 596-5533 First year: 1881 Sullivan Elementary a welcome success. Under the direction of Greg Fortier, the hatchery Activity: Hatchery, Interpretative centre Werner Kaschel 597-1977 manager, and with the support of Resource Restoration staff, this is Location: Shuswap River Sunrise Ridge Elementary an excellent coho facility. Persons: 30 Karen Beaman 576-3000 Chinook: Shuswap (fed fry) 150,000 Surrey Traditional Gary Richards 596-1729 CEDP Projects follow-up to aJapanese visit to the LiOooetOsbomeHatcbery T.E. Scott Elementary North Thompson Indian Band Okanagan in 1997. Dave Jones 250/ 256-4484 Elsie Skully 596-0357 Greg Fortier 250/672-9995 First year: 1980 Box 1281 W.E. Kinvig Elementary Box220 Activity: Stream enhancement, education Lillooet, B.C. VOK lVO Lysa Collins 594-1135 Barriere, B.C. VOE lEO Location: Armstrong and area creeks Asmall hatchery on a sheep pasture golf Walnut Road Asatellite assessment facility located on Persons: 10 course. Ground water ensures incubation Shawn van Gerven 572-6617 Dunn Creek. The assessment data helps and rearing success. William Davidson manage the coho in the North Thompson CityofKelowna First year: 1980 Particia Fowler 584-7688 River area. Michelle Kam 250/862-3339 Activity: Hatchery and support facility to Woodland Park First year: 1984 City Hall Lillooet schools Vikki Chapman, Louise Vachon589-5957 Activity: Assessment. hatchery, CWf prog. 1435 Water St., Location: Lillooet Location: Dunn Creek near Little Fort Kelowna, B.C. VlY 1]4 Persons: 5 Persons: 3 The city of Kelowna has a watershed Chinook: Bridge fed fry 20,000 Coho: Dunn (smolts) 20,000 coordination program. The city coordinates Coho: Bridge fed fry 15,000 Louis (smolts) 20,000 streamkeepers activities, steam bank Lemieux (smolts) 20,000 stabilization projects, kokanee interpretive Schoo/Dist. 22 (Vernon) field trips and classroom salmonid Anne Young 250/545-7714 Skeetchestn Indian Band incubation. 1401-15th Street Don Ignace 250/373-2493 The city of Kelowna has four classroom Vernon, B.C. VlT 6R4 Box 178 incubators using kokanee from Mission The Vernon School district supports approx. Savona, B.C. VOK 2JO Creek. Michelle provides all of the technical 35 classroom incubations. The education Asatellite assessment facility located on the support for the incubators and plans to coordinator is Mr. Neil Brookes. Deadman River. The assessment data helps increase the incubators to six next year. The school district supports the incubation manage the coho and chinook in the First year: 1996 program by providing live egg takes, field Thompson River area. Location: Kelowna, B.C. trips too Coldstream Creek, fry release field First year: 1984 Persons: Four schools, numerous trips, dissections and workshops. Activity: Assessment hatchery, cwr prog. community organizations. First year: 1981 Location: Near Savona Kokanee: Mission Creek (fry) 400 Location: North Okanagan Persons: 3 Persons: 35 schools Chinook: Deadman (smolts) 50,000 Friends OfViofet Creek Kokanee: Coldstream (fed fry) 700 Coho: Deadman (smolts) 30,000 Greg Wiebe 250/838-2217 Chinook: ShiJswap (fed fry) 700 Box 160 Grindrod, B.C. VOE lYO P9P Projects Schoo/Dist. 29 (LiOooeO Asmall community habitat project on a Armstrong Fish and Game Club Roberta Seed 250/ 256-7543 small tributary to the Shuswap River. The Kim Fulton 250/546-8778 P.O. Box 968 group is concerned with the future of the C-7 Henderson Drive, R.R. 1 Llllooet, B.C. VOE lVO watershed and is doing small habitat Armstrong B.C. VOE lBO The Lillooet School District supports projects to help salmonid fry. It has worked Kim continued his work as "Dr. Fish" and approx. 7 classroom incubations. The with B.C. Highways to install a fish friendly in networking B.C. rivers with Simon Fraser education coordinator is Mrs. Marlene Wall. culvert and has fenced pasture to exclude University's web site. He and Neil Brookes The school district supports the incubation cattle. Future plans will include planting also escorted a group of students on a very program by providing live egg takes, field 30 successful exchange trip to Japan - a trips too Cayoosh Creek, fry release field Arthur Stevenson Elementary Stuart Wood Elementary Ginrdrod trips, dissections and workshops. Hardy Grey 579-9284, 579-827 4 Sandy Holmes 374-1755, 374-6856 Irene Novak 838-7579 First year: 1980 Barriere Summit Elementary Harwood Elementary Location: Lillooet, Lytton Brian Matthew 672-9733, 672-5298 Marg Bartch 372-1224, 374-6423 Melanie Rosman, 542-5385 Persons: 7schools Barriere Ridge Elementary Tranquille Valley Harry Vick Coho: Bridge River (fed fry) 350 Murry Bymoen 672-9733, 672-5298 Carolyn Bepple, 376-4199 Highland park Beattie Lisa Connelly Rea Smith, 546-8723 Schoo/Dist. 73 (Kam/oops) Luda Denbigh, 374-0608, 374-4351 Valleyview Secondary Karen Wilkenson Joanne Nicklas 250/376-7253 Bert Edwards Josephine Hutton 372-5231, 372-8340 Hillview Elementary George Hilliard Elem. School Steve Bentz 376-2205, 376-6417 Westmount Elementary Leigh Shepard, 542-5465 985 Holt St. Chase Primary Ann Marie Hunter 376-8879, 376-0426 Dian Katz Kamloops, B.C. V2B 5Hl Jackie Low 679-3207, 679-3296 Westsyde Elementary J.W. Inglis Elementary Tbe Kamloops School district supports Clearwater Secondary Donna Edwards, 579-9221, 579-8647 Barb Kraft 547-9231 approx. 35 classroom incubations. The Rick Smith 674-3328, 674-2162 Brian Beck Kalamalka Secondary education coordinator is Mrs. Joanne Dallas Elementary Grant Bagero 545-1396 Nicklas. Joy Antonia 573-3261, 573-3927 Education Coordinator: Marlene Wall Kidston Elementary The program also produces a monthly David Thompson Elementary Cayoosh Elementary Sharon McKenzie, 542-5351 newsletter and a web page http:// Jean Webb, 579-9228, 579-8346 Ken Oaks. ].Gregory 256-4212, 256-7923 GaryGreen www.sd73.bc.ca. Tbe school district Linda Rinaldi George M. Murray Lavington Elementary supports the incubation program by Dutch Lake Bobbie Seed 256-7543, 256-4765 Mary Siebens 545-1710 providing live egg takes at each school, all Bruce Whitelaw 674-3125, 674-3192 Lillooet Christian Len Wood day field trips in May to release fry, George Hilliard Pastor Briam Hickey 256-7555 Donna Smith 546-3476 dissections and workshops. Christa Lofgren, 376-7253, 376-1794 Lillooet Sr. Secondary M.V Beattie First year: 1980 Karl deBruijn Dave Martin, 256-4274 SheraMain ' 838-6434 Location: Kamloops Haldane Mike Kennedy Malakwa Elementary Persons: 35 schools Cathy Hopland 679-3269, 679-3483 Lytton Elementary Richard Sims, 836-2757 Coho: Dunn Creek (fed fry) 6,000 Heffley Creek Gwendy Lamont 455-2215 Sandra Northway Karen Bennison 578-7227' 578-7364 Pavilion Elementary Mission Hill School Projects Juniper Ridge Elementary Tammy Mountain Gen.Del. Pavilion Sheila Munroe 545-0639 Contact: Dennis Demontier Ghamim Harris 374-2305, 374-3318 Riverview Elementary Mount Begbie Elementary Tel Fax Sandy Gallup Janine Mccurdy 256-7546 BevWeige, 837-4056 Ashcroft Kamloops Secondary Linda Dixson Dorthy Baker 453-9177 Ernie Cordonier, 374-1405, 374-9928 Education Coordinator: Neil Brookes Mountain View Elementary Cache Creek Elementary Domenic Cormita A.L. Fortune Jan Podstawka 837-3320 Ken Martin, 457-6248, 457-9111 Kay Bingham Elementary John Quilty 838-6431 Okanagan Landing Elementary Sandra Gould Nonna Butler, 376-5586, 376-6173 Annstrong Elementary Pau!Jeffery 542-1181 Casoroso Joe McGarry Kim Fulton 546-8778, 546-8457 Pleasant Valley Mel Hunt 763-8088, 763-6790 Lloyd George Arrow Heights Bob Nelson 546-3114 Clinton Ryna Vigneault, 374-3174, 374-5036 Marilyn Taylor 837-6360 Ranchero Elementary Rick Rynalds, 459-2238, 459-7929 Pam Brockingham Ashton Creek Bonnie Lumley, 832-7018 Colletteville McGowan Park Elementary Mike Hogan 838-7087 George Elamath Andre Cote 378-2230 Lililan Harcus 374-6272, 374-4545 B.X. Elementary Salmon Ann West Merritt Central Marion Schilling Bob Ingersoll, 542-4013 Cathy Johnson 832-3862 Gray Anscomb 378-9931, 378-6804 Marie-Michele Fradet 372-2027, 374-5416 Sve Steinke Silver Creek Nicola Canford NorKam Secondary Bearisto Elementary Dave Caldwell 832-8282 Steve Carroll 376-2172 DaveEburne 376-1~72, 376-3142 Jacques Paquot, 542-1388 Silver Star Elementary Outreach Education Oak Hills Doug Gutridge Ted Malanson, 545-4409 Bruce Watts 868-1135, 868-0379 Gerry Ramsay 579-8124, 579-8467 Big Eddy Elementary Peter Varabioff Quigley Parkcrest Elementary Jim Floyd 837-3575 South Broadview Joanne Swain 860-5783, 860-7524 Karen Bennison, 554-2368, 376-6894 Carlin Jim Dergousoff 832-2167 Rutland Senior George McGilvray Karen Packlar 835-4520 West Vernon Elementary Brad Talbot 765-1407, 765-4783 Pineridge Elementary Charles Bloom Ann Reid, 545-0549 Wildlife Park Ted Hardaker 374-8173, 374-5491 Fred Tarlton 547-2191 Lisa Shipman Bill Gilroy 573-3215, 573-2406 R.L. Clemitson Elementary Cherryville Sharon Cooley, 573-3227, 573-2419 Paul Fisher 547-6163 Education coordinator: Joanne Nicklas Alison McLean Coldstream Elementary A.E. Perry Elementary Raft River John Shipham 545-0597 Jody Dobroshinsky 376-6224, 376-4579 Judy Shipley 574-2218 Columbia Park Aberdeen Elementary Rayleigh Elementary Lynn Hollingsworth, 837-4744 Marg Catherwoo'd 372-5844, 376-1290 Alan Critchley 578-7229, 578-7263 Dianne Martin Arthur Hatton Savona Ellison Debbie Piggin, 376-7217, 376-4238 Sharon Haight 373-2451, 373-2238 Dina Matovitch 260-4176 Claire Johnson 31 Activity: Classroom incubation, education large riparian restoration projects on Habitat improvement, awareness several creeks and have begun work on a Location: MacKenzie rearing channel. Persons: 400 First year: 1995 Activity: Streamkeepers Support for the Yukon Territories Community Nahounli WatershedEnhanc,ementSociety Location: Baker, Narcosli, Naver creeks Involvement projects is now provided from Lorraine Bell Fort St. James Chamber of Commerce Charlie lilke Conseroation Society Whitehorse. I am sad that I won't be traveling Box 2002 Ann Sawyer 2501785-9617 ... to the Yukon any more but happy that the Fort St. James B.C. VOJ lPO Box720 groups there will receive better quality The group is pursuing funding opportuni Charlie Lake, B.C. VOC lHO support. ties for habitat enhancement projects on The group will install interpretive signs Nahounli Creek where some signs and trees around Charlie Lake to educate people Many of the groups in the north received have been placed. about the kokanee and rainbow trout in the support from our Resource Restoration support First year: 1992 watershed. team from Vancouver, which has done Activity: Habitat enhanceemnt awareness First year: 1998 Education ' ' excellent work despite having to support two areas. Thank you very Activity: Information, awareness Location: Nahounli Creek Location: Charlie Lake much to Doug Dafoe, Wayne Krause, Wayne Peterson and Gary Persons: 40 Taccogna. ' DunsterEnviivnmenta!Student Committee Quesnel River Enhancement Society Jill Howard 250/968-4410 Brian La Pointe 250/398-6122 Box 200 CEDP Projects Fraser Fort George RegionalMuseum Rick Holmes 2501790-2442 McBride, B.C. VOJ 2EO George Phillips 250/562-1612 Penny SalmonidEnhanc,ement Society c/o 180 Hodgson Road, Students have been helping demonstrate Box 1770, James Stolz Williams Lake, B.C. V2G 3P6 the Streamkeepers Program in some of the Prince George, B.C. V2L 4V7 Penny, B.C. VOJ 2KO Interim money from the Cariboo Tribal elementary schools and have performed Museum staff is involved in demonstrating Group operates the Doug Little Community Council is being used to produce chinook classroom dissections. watershed and ocean stewardship ideas to Hatchery in Penny and, with a newly while long-term funding is sought. The First year: 1994 the public through a variety of public repaired water line, is looking to a Quesnel River Hatchery supports classroom Activity: Streamkeepers, education successful future. events. incubation projects in Williams Lake, 100 First year: 1996 First year: 1983 Mile, Quesnel and the Upper Fraser areas. East Francois lilke Community Association Activity: Education, awareness Activity: Hatchery, assessment, education, First year: 1995 GiIIKopy Location: Prince George Location: Penny, B.C Activity: Hatchery, education Box 24, Persons: 45,000 Persons: 6 Location: Likely, BC Fraser Lake, B.C. VOJ ISO Chinook: 250,000 Persons: 12 The association is attempting to get funds Hutalilke C01Tections Centre Chinook: 311,000 from the Habitat Conservation Fund to Barry Bertrand 250/964-0504 P9P Projects support a water storage structure on Borel P.O. Box 9600 Cariboo-Chilcotin Fly FishennensAssociation Spruce City Wildlife Association Lake. Prince George, B.C. V2L 5J9 Paul Carnes 250/392-6344 Denise Collett 250/962-6455 First year: 1995 The group, with the Spruce City Wildlife 2027 S. Lakeside Dr. Box 392 Activity: Streamkeepers Association, will be involved with riparian Williams Lake, B.C. Prince George, B. C. V2L 4S2 Location: Nithi River restoration activities on the Chilako River This group provides ongoing support to the The group ran an adult fence on the and with continue operating a small Quesnel River Enhancement Society and ·Chikako River with support from Hulda McMiUan CreekRestoration hatchery at the corrections centre. the Quesnel River Hatchery and does lake Lake Corrections, Canfor and Chinook Chris DeBruin 250/962-6911 First year: 1985 stocking of trout in the area. Scaffolding. Members are improving First year: 1998 Activity: Hatchery, education First year: 1995 habitat harmed by poor agricultural Activity: Streamkeepers, restoration, Location: Chilako River practices on the Chilako. Awareness Persons: 6 Cottonwood Island Side Channel Organimtion First year: 1980 Location: Prince George Chinook: 10,000 Chris Ritchie 250/563-6611 Activity: Hatchery, education Persons: 20 1133 Limestone Cres. Location: Salmon River MacKenzie Fish and Game Club Prince George, B.C. V2M 4Z5 Persons: 60 Paddlefor the Puddle Albert Gratin 250/997-5224 The group plans to construct an additional Chinook: 55,000 Bette McLennan 250/392-6423 500 metres of rearing channel with support Box 1907 MacKenzie, B.C. VOJ 2CO 205 Bann Road from the City of Prince George and FRBC, Strea.mkeepers Projects Williams Lake, B.C. V2G 3L5 plus funds from court directed fines. The This group used court fine monies to support brook trout and kokanee habitat Baker Creek Enhancement Society Bette organized a well-attended event to new portion of channel will include a river Anne McMillan promote awareness of the Williams Lake/ intake to improve water supply and quality. restoration projects in the Williston Lake watershed. They were so successful in RR #2, McDonald Site San Jose watersheds and raise funds for First year: 1993 projects. seeking donations from local business and Box48 Activity: Rearing channel, awareness Quesnel, B.C. V2J 3H6 First year: 1998 Location: Prince George industry that most of the fine money is still on hand for next year's projects. Thanks to the E-Team, the City of Quesnel, Activity: Awareness, education Persons: 5 Location: Williams Lake First year: 1996 and HRSEP, the group completed some Persons: 50 32 QuesnelWatershedAlliance Foothills Cynthia Coles 562-5393 108 Mile Hous~ Sue Hemphill 250/620-3707 B. Burby, W:Teal 562-2862 Bob Bergen 791-5221 Horsefly, B.C. Gladstone Quesnel Schools: 150 Mile House First year: 1997 J. Groome,]. Leitch 964-4402 Narcolsie Elementary George Cornett 296-3356 Activity: Riparian habitat protection, Hart Highway Elementary Vicki Hansen 747-8500 Wildwood School Enhancement Melody Harris 962-7035 Quesnel Sr. Secondary Barb Simser 989-4701 Location: Horsefly Highglen Elementary Mark Medland 992-2131 Persons: 8 Cheryl Warrington, Dave Cox 562-5581 West Fraser Elementary Highland Elementary Kathy Walsh, E. Afflek 992-5875 . WiHiamslakeCreekRestoration Dave King 563-6253 Eric Gunderson Tel/fax: 250/398-8800 John Mclnnis Sr. Secondary Williams Lake Schools: Rotacy Club of Williams Lake Michelle Simms, Doug Waller 562-4321 Cataline Elementary 392-7154 Box4057 · Kelly Road Sr. Secondary Chimney Creek Williams Lake, B.C. V2G 2V3 Jim Stinson 962-9271 Judy Preston 392-2415 Almost $500,000 was raised for building Meadow Elementary Columneetza Sr. Secondary bridges, trails and interpretive signs to raise Betty Fishwick 562-1610 Kim McLennan 392-4158 awareness of the importance of the Fraser North Nechako Elementary Crescent Heights River in the Cariboo-Chilcotin area. Brock Anderson 563-1281 M. Fawcett, B. Blewitt, 392-2969 First year: 1996 Salmon Valley B. McLennan Activity: Streamkeepers, awareness Sheanh/]ohnson 971-2245 Forest Grove Location: Williams Lake Creek Seymour Elementary Tedta, Babuin 397-2426 Persons: 70 Marion Hoffman 562-3236 Likely Elementary Red Rock Elementary Maurita Geddert 790-2320 School Projects Tilly Harding 330-4262 Marie Sharpe Area code 250 Van Bien Elementary Morley Wilson 392-4104 Fort St. James Schools: Rhonda Gilbert 563-1062 Mountview David Hoy Westwood Elementary Mary Cornwall, M. Fawcette 392-7344 Ron Rarrick 996-8237 MargBell 562-3076 Peter Skene Ogdeb Sr. Secondary Eugene Joseph School Wildwood Elementary Marilyn Bergen 395-2461 Mark Bowles 648-3231 Chris DeBruin, Wendy Zielke 962-6911 Poplar Glade Elementary Youth Containment Centre Pat Murphy 392-7196 . Fraser Lake Schools: Evelyn Dickson School Casey Litton 567-2258
Hudsons Hope Schools Hudsons Hope School Janice Osinchuk 783-9994
Mackenzie Schools: Mackenzie Elementary Phyllis Lightfoot 997-3230 Mackenzie Senior Secondary Derek Connolly, Ron Crosby 997-6510 Mountain View Elementary Ruth Flynn 997-3420 Morfee Elementary JohnMcLay 997-6340
Prince George Schools: Austin Road Elementary Van Mallow 962-9661 Bear Lake Elementary Walkie/Gustafson 972-4431 Blackbum Elementary John McLay 963-7060 College Heights Elementary C. Hiebei:t, D. Coole, B. Fishwick964-4408 D.P. Todd Chris Barnett 562-9525 Duchess Park Secondary Rich Samborsky 563-7124 33 Activity: Stream/moist air incubation of the Whitehorse Rapids Hydro dam and Education ' have had their chinook stocks augmented Location: North Klondike River by releases from the Whitehorse Rapids Fish Persons: 110 . Hatchery. This project assessed and determined the characteristics of returning The Streamkeepers North Society continues to Tes/in 'I1ingit Council adult chinook in comparison to those be very active with training and projects. Many Restoaration/Enha.nannentStudy Plan .counted through and observed in the Paul Sparling/Mark Connor Whitehorse Rapids Fishway. thanks to Trix Tanner for her dedication to this Site 20 Comp I40 RR I Radio-tagging Adult Chinook Returning to program. Thanks also go to the Yukon River Whitehorse YU YIA 4Z6 Whitehorse Rapids: Adult chinook entering Restoration and Enhancement Fund which This project contributes to a larger program the Whitehorse Rapids Fishway were radio provided support for a wide range of commu of assessments of chinook stocks and tagged and followed to spawning locations nity-based projects. Most of these were habitats in the Teslin River sub-basin. The in the Upper Lakes sub-basin. assessment based and provided the first end product will be a sub-basin plan for Chinook Coded-wire Tagging: This project chinook restoration. coded wire tagged all juvenile chinook from detailed examination of the streams considered. the Whitehorse Rapids Hatchery which were Tincup CreekRestorationandEnhancement released in non-isolated waters in the upper Mcintyre Creek Incubation P9P Projects Lakes sub-basin. This allows or assists in a Ray Biggs 867/393-7226 fr