Coquitlam River Progresses . -- Hatchery Will Close "Our Experience"

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INSIDE I Sign o f better times 2 Highlight on north SETG suppo11 2 <·cntral interior 3 Opinion 2 Here & There. 4 '!'ricks of the Tr~dc 4

~I :;, I I ~~~- ~· -~'\'f Ott~ h .. r1t11. ... ::> , ""' " ~l~.~GET CUTS Coquitlam River progresses When seeking ways to FEB 2 7 1. 95 n1:1.ke this year•s reductions, P~agle River u1auagcn1c11t Cann.: to lhe 'fJw Coquiflam hmm~s b;!/m;; will liave a more enjoyable b()d!f ofwoter at ~~~i~!LOUfS w~en Htf! ·lat;?$_f rlifficnlt decision that closure of work on /111· CrJr111illam River system is completed tliis fall. Once-stagnenf Oxbow Lake will carry 11 hatchery Ellglc River h:Jtchery was flou.1 of tl'nfer dii1ertt!d fro1n tlh~ river to iucr~ase the systeuJ's spn1oning and rearing areas. es!,ential. ~El' n1anagcrs are unm1irn<>us in opposing funher will close "across the board" cuts (e.g .• cut every project by JO percent). Such cuts erode the M~·U1y of oi..•r reaJ'S cnay .... ork of •II 5"°1' pruj<:<:ts. 11lre:1rly kno\v ;ihout the closure Productioll cuts are also seen as of Ea~lc Ri vcr hat~hcry. 'fhc .:ounter-produclivc. unless reason is clear: SEP has •"·ning complex have been dry except during This s111nmer's two pr0jects. do\vnstreacn, y.•ill add spawning periodic flooding. Rearing and rearing areas conditions for coho should be and make excellent as the channels Oxhow Lake. meander among cottonwood now largely trees and willow thickets. • stagnant, more attractive for the B11cke.fs of fish surround the release team from Tsawnfairm•k (Kiuxconud Htuul School a~i th1~y pre,,an~ to release fry fr(>1n the clt1s~roorn inr:ubt1tur. U is un ex,,erlenc:t: :y}u,red /Jy 5 tudt~nts ,frotn c:on11nunilies, .'arge and sn-ui.'l, throu,'{lu>rll lhe regh>n t'f.1Ch 5pting.

Slud~nrs fron1 ~/c 'viii receive some more Tsa,vataincuk Bant! .School 10 n1ise- 11~ xr year as it l1as look tiJnc to po11heir feelings be.:.:omt: one nf our grcarest on ptlper after releasing 1heir lra

us. fighcin ~ over v.1hose rum 1l \\tas "We had a lot of fun to take care or them. since 1 am releasing th(..."Tll 1n Ga'h::ilec 'mall and quici. I really fell Strca1r1. We all .sat there and :err 0111. Next year. when the watched Mike hold ihe ice grade seven wiil he out of our cream bucket in the watef uni iJ class .. wom. J will be feeding A ·w•>rk i11 pmgre'". iu july (t1IJOi't!), /he Coquillam they all Id( it. Then we sat and rhe frys." Riv.-r project wos complete In; Sep/ember (right!. watched the1n swiin around in - Lulu Wel>hcr //'s nice for kids, Im/ good for fish, tvo. their new home. Cont. page 2 "School" OPINION THE SETG NO CHLORAMINE Changed water volumes Support for community A sign of affecting salmonids enhancement projects better

The following material periods of freshwater rearing, times? was drawn from a paper could be diSMll'OU.<. We had the Second in a series of Group's support. The SETC written by Rob Bell hvlng, fOsurc as the Enhancement wOlteam\ had could become mini-reservoirs. public's concern. Ultimately. >uffic1cnr •ummer flow< and planrcd with beneficial aquali.: dcspne the facr that the e•pencnccd few winter flood>. ''egetarion and anracring chlor•mine solution was Lhe Ai an ehcr Creek. roeur mink and oacrs. connected 10 the people rejected it as Campbell River. ll1\1orically. ir wharcvcr greenbelts or unacecp1able. wa' fed by two addotional greenways remain. Not only There is something very tnbuturic\. accessible to would salmon sueams benefit; posi1ivc in thar fact. Despite the spawning ;almon and rising in we might well create higher public's concem about all mar5hy wcllnnper1y values near such areas govern1nent costs. tbere ,.,.as 'ource of the mainsteni. Today. nnd provide a better. more wide and vocal supp()rt for those tributilries arc gone. a.~ nt11uruf envjronn'lcnt for yo\lng ozonntiort and filtrarion. d1e :ire the marshlands tllcy sprang people to grow up in. 111os1cos tly - but also the from and some of the Whi le it might be possible t1tos1 cnviron1ncnt;tlly n1ain .1i: tcn1 ','i hc ad\valcr~ 10 cnrry ou1 !\uch v.·ork without •cceptable-solution. It marshlands. reference to hiscoric flo"'·s, it ~ugge~ts Lhat. given sufficient Tt i ~ lilcely that there are seems likely that public . ;ind e>tuaries. Der.ember·Jttnuary issutvf StreamTQ./lc. Expensive? It onay be more How many are still alive·! I am Projecrs Directory i> now in the cxpco,ive if we don ·1. Con>idcr glad that we had them." final stage ofediti ng nnd will the potential impact of

HIGHLIGHT: NORTH CENTRAL INTERIOR with wood from Canfor - a frequent contributor. ~~--~~~------Salmon Spn1ce City approached (~anfor \Vhcn the group was Now Penny has a Little hatchery River saga having trouble with • well; they thought (~anfor' s activjfies On August 13, there was a 'moll hut import.ant gathering in easy. Boudreau met gucslo; al Spruce City WildHfe might be ~ffecti11g Lhc water Penny, B.C. to give a new name tu a u1111pact Chinook hatchery that Penny Crossing with his river Association voJunteers 1able. Whether it was or not. no has been operating near the Fraser River for the past 13 years. boac and ferried them across. one is sure, hut Canfor offered Henceforth, the Penoy hatchery will he the Doug Little hatchery - Then )c was a sho11 ride in a a don(ttion to help· the group not because of its size, but to honour the late Doug Lillie, a senior pick-up truck to the hatchery. drill a new well and indicated vice president of '.'Jorthwoo~ Pulp & Timber and long-time friend The hatchery is small. but an inti.:rest in hcJping ht Olher of the hatchery. Little's widow, Shc'ila. 'on, daughter und son-in does very irnportant \vork. It ways, too. They have been Jaw attended the dedication. iocubates ahout 250,000 helping ever since. supplyjng: chinook each year. hut it also lumber for counting foncc Clarence Bowlrrt~u, manager of the offers a ch:.nlcc to i ncrea$ie our construction, a 'miler to house Do11g Lill.le hatchery, showed visitors scientific kcLov.·Jc:dgc ahout the t<:nce crew. and, most a coded wir" 11ose tag following upper Fraser stocks and cold impo11anrly. paying for a dedir:atimt cerenumies. Despite its weather incubation. This year. ~tudent for lhc sun\lner~ to the h11tchery is carefully rearing g ather essential data and remote location, Hourdreau and his two .;ere for them. he recaUed the many ways in the event tuday." is operating it under a contract, cooling off in "We feel whlch Doug Little, and For U10$<' who don't know but I knov.· he puts in ruore ci1ne a nearby • ·' that a corp Northwood, helped the Penny the area, Penny is located on the than he is paid for. IIe and his S\vin1n1ing oration has a operation over the years. l'rascr River, about 70 wife Olga help out the scbool hole. this rcsponsihiJity The relation programs, too. And chere 's a lot group spent lo ils region ship started in of public involvcmeot; the the long, hot and. like other 1989, witl1 counting fence and trap, on the afte rnoon companies, we donations or west bank at Dome Creek. wrcslling try to do our materials. a trap hosts a lot or visitors when lhc chinook part. The wort for counti ng fish are runlling. 'l11e people hroodstock up thi• group of juveniles. and who own that land, the the banks of volunteers d~ helicopter tlighls Broderick fa1nify, havie given tl1c Salmon rnakcs it a to release the the hatchery assured use of 1>art River. Then, natural for u.. j~1venilcs. 11-len, of thejr ]and for the fent:e l:lnd with the fish in We expect to in 1991-92. for a rearing. channel. l'here is a transport bin$ to the hatchery in tnunl ccn~1 . he mvolvcd Fisheries and smaU can1po;it.;; at lhe fence, and filled wi1h cool Ocean!'.' faced people cornc out to \\•Hlch the water, drivers hit more budget cuts crew work with the brood the sweltering and the project at stock. (t i:s really good that highway to town. Penny was slated way." pulled up to the for closure. When Once the hatchery had hatchery and carried he heard about received its nc\\' narnc, and the prec.lous cargo, that, Doug Little Bm1drellu g11ve Shielll I .ittle a persont1/ly gu.ided everyone had a chance to rour 0J1e fish at a time, went to Onawa tour of the lmtch"'Y projrttt thlll carries her late the site, the group crossed hack inside to 1ipen. and Northwood husband's name. to tl1e w.,st bank and drove Volunteers took made an down to Dome Creek. The 33 hefty chinook from impressive offer: the company kilometres east or Prince counting rcncc ancl trap, a group of about 150 would cover half the operating George. When Northwood had holding several handsome at Uie counting fence. cost to keep Penny running. a mill there, 20 years ago, the chinook for hatchery hrood Many fish tha.t they "They made a pretty hig population was about 700. s1ock, were inspected. 111cn released to spawn cornmitrnen r,·~ says Corn1nunity Today, it is closer to seven. Argue presented a framed prim upriver were clipped Advisor Roy Argue, "You Since the Ycllowhead of the SEP logo to John - evidence of· migbt tbink that, having done Highway is on the opposite' Broderick, along with SEP's previous enha.ncen1ent that, Northwood would draw bank, getting to Penny is not Cont. pag.;; 4 "LiUle.. work. Those they took shr)uld provide 70 to in.to !lie Cupilanv trough< gt1 the chinonk. 80 thousand eggs for It's that Mossom Creek the hatchery and area schools. wiUi the Spruce City Wildlife Spnice City gets good Association fc.)r the long tcrrn. <:Ontfftllnity support. The We will certainly he working connection again counting fence was erected v.·i1h the1n over tbe t~dncer co compliments of a local supplier Com. page 4, "Spnioe City"' Everyone knows th3t S<)me Regular readers of schools just seem to produce StreamTalk probably know graduates who excel in certain taoclpipe held ID Y. illiams lake next SEP and Habilat hranch"' of and "~nie~ M3y. See insen in thi•issue fut Fisheries and 0.."t·ans. U1e Cily the limc.~ rone Worhlop '95 agenda of Princt' George. the C'NR. lh< panicli;s B.C. l\.1inh;try of F.nvirunmcnt, upward to Ne.,. Wesunmscer 1hc Spruce C'ity Wilulifo 1 ~cm diarnete .. 416 L!: .. in. i:i1l~ lh<" till' of the Commun11y a {\ Limestone settles out ~oa tod Ro1ary Club, thc Prine« (i«>r@e hopper. The aficr ptndmg pan of hi; Rrulway Museum and Pru1ce \Vatcr fnr su1nme1 1n Russia. where he George Natur•ilis[.). Funds \ve1·c Limestoni; hatcliery u ~e w"" a fi•lnng guide. we are obtained [Tom CISCO. Che is drown told. tn 1he nch and lhc Fra,er River Acl!OJI Plun J'roni tile u>p famou~. SfreamTalk hopes 10 (FRAP), the Pacifa: Salmon 10 c111 oi~m~Ler 284 Li1nin. of 1hc bnng you some first Fo11nda1ion. Prince Geor11.c hopper. hand obscrvttrions. on Natuarahsls, Altun und che while 1he fi•hi11g - and hfestyles E11viro11memal Parmers Fund. ~artic l ~s foll m Ru1'>m m the winier The channel. which runs hack 10 the IS~Ue! parallel to the Nechuko River. ba.. L1nK'slun<.· l'h<.: sirnplt.: dcvk'.t: ~ho'A·n cl~~n . muural area w1lhin 1hc cir;· . fi11er bed~ arc on effe,tive hel'~. lirst iUustr~ ced in l'lPnew> 111 tcs" in 1986. lltc ~y$tcrn l\elp eu ~\lrt' th~y have a lar~ely untouched ap<>rt from a rrea1mcnr. but tenet en c log up in )986. ha,, on ach·anrage; the kept normally (.J) pl l le•~I .;ucce8.sful openuion in J995. ·· network. of walking truils. Apurt lirnest1Jnt: c icam itself thruu1:!:h waler at .shout 6.S. • '" I guess \.\·c ctluld ha\·C ~~~~~~~~~~~--~~~~~~~..... --~~~~--~ from clunook. uout. >1urgt011 do11e the ft•lte project wi1ho11L and coarse fish. whirh will goin lheiT help," "'Y5 Spruce City 1..i111~. rro111 lll~e J rearing and a Oood rcfu~e. 1 Thompson, front fl'll!C 3 co-chair U.:nixc Collett. "Bui I wood ducks. kingfishers. sincere thanks lcnow we could not have done 05pn:y. and eagles will gain fO< granting cnJ1ancen1enl at ~ltl),...,Ottl such a professional job of it excellen1 hobitat. 11Se of hi$ lond Creek. bas ~1 worid11@ wilh We would have had to cut SOJllo Ground\vatcr :;lu do.'' said Amnlldn. ''l r,,ana~~n,e.111 dara." work were on hand, In Ocrober tarly day~ . l exp•.oled to bal't to oottlc for Am carefully pJannctl so oupporter of' Supplied with funding Spn1ce Ci1y mpilin~ daia. She hH.' al•<> \i,·ork that takes voluntec:<$ and bt=iug strdndetun: willO\.,·s ,.,·ere n.;movc10<:k. ntt t.•njoying a i\Wim and a of enhancement. is ncnv one of its slro11sfsl allies. planted on the baJ1ks, aJon~ road. we'd nil le \"'a.~ ,'\munc.Ja 's second picnic. • w11J1 numerous '"i1Jow t\~igs : like IO be ahlc He recently dedicated some of /ti.< family's land at !'UmJncr wotking in J>rinc1.: "You stick a willow lwi~ in IO CMCb n Dorn~ Crl!t!I.: ,f11r a fish trap. cc1111ti11;;: fence, and George: allor her first )''tat ar the ground. alld it's jU.>1 a ""''""" and, ii rtt1ri11g <11anntl. '/his Sci' prirJl l1Clped express Simon Fraser she "'"" hirctl'e apprecinti'<'"' olitu rrnvcl. This Call. " It is not production· have 1ha1cha11ce." chances for overvr;nrering fry~ af1er her WOes hnvc ~ lot r,roup roured th~ r=ia~ ~uppon \\:ithin Fisheries :ind plans on "degree in bi11log.y, ;:; n of edut'ational pocc111ial." channel , n:ccntly consrn1cred Oceans and wi1b the general but S.i.l)"S ii wiJ1 t~tkc ~''nc 1hne ..We haven ' 1 111sr.tJled 3JlY by 1hc Resource R.;l\Lora1io11 public. lo know if fisheries bivlu~y Published for oft.he mtcrprerjve rnal.;rials Division. Herc. chinook fry h may be che "Lillie" will lJ<:Come her lrn1r,-ter111 Community Involvement here }e1:· say• Chris. " W hc11 ""HI be ab)~ to O\•i;rwin1cr 1n haLchcry, hi.:t, \\'ith its rountin~ cafeef. S0iman1d Frhorce···,er.; !;rcgro,.... they go in. "'.; \\o·ill huve a Hnle icc.. f'r..:i; groundv.1ncer wl1iJe a feJtc.;. rearing <.:hanncl, com "I'll have rn .<.ee wha1· I ~ct '\Ofl-core propaganda obout why ~ikc at the up~trcam end of the n1unjty liuks and scientin<'. into over the next few y~an:." it is 1n1ponant to hn\'C the.~~ c ha1111~J prvc«c r~ th«m from all n;scarch. it is doing a bjgJob for 1'\.n)andn snys. "Uu1 J httv..: SQ11!'.i of npariuu cnviro11n1cnl's hut the mo~ 1 extreme flood upper Fraser chiJ1ook. • really cn,ioyed thb WOJ'k." • rutlier th~n till them all i11 for t..:vc::n l~ . P1·0J1.:cts like this are developmenr." • proviu& chdr wortl1 ac