Join SFEG’s team of citizen scientists to learn a new skill and protect our salmon!
SFEG’s Spawning Survey workshop on Saturday October 6, 9am-3pm at Alger Community Hall will cover the techniques that will be used during weekly monitoring sessions from October through January in the Samish and Skagit watersheds.
Volunteers will learn:
– Salmon species and redd identification
– Stream condition identification and documentation technique
After this workshop, the volunteer will be qualified to join the weekly monitoring sessions from October through January.
***Things to remember***
-Advanced registration is required! Please email outreach@skagitfisheries.org to register by October 4.
-Be prepared! Dress for the weather and bring lunch!
-No chest waders or boots will be needed for the workshop, but will be needed for weekly monitoring. If you need to borrow equipment, please let us know your boot size.
Spawner Survey Workshop October 6
Join SFEG’s team of citizen scientists to learn a new skill and protect our salmon!
SFEG’s Spawning Survey workshop on Saturday October 6, 9am-3pm at Alger Community Hall will cover the techniques that will be used during weekly monitoring sessions from October through January in the Samish and Skagit watersheds.
Volunteers will learn:
– Salmon species and redd identification
– Stream condition identification and documentation technique
After this workshop, the volunteer will be qualified to join the weekly monitoring sessions from October through January.
***Things to remember***
-Advanced registration is required! Please email outreach@skagitfisheries.o
-Be prepared! Dress for the weather and bring lunch!
-No chest waders or boots will be needed for the workshop, but will be needed for weekly monitoring. If you need to borrow equipment, please let us know your boot size.
Blackberry!
From the FieldVolunteer Dick Raisler fishing Carey’s Slough
What’s living in Carey’s Slough? Three volunteers assisted SFEG with finding out that answer, by going fly fishing! Volunteers Dick Raisler, John Leighton, and Robin La Rue recently joined SFEG staff and interns to assess the fish population of this Skagit River backwater slough using a different technique than our usual seine or snorkel surveys. These three local fly fishermen and AmeriCorps member Nik Novotny offered their skills to see what they could find in the slough. Although floating this calm waterway in a canoe made for a very relaxing morning, we didn’t catch much! They caught two cutthroat trout and one pumpkin seed sunfish. This information gives us another piece of the puzzle for analyzing Carey’s Slough for future restoration projects.
A few fish species and a few very wet staff members later, we at least got some neat photos!
Volunteer John Leighton assisting with Carey’s Slough fishing survey
Cutthroat trout
Pumpkin seed sunfish caught in Carey’s Slough
Fish Survey intern Danielle Vandenberg assists SFEG Habitat Restoration Coordinator Kyle Koch in cross-section surveys
Fish surveys are tiring work!