It’s salmon carcass central down at Carkeek Park as the salmon are completing their spawning mission. The once active streams have become much quieter as salmon carcasses pile up along the banks. While several hundred live fish remain in the creeks visitors will likely see more carcasses than live fish. Surveyors bring two Chum carcasses […]
11-26-2024 Salmon Survey Update Read More »
Another week of surveying, another unbelievable amount of live salmon and carcasses to process. If you haven’t been down to Carkeek to see the salmon yet this year, it’s quite the sight. Thanks volunteer salmon surveyors for putting in long hours. Word’s clearly gotten out about the record Carkeek salmon run with the Seattle Times,
11-19-2024 Salmon Survey Update Read More »
“There’s no way this trajectory can hold up, right?” we asked ourselves as we narrowly passed our all time record for live fish earlier in the season than we’d usually see peak numbers. The heavy rain continued and so did the trajectory as Tuesday’s survey smashed our record of live fish with over 1500 live
11-12-2024 Salmon Survey Update Read More »
What a week! Thank you surveyors for braving a long rainy survey this Tuesday. Our numbers already exceed last year’s with an astounding 503 live Chum salmon spotted on Tuesday. That’s the most we’ve ever seen in a single survey. The salmon have made their way past all of the dams and have been seen
11-05-2024 Salmon Survey Update Read More »
The 2024 salmon return at Carkeek Park has begun! And with the salmon come the salmon surveys. Thanks all volunteers who have helped out already this year whether that be the pre-survey stream flagging work or the surveys themselves. We’re fortunate to have many enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers helping with our programs. This year started
10-29-2024 Salmon Survey Update Read More »
