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Many thanks to our CWCAP volunteers for their hard work in the 2025 Salmon Survey that ended in early December. We collected a ton of great data and answered a ton of visitor questions with over 2280 visitor interactions in the season. Yearly Chum Total Chum Calc Date Yearly Coho Total Coho Calc Date 429 […]

There’s still a bunch of salmon in Carkeek Park but activity is starting to slow down and carcasses are piling up. As one of our volunteers put it “These salmon look tired”. It’s not easy to swim upstream and the carcasses we’re finding are beat up from the journey. Some are suffering from molds and

The numbers of salmon in Carkeek Park have spiked significantly in the last week. Over 180 salmon were spotted on Tuesday with spawning activity happening throughout Piper’s Creek. The sustained rains likely helped bring in more fish and allowed them to travel further upstream. Several salmon have even reached Venema Creek up near the imprint

The salmon run has begun at Carkeek Park! Dozens of fish have been spotted in the lower sections of Piper’s Creek and the estuary. It’s still early in the season and more salmon are entering the creeks daily. Hopefully some upcoming rain this week will help make their trek easier. Survey Date Live Chum Dead

We will be releasing the 10-12,000 fry that are in the big pond this Friday, 5/2, at 8pm.  Come on down and wish these fry well on their journey down Venema and Piper’s Creeks to Puget Sound and eventually up to Alaska. Hopefully we will see a bunch of them in 2.5-3.5 years.