Salmon Survey

Annual Salmon Spawning Survey at Carkeek Park, data and tradition

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Saturdays during the fall salmon run, a team of CWCAP citizen scientists collects data from salmon carcasses in the Piper’s and Venema Creeks, while another team systematically records live sighting and spawning activity data.  Each fall, CWCAP surveys each salmon carcass to determine whether fish are fully spawned, partially spawned, or not spawned at all […]

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Salmon return! Late October, NOVEMBER, early December

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Salmon are returning to Carkeek Park!  Like old friends, park visitors are walking the trails with keen eyes and ears to find fish returning to their home waters. Students on field trips to Carkeek Park on Monday, October 29, 2018 from St. George and Thornton Creek Elementary Schools observed a few early Coho salmon during

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Salmon activities at Carkeek Park this Fall 2018

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CWCAP Spawning Survey & Count Each Fall, Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project (CWCAP) enters the creeks and tributaries in the Pipers Creek Watershed to collect data from the salmon that naturally die after returning to the system. The primary objective is to determine the relative spawning success of salmon in Piper’s Creek and its largest

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Salmon at Carkeek Park
2017 – a year in review

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2017 began with the natural and exciting imperative to build from the passing of Nancy Malmgren and Bill Hagen at the end of 2016.  Their visions, leadership, and successes are the near magic from which so much has sprouted and continues to bloom.  Thank you, Nancy and Bill, so very much. January 5, 2017: The

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Salmon return to Carkeek Park to spawn in big numbers

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As anyone who visited can tell you, the last half of November was amazing in Carkeek Park.  The 2017 Fall run saw about 17% more Chum salmon (338) compared to 2016 (240).  The numbers in the chart below give a quick overview of how exciting it was around the middle of November and how robust

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