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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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CWCAP, UW Ecology, and SPU Salmon Stewards Celebrate Salmon on Nov 18, 2018

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The Carkeek Park community of all ages celebrated the annual Piper’s Creek Salmon Celebration on Sunday, November 18, 2018.  In addition to hot drinks, music, good food, and a kid-friendly scavenger hunt through the park, volunteer Salmon Stewards were on hand to welcome, engage, answer questions, and inspire park visitors drawn by the annual Piper’s Creek

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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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CWCAP is an Earthkeeper

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For more information, visit: seattle.gov/parks/find/centers/carkeek-park-environmental-learning-center/camps Every summer, Seattle Parks and the Associated Recreation Council (ARC) host summer camp at Carkeek Park fittingly named Carkeek Earthkeepers Day Camp.  CWCAP is tapped in to provide local salmon, forest, watershed, and water quality education.  This Summer 2018 (among much else going on in this exciting day camp!), CWCAP will

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