A coho in spawning colors in the stream. Photo by Erik McDonald.[/caption]
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Volunteers searching for spawning salmon in Miller Creek. Photo by Elissa Ostergaard.[/caption]
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A volunteer measures a dead salmon as part of Community Salmon Investigation for Highline. Photo by Elissa Ostergaard.[/caption]
AÂ dedicated group of 33 Community Salmon Investigation (CSI) Volunteers has been out in all kinds of weather, counting live and dead fish in Miller and Walker Creeks since early October.
The latest report is good – chum are still coming in to spawn in good numbers.
Here is the tally so far, courtesy Miller-Walker Basin Steward Elissa Ostergaard:
- Total live fish seen – 223:
- 94 live coho
- 80 live chum
- 49 live unidentified adult salmon
- 60 coho carcasses counted, 11 pre-spawn mortalities
- 24 chum carcasses found
- 9 redds