Save Bristol Bay

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Barr Creek Update

The chapter has had an ongoing project restoring Barr creek (near Monroe, WA) over the last 10 years. With a multitude of wood placements, and native plantings, the area has really been transformed. On a recent visit to the site I was impressed by how much better the stream was doing, and the size of the trees that we had planted. We now have alders over 50 ft, Doug firs over 30ft and tons of good cover. I saw some pink salmon carcasses on the banks, and signs of spawning reds. There was even a deposit of bear scat near the pond; it looked like the bear was eating pink salmon. Both Barr and Kissey creek are important “off-channel” rearing areas for anadromous fish, and also provides habitat for a multitude of other species.

Overall the area is doing well, but we need to continue to do maintenance on the site. There is a need to knock back the blackberry vines to keep them off the trees, some general weed whacking, and additional plantings. We will plan to have a work party in the spring of 2014, we can use as many volunteers as we can get. The work at Barr and Kissey creek greatly benefits Salmon and Steelhead; biological studies have shown this area to be highly productive. Anyone that is interested in helping at Barr creek please contact Chris Tompkins (ctompkins84@hotmail.com).


Here are some recent photos from my visit at Barr creek in November 2013.
Chris
Pink Salmon Carcasse

Cedar Tree planted in 2011

Barr Creek

Kissey Creek

Bear Scat

Kissey Creek

Barr Creek

Barr Creek

Cottonwood planted in 2009


Kissey Creek

Barr Creek

Barr Creek

Barr Creek

Cedar tree planted in 2010

Barr Creek

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Kids Clinic 2013


We had great weather at our annual Kids Fishing Clinic this year. The fishing was great thanks to the trout provided by WDFW and all the hard work by Northshore Trout Unlimited members. This event is funded through donations to the chapter, we greatly enjoy putting on the event and seeing all the smiles on these children's faces. The chapter provides all the fishing gear, the event is a way to introduce kids to fishing. Thanks to all the members who helped put this event together, and thank you to all the parents for your donations and for bringing the kids down. We will hold the event again next year in June.




























Friday, May 31, 2013

2013 Kids Fishing Clinic

Our annual Kids Fishing Clinic is going to be held on June 1, 2013 at Tracy Owenn Station in Kenmore WA. The event runs from 8am to 12am for kids ages 3-14 and is free. Bring the kids down! The chapter provides all the fishing gear you will need. Thanks to Washington State Department of Wildlife for the donation of this years trout, we typically get over 1000 catchable trout for the event along with a some big ones too.

Here is a link to the park where we hold the event, we will be out on the big pier.

http://myparksandrecreation.com/ParksTrails/Details.aspx?pid=340