Dave Davies gave the children the skinny on the life cycle of the salmon and then the kids went to work incubating eggs, feeding fry and then releasing the fish to local streams. They focused their attention on Crabapple Creek, that runs through the MacMillan Bloedel log sort outside of Charlotte. They completed a basic stream assessment, tested the water quality, collected water bugs and trapped fry on the creek damaged a few years ago by a diesel spill. The students also assisted fry release on other streams. The NTA runs a hatchery in Queen Charlotte on private land in Charlotte.
Members conduct stream assessments and coho enhancement.
The hatchery has helped to strengthen depressed coho stocks in Jungle, Mollitors, Honna and Tarundle creeks. The Davies brothers are the heart and soul of this volunteer project, operating a permanent counting fence on Jungle Creek. Tlell Watershed Society Research was a priority this year. The data gathered from the project will measure the health and abundance of coho stocks in the Tlell and act as an indicator for other rivers on Graham Island. This we know because the society has been sampling streams and lakes to gather data on mostly, juvenile coho.