Goodbye Chum, Hello Coho!

With our summer chum spawner surveys wrapping up on Chimacum Creek, it’s the time of year where the Salmon Coalition transitions to surveying for coho salmon in the Chimacum watershed. Unlike summer chum surveys, where volunteers walk the lower 2-3 miles of the creek, coho surveys take volunteers into the creek’s uppermost headwaters. Indeed, coho salmon have an incredible ability to navigate their way into tributaries that in some cases are as wide as the fish are long! If you’re interested in participating, click on the link below to register. Surveys will begin around mid-November and continue through early January.

Training will occur at Finnriver Farm and Cidery in Chimacum on Wednesday, November 8th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Secure a spot soon, as submissions will be capped at 24 participants!

Image courtesy of John Gussman.