A 15 person volunteer team assisted fisheries biologist Dave Clough to remove wild fish from a Memorial Golf Club sediment collection pond on Beach Creek on August 25.
The team used a seining net to find over 130 coho salmon smolt and fry, a solitary cutthroat trout and a handful of sculpin and crayfish. All were identified and measured, with the numbers contributing to the provincial data base.
The fish were in good condition, indicating the habitat offers cool, good quality water and a healthy supply of food insects. After the count, all the creatures were moved by bucket upstream to safety. They are expected to return to the pool later in the day once the sediment was removed by heavy machinery and the stream flow renewed.