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Twenty GVSEA members and familes chose a perfect day to hop on a bus and tour the watershed and infrastructure that provide delicious potable water for most of the Capital Regional District. CRD tour guides Cat and Zoe facilitated an excellent six-hour orientation of the lands, reservoirs and treatment plants. Wildlife sightings included a yearling deer and a herd of Roosevelt elk. CRD offers this tour free of charge. For more information, go here. Nice bus, too.
Andrew Young’s Saturday crew loaded his truck with about 200 carcasses for the annual “Salmon Carcass Transplant” at the Mt. Douglas Creek outdoor classroom. A beautiful day greeted at least 100 participants, including media and a number of politicians from three levels of government. The carcasses aid the rejuvenation of Mt. Douglas Creek as a healthy salmon-bearing stream. Many thanks to Andrew and the Saturday crew. Assisting onsite were Julia Jupp, Grant McKenzie, Gladys Schreiner, Antoine Hebert-Breton and Laura Gillis. Project Sponsor: PKOLS – Mount Douglas Conservancy.
This project received just over 15,000 eyed Goldstream Chum eggs. Jamie Zwicker, Grant McKenzie and Don Lowen attended along with project volunteers and Municipality of Saanich staff. The Conservancy has a long history of volunteer engagement - enhancing habitat, elevating public awareness, and increasing salmon returns to a park given to Saanich in 1889. Project sponsor: PKOLS – Mount Douglas Conservancy
Bill Thomas and Brian Canfield transported 32,315 eyed Goldstream Chum eggs to the Lyall Creek instream project. Rick Jones has been the mainstay for this project for over 35 years. Project Sponsor: Lyall Creek Salmon and Trout Enhancement Project.
 Don Lowen and Erika Godfrey transported 3,800 eyed Goldstream Chum and 2,040 eyed Goldstream Coho eggs to the Cusheon Creek Hatchery on Saltspring Island. Kathy Reimer, centre, has managed this volunteer hatchery for close to 40 years, and has initiated a number of habitat improvement projects on the Southern Gulf Islands. Riley-Rae Kelly, left, was one of three Cusheon Creek volunteers who recently visited our hatchery.
Don Lowen and Andrew Young delivered 18,350 eyed Goldstream Chum eggs to the Friends of Bowker Creek Initiative’s instream project. At least 10 volunteers greeted us at the site, including retired DFO hatchery manager Dave Ewart! The Society is dedicated to the recovery of Bowker Creek, including the re-establishment of a healthy annual chum return. Project Sponsor - Friends of Bowker Creek Society, Oak Bay, BC.  This article is from the July 1971 edition of Western Fish and Wildlife magazine. It details the efforts by Freeman King, Howard English and others to convince Victoria residents to conserve water so that there was enough for the water board to release water into the Goldstream River to save the salmon run during a particularly dry year. Freeman King was a local naturalist after whom the nature house in Goldstream Park was named, as well as the Francis/King Regional Park (Thomas Francis/Freeman King). Howard English is the namesake of our beloved hatchery. For more history about Freeman King and our regional parks click here. More than 50 years later, we still use water released from the CRD regional water supply to control the water flow for salmon spawning in the Goldstream River. >>CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE. Goldstream Hatchery was featured in the fall newsletter of the Fish Culture Section of the American Fisheries Society. Unlike US hatcheries staffed and managed by government entities, BC hatcheries are an example of how salmon enhancement can be successful through community involvement and a team of volunteers. Peter McCully gives a concise history and overview of Goldstream Hatchery in this informative article. >>CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL NEWSLETTER.This video was created to showcase the work that the members of the Goldstream Volunteer Salmonid Enhancement Association (GVSEA) at the Goldstream Hatchery in Victoria, BC, Canada do to support the conservation and recovery of Pacific salmon. Thank you to our Friday crew volunteer Aneisha for your efforts and this great video! "Peter is a fish biologist and a long time volunteer for the Goldstream Volunteer Salmonid Enhancement Association. He also had a career with the Canadian Armed Forces before he completed his university training! Peter acts as a technical advisor for the Goldstream salmonid program and for many community groups involved with salmon enhancement! Join Peter as he chat with us about what's involved in restoring, educating and protecting our local salmon. Thank you to the NSERC and Chris Spencer Foundation for sponsoring and supporting our educational series.
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