SALMON-RELEASE SEASON
The annual salmon release in Fauntleroy Creek is underway!
Exoskeleton count
On March 27, volunteer educator Shannon Ninburg lead fourth graders from Louisa Boren STEM K-8 in the annual stonefly exoskeleton count in lower Fauntleroy Creek. They found the third highest number in the study began in 2000 to gauge food abundance for juvenile coho.
SMOLT-MONITORING UNDER WAY
Starting in mid March, volunteers have been monitoring net traps in upper and lower Fauntleroy Creek twice daily to document how many coho smolts are on their way to saltwater. Lead monitor Dennis Hinton trained several new volunteers to check the traps through mid May, when outmigration typically ends. The smolts leaving now were …
Watershed adds forest steward
Charlotte Linton is newly assigned as a forest steward for the Fauntleroy watershed and will be focusing her attention on Fauntleroy Park. She joins Peggy Cummings (in photo), whom the Green Seattle Partnership recently recognized for her decade of service as a forest steward here. Forest stewards monitor conditions in natural areas, lead restoration projects, …
Fry Emergence in Fauntleroy Creek
With so many spawners leaving fertilized eggs, we are expecting a big crop of fry to be learning to hunt for food.
2021 Annual report issued
Despite the many limitations of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have much to report from 2021!
The party’s over
On Nov. 28, the Fauntleroy Watershed Council closed this year’s salmon watch after 17 volunteers documented 244 coho spawners – the most in nine years. The seven-week watch was the longest since annual counting began in 1999, and it drew 400+ visitors – the most ever – to see fish and learn about salmon behavior …
Salmon watch 2021
It’s spawning season on Fauntleroy Creek and the Fauntleroy Watershed Council has enlisted more than a dozen volunteers to keep watch between Oct. 10 and mid November. They will be watching at the fish ladder during the five hours after high tide – when spawners are most likely to have made their way in from …
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