{"id":3503,"date":"2025-04-06T18:33:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T01:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fauntleroywatershed.org\/?p=3503"},"modified":"2025-04-06T18:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T01:38:07","slug":"elementor-3503","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fauntleroywatershed.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/06\/elementor-3503\/","title":{"rendered":"SMOLT MONITORING UNDER WAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3503\" class=\"elementor elementor-3503\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-090fad8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"090fad8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09209aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"09209aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b58a8d\" data-id=\"9b58a8d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdae205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cdae205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>SMOLT MONITORING UNDER WAY<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7354208 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7354208\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Volunteers are monitoring traps twice daily in the upper and lower creek to document how many coho smolts leave for nearshore habitat, where they will gain size before venturing farther out for their two years in saltwater.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>How many survive their year in the creek is an indication of water quality as well as the amount of food available here. \u00a0Last year, 30 smolts from student releases and natural spawning made the journey.\u00a0 Volunteers are also counting the number of weak fry that wash into a trap.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>With any luck, some students coming for 22 releases in May will get to see a smolt or two.\u00a0 Monitoring will continue until no more fish have been caught for at least a week (the end of April last year). \u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><em>The photo is of Diana Spence checking a trap.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMOLT MONITORING UNDER WAY Volunteers are monitoring traps twice daily in the upper and lower creek to document how many coho smolts leave for nearshore habitat, where they will gain size before venturing farther out for their two years in saltwater. \u00a0 How many survive their year in the creek is an indication of water &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fauntleroywatershed.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/06\/elementor-3503\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SMOLT MONITORING UNDER 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