Today, on April 14, 2022, Brian Smith, with Fisheries and Ocean’s Canada, in partnership with the Still Moon Art’s Society, organized a Coho Salmon fry release into Still Creek at the Renfrew Ravine.
The young salmon were carried in buckets by volunteers, down wooden steps into the ravine and carefully released into Still Creek. The salmon will find places to hide between the rocks of the creek, while they mature. When they get to a larger “Smolt” stage of their life cycle, they will group together and swim through the creek out to sea. In about 2 years, October 2024, they will spawn, hopefully up to our same Still Creek.
It was a magical experience seeing the tiny salmon fry released into the beautiful Still Creek.
Thank you to Brian Smith of Fisheries and Ocean’s Canada for leading this release and to Still Moon Art’s Society for inviting volunteers to help. Free the Fern is inspired by Still Moon Art Society and their efforts to restore native plants and wildlife to Still Creek.
To find out more about salmon in Still Creek, check out this video
