The Miami River Streamkeepers Society (MRSS) are doing their part to keep the salmon population strong.
Volunteers with the MRSS – together with students from Harrison Hot Springs Elementary and the DFO – are releasing chum fry on Monday, April 14, at the Maple Street canoe launch in Harrison Hot Springs at 10:30 a.m. HHSE students raised the salmon fry in their classroom this year.
The MRSS/HHSE partnership has released thousands of chum salmon fry into local waters. At only a few weeks old, the salmon fry will take a few days to imprint on the Miami River before they make their long trek to the Pacific Ocean via either the Harrison or Fraser rivers. In about three-and-a-half years, those same salmon will return to the Miami River to spawn.
Since their founding in 2006, the MRSS regularly spearheads a number of environmental projects in the Harrison Hot Springs area, including planting native plants, restoring habitat and removing trash.
