Nothing says spring quite like thousands of chum salmon fry flowing into the Miami River.
The Miami River Streamkeepers Society (MRSS) and students from Harrison Hot Springs Elementary School released the young salmon into the stream during a recent rainy Friday afternoon. Department of Fisheries and Oceans community advisor Tyler Thibault oversaw the release.
Students carried buckets of young fish, releasing them a little at a time into the wild.
The three-week-old chum come from the Chehalis River Hathchery and spend a few days imprinting on the Miami River before they’re off to the Pacific Ocean via the Harrison or Fraser Rivers. They will return in about three-and-a-half years to spawn.
Since 2006, MRSS has partnered with the village of Harrison Hot Springs on restoration projects in the area, including removing trash and planting indigenous plants, which provide food, shade and shelter to all sorts of aquatic life.
For more information, see www.miamiriverstreamkeepers.ca.
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