The Great Salmon Send-off
Posted on May 8th, 2007 by Rodney Hsu, webmaster

Young volunteers, assisted by adults, releasing juvenile coho salmon into Stoney Creek (Photo: Nina Manique).

Roll up your sleeves and release a young coho salmon into Stoney Creek and celebrate its great journey to the Pacific Ocean. Each spring, the Stoney Creek Environment Committee hosts a grand event known as "The Great Salmon Send-off". During the festivity, young participants will get a chance to release juvenile coho salmon that have been raised at the local hatchery. In addition, there will be plenty of children activities and educational displays on site, making it a fantastic venue for families.

Exhibitors that you can expect to see include:

• BCIT - Burnaby Lake Systems Project - Watershed Pledge
• Burke Mountain Naturalists
• Burnaby City Planning Department
• Burnaby Lake Park Association
• Burnaby Parks and Recreation
• Burnaby Mountain Bike Association
• Burnaby Recycling
• Byrne Creek Streamkeepers & Stream of Dreams Murals Society
• Cooperative Auto
• Dept of Fisheries & Oceans
• Don's Woodworking
• Evergreen (Trees)
• Evergreen Printers
• Green Ideas
• GVRD
• Hastings Park Conservancy
• Kinder Morgan
• Maple Creek Streamkeepers
• N.E. Burnaby Community Association
• Pacific Salmon Foundation
• Pacific Streamkeepers Federation
• Sapperton Fish & Game Club
• Stoney Creek Environment Committee
• Vancity Credit Union
• West Coast Reptiles Preservation Society

Located in Burnaby, Stoney Creek is one of the last few urban salmon bearing streams. With several smaller tributaries, it is mainly fed by groundwater, rain and snow at times. Each fall, both coho and chum salmon return to spawn in Stoney Creek. Volunteers of the Stoney Creek Environment Committee work with local residents, businesses and various government agencies to protect this fragile watershed. Through events such as "The Great Salmon Send-off", the committee hopes to educate youngsters about our precious salmon runs.

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