This new week welcomed us with ridiculous amounts of water. Both Salmon Creek and Snow Creek (and pretty much all of the creeks in the area) jumped their banks, leading to a rescue mission to save the WDFW fish trap.
Despite the crazy flows, we had a very productive two days out in the Discovery Bay estuary fyke-netting. We caught over 1000 chum in the main estuary channel, showing that the reformed inlet (it was filled up with mill waste until NOSC completed its excavation in 2008) is most definitely being used. More pictures and an explanation of what the heck fyke-netting is coming soon!
Last week we finished planting the Brown's Dairy project for the Jefferson Conservation District, planting well over a thousand trees along Chimacum Creek. The site looks awesome, and will look even better once everything is tubed. The planting will help to bring shade to the creek, filter run-off from the dairy, and eventually out-compete the invasive reed canary grass that tends to clog the creek during the summer and fall.
We also belted out a quick planting at Chimacum Beach, a beautiful place to work.
Finally, we helped out at the Spring Rain Farm, scalping some hole for a planting to be done by Chimacum students. If you look to the Northeast as you pass Chimacum School you can see the good work they did out there!
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