Greetings to all:

A major part of the Wild Trout Designation process is the collection of data to evaluate the status and health of the wild trout population. 

We are scheduling two 2 to 3 volunteer opportunities with the Department of Fish and Wildlife for the end of October, Monday the 28th-Friday November 1

1)    1.   An electro-fishing survey at the sites previously surveyed in 2009-2010. The purpose of the survey is to enumerate and size fish. Hopefully, the data collected will confirm what we have seen from the box and online angler surveys, that is, an increase in the population since the C/R regulations were put in place.

2)      2. A spawning site silt loosening and vegetation removal operation to make clean spawning gravel available to the fish. This is scheduled for afternoons after the electro-fishing has been completed. If necessary November 1 has been reserved for the clean out.

3)      We are also planning to put information signage up at several of the main spawning areas and approved regulation signage all along the creek. This activity will likely be separate from the two above and will require a separate sign-up.

Please consider joining us as a volunteer for all of these activities. The first two are described on the volunteer sign-up spreadsheet at the following link.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtiIUgFCFVo9dENpOG9BdmlEbE5HbjhLUzZkUGVjelE&usp=sharing

All electro-fishing operations are dependent upon the Creek flow levels. If the flows are too high for safe wading, the above dates may be canceled. We will try to notify everyone if cancellation occurs, but please check the spreadsheet before the date(s) you have signed up for.  Any other updates will be by email.