SCSS Photo Gallery

Photo credit: Larry Reid

Photos of our various projects

Here’s a photo tour of our various projects and monthly activities:

Spawning Counts

Streamkeepers start to walk the creeks this year (2021) in the middle of September as the pink salmon are returning this year. We have counted them in Dakota Creek and Roberts Creek. We have also heard they are in Chapman Creek. In the coming weeks we will start to see chum and coho return and they will be in the creeks until the in the first week of December. Here are a few of the highlights of this amazing time of year:

Ryan at the upper end of Roberts Creek.
Here is a shot of our group at the upper end of Roberts Creek near the confluence of Clack Creek @ Roberts Creek. This is a LWD (large woody debris) that we often find chum and coho underneath the downed trees. This year we found more carcasses that were killed by predators like mink and bears unfortunately.
Kelly and Pat checking the creek for pink salmon September 23, 2021
Kelly and Pat checking the creek for pink salmon September 23, 2021
Spawning pink salmon returning to Roberts Creek September 25, 2021
Spawning pink salmon returning to Roberts Creek September 25, 2021
Spawning chum, Roberts Creek December 2020 GoPro Photo Credit Larry Reid
Spawning chum, Roberts Creek December 2020 GoPro Photo Credit Larry Reid
Spawning Chum
Spawning Chum Photo Credit: Larry Reid
Malcolm Creek
Malcolm Creek, December 2020 Photo Credit Shirley Samples
Two chum spawning, Roberts Creek
Two chum spawning, Roberts Creek, November 2020 Photo Credit Shirley Samples
Larry standing in a stream.
Larry is an ardent and hardworking streamkeeper! Photo Credit Brian Thicke
Streamkeepers participating in spawning salmon survey, Chaster Creek.
Streamkeepers participating in spawning salmon survey, Chaster Creek, November 2020 Photo Credit Brian Thicke
Larry and Kelly looking for spawning salmon. Roberts Creek,
Larry and Kelly looking for spawning salmon. Roberts Creek, Photo Credit Shirley Samples
Dead salmon carcass.
Roberts Creek 2020 Measuring dead salmon gives us valuable data regarding size, sex, and percentage of spawned (how much milt or eggs are still in carcass).
A picture of many of the chum spawning in Roberts Creek on day the water was the colour of tea.
A picture of many of the chum spawning in Roberts Creek on day the water was the colour of tea. November 2020 Photo Credit Shirley Samples

Invasive Plant Removal

Kelly and Libby using the GoPro camera donated by Larry Reid to the Malcolm Creek and Roberts Creek groups. The camera helps us to check places that are harder to see, like undercuts. Thank you Larry for your generous gift!

Roberts Creek sign.
Many volunteers came out to remove the invasive plants (mainly ivy) from the trees in the riparian area of Roberts Creek (at Lower Road bridge). November 2020 Photo Credit Shirley Samples

Events held monthly are an important part of the work by streamkeepers volunteers. A healthy riparian area is vital for the survival of salmon in the streams.

Juvenile Fish Trapping

Cutthroat fry caught while trapping. Trapping young fry enables streamkeepers to know that the creek is healthy and to know the species of fish and numbers.

September 2020 Photo Credit Shirley Samples

Creek Monitoring

Creeks of the Sunshine Coast that SC Streamkeepers monitor.

Malcolm Creek
Malcolm Creek, December 2020 Photo Credit Shirley Samples
Malcolm Creek waterfall.
Malcolm Creek waterfall, December 2020 Photo Credit Shirley Samples