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4C THE DA ILY ASTOR IAN • FR IDAY , MAY 8 , 2015 PART ING SHOTS A w e e k l y s n a p s h o t f r om T h e D a i l y A s t o r i a n a n d C h i n o o k O b s e r v e r p h o t o g r a p h e r s A su r fe r w ipes ou t wh i le r id ing a wave o f f o f the beach a t Oswa ld Wes t S ta te Pa rk on May 3 . JOSHUA BESSEX — The Da i ly As to r ian S tud en t s : N ow t h e c o h o p o p u l a t i o n i s ‘ v e r y r o b u s t ’ Con t inu ed f r om Pag e 1C The impe tu s fo r Mey - e r ’ s b iannua l f i sh ac t iv i ty w i th h i s s tuden t s wa s the rep lacemen t o f the cu lve r t , w i th the common goa l o f each ou t ing be ing to ge t f i sh back “ in a s t ream tha t u sed to have lo t s o f f i sh in i t ,” Meye r sa id . “F rom a sc ience pe r spec t ive , th i s i s mean t to ga in connec t ion w i th k id s to w i ld l i fe and to g ive them some hand s -on expe r ience w i th hab i ta t and eco sy s tem s and wa te r shed and the l i fe cyc le o f sa lm - on .” T ran s fe r r ing w i ld f i sh f rom a d i f fe ren t sy s tem , wh i le done h i s to r ica l ly , a l so i s d i scou raged and no t cu r ren t ly done o f ten becau se the re a re gene t ic con sequence s . D i f fe ren t wa te r shed s p rov ide d i f fe r - en t popu la t ion s t ruc tu re s fo r coho , and the spec ie s tend s to va ry gene t ica l ly and some t ime s behav io r - a l ly among the d i s t inc t s t ruc tu re s . The depa r tmen t doe sn ’ t wan t to ha rm the na t ive coho by in t roduc - ing f i sh f rom a ha tche ry o r t ran s fe r r ing coho f rom a d i f fe ren t loca t ion . “Tha t ’ s the key . . . you th ink abou t the th ing s you can change tha t wou ld p ro - duce mo re coho ,” Knu t sen sa id . The depa r tmen t a l so reg - u la te s ha rve s t ing and wo rk s to imp rove hab i ta t s a s way s to imp rove na t ive f i sh pop - u la t ion s . Tho se a re the i s - sue s tha t can be and a re ad - d re s sed , wh i le a fac to r l ike ocean cond i t ion s , wh ich ha s a b ig impac t on coho produc t ion , can ’ t be he lped KATHER INE LACAZE — EO Med ia G roup A f te r re leas ing abou t 500 s tee lhead t rou t in to Ch ina C reek , a g roup o f f i f th -g rade rs con t inued down the pa th to the cu lve r t , wh ich was rep laced abou t th ree yea rs ago to he lp w i th f ish passage , tha t runs benea th Sp ruce Loop Road nea r Seas ide He igh ts E lemen ta ry Schoo l . by the depa r tmen t , Knu t sen ra t ion wo rk . Now the coho added . popu la t ion i s “ve ry robu s t ,” V oe lke sa id . A succe s s s tory “A lo t o f the re s to ra t ion O the r p rog ram s in the we ’ve done i s to make the a rea have i l lu s t ra ted succe s s juven i le hab i ta t hea l th ie r in suppo r t ing f i sh repopu la - and tha t ’ s how you ge t to t ion in the i r na t ive hab i ta t s . ra i se you r adu l t membe r s ,” A t Thomp son C reek and she sa id , add ing they joke S tan ley Ma r sh , the No r th tha t they ’ re “bu i ld ing the Coa s t Land Con se rvan - b igge s t f i sh ha tche ry .” cy ha s he lped imp rove the “Rea l ly wha t we ’ re do - hab i ta t so i t i s conduc ive to ing i s a l low ing the land to sa lmon spawn ing . g row f i sh on i t s own ,” she Th e r e su rg en c e o f th e n a - sa id . t iv e coho a t th e lo c a t ion w a s La s t yea r , the re we re in i t i a t ed in th e 1990 s wh en mo re than 300 spawn ing t id e g a t e s u s ed on S t an l ey sa lmon in a ve ry sma l l sec - L ak e w e r e r emov ed . Th e t ion o f the sy s tem , wh ich t id e g a t e s imp ed ed sh p a s - ha s become one o f the mo s t s ag e , so a f t e r th e i r r emov a l , p roduc t ive coho spawn ing “ th e adu l t s a lmon r e tu rn ed bed s in the Necan icum E s - and th en th e numb e r s h av e tua ry , V oe lke sa id . s t e ad i ly g rown , ” No r th Co a s t Meye r wou ld l ike h i s L and Con s e rv an cy Ex e cu t iv e p rog ram to emu la te the con - D i r e c to r K a t i e V o e lk e s a id . se rvancy ’ s . The con se rvancy became “Tha t Thomp son C reek the owne r o f the 80 -ac re e s - sy s tem i s wha t I wou ld l ike tua r ine p rope r ty in 2006 and to see happen he re ,” Meye r ha s gu ided the p roce s s fu r - sa id , re fe r r ing to h i s schoo l the r fo rwa rd th rough re s to - p ro jec t . KATHER INE LACAZE — EO Med ia G roup F i f th -g rade r Eve rs t S ibony , r igh t , ra ises a p las t ic cup con ta in ing some s tee lhead t rou t to toas t the i r f reedom be fo re re leas ing them in to Ch ina C reek w i th the he lp o f Seas ide He igh ts E lemen ta ry Schoo l f i f th -g rade teache r John Meye r . Fe l low f i f th -g rade r A lexa No lazco -Ped raza looks on f rom the b r idge . Meye r took h is c lass on a sho r t h ike Ap r i l 15 to Ch ina C reek so they cou ld re lease the f ish . Meye r does the ac t iv i ty as pa r t o f the sc ience un i t on l i fe cyc les , the ecosys tem and adap ta t ion . Wh i l e o t he r n e w s p a p e r s g i v e yo u l e s s , The D a i l y As t o r i a n G IVE S YO U MORE O u r new a t e for y o u C APITAL B UREAU covers th e st F r om l e f t : Pet er Wo ng, Hi l l ar y Bor r u d , Mat e us z Per k ow s k i
