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THE DA
ILY ASTOR
IAN • FR
IDAY
, MAY 8
, 2015
PART
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r w
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t wh
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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
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tud
en
t
s
: N
ow
t
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e c
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h
o
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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
,
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i
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