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Monitoring staff measure a coho smolt captured in Olema Creek, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA

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Each year, the Eel River Watershed Improvement Group (ERWIG) partners with the CCC Watershed Stewards Program (in partnership with AmeriCorps) to host Creek Days, an environmental education fair in Humboldt County. The event educates community members on how to protect and enhance salmon habitat throughout California and aims to inspire the next generation of environmental stewards. Creek Days is geared towards 1st - 5th grade students but is fun for people for all ages!

For Creek Days 2021, Watershed Stewards Program members Samantha Kuglen and Dustin Geisen made a video highlighting the National Park Service’s salmonid smolt trapping program in Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area. “Salmonid” is a term we use to describe any salmon species. "Smolt" is the life stage of a salmon that is getting ready to leave the creek and make its journey out to sea. The National Park Service San Francisco Bay Area Network fisheries crew monitors coho salmon and steelhead trout smolts from mid-April to late May.

Duration:

3 minutes, 47 seconds

For Creek Days 2021, Watershed Stewards Program members Samantha Kuglen and Dustin Geisen made a video highlighting the salmonid smolt trapping program in Point Reyes and Golden Gate.

Learn more about coho & steelhead monitoring!

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