Géis Tόo’e’: King Salmon River. 2007 Michie Creek Chinook Salmon Field Investigations – Status Report
Dates
Year
2007
Citation
Kwanlin Dun First Nation,, 2007, Géis Tόo’e’: King Salmon River. 2007 Michie Creek Chinook Salmon Field Investigations – Status Report: Kwanin Dun First nation with Can-nic-a-nick Environmental Sciences, v. Project No. RE-50-07.
Summary
This report details the monitoring activities that were conducted in upper Michie Creek during the open water season of 2007. The primary purpose of the project is to maintain access to salmon habitat in this watercourse by monitoring beaver activity and other potential barriers and breaching them when required. Research included the collection of benthic organisms and the monitoring of flow and temperature in upper Michie Creek. In addition, the relative health and abundance of both wild and enhanced juvenile chinook salmon populations that utilize upper Michie Creek were investigated. Water flow conditions in 2007 in the upper Michie Creek spawning area were more than adequate to allow spawning success of chinook salmon. [...]
Summary
This report details the monitoring activities that were conducted in upper Michie Creek during the open water season of 2007. The primary purpose of the project is to maintain access to salmon habitat in this watercourse by monitoring beaver activity and other potential barriers and breaching them when required. Research included the collection of benthic organisms and the monitoring of flow and temperature in upper Michie Creek. In addition, the relative health and abundance of both wild and enhanced juvenile chinook salmon populations that utilize upper Michie Creek were investigated. Water flow conditions in 2007 in the upper Michie Creek spawning area were more than adequate to allow spawning success of chinook salmon. No remedial effort was needed to assure access of migrating chinook salmon to traditional spawning habitat in upper Michie Creek. Michie Creek continues to display one of the most diverse benthic communities in the Whitehorse region. The bulk of the hatchery juvenile chinook salmon (jcs) planted into upper Michie during 2007 most likely began downstream movement shortly after release. There is some indication that growth of wild yearling jcs over the summer period was inhibited due to high densities found in upper Michie Creek in 2007. Catches of wild juvenile chinook salmon in minnow traps during the early June assessment were the greatest since minnow trapping began in 2003.