Salmon fry released May 19th 2015. Read all about it: http://www.agassizharrisonobserver.com/community/304436871
Harrison Hot Springs Elementary School is pleased to announce that our class will be participating in the Project. We have had a lot of support from the local Miami Stream Keepers and are moving forward with the project.
Raising salmon in the classroom is an opportunity to teach students to understand, respect and protect freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystems, and to recognize how all humans are lined to these complex environments.
The project was undertaken by the Grade 2 and 3 students at the end of January 2015 when the fish eggs were delivered. Miami River Streamkeepers received grant money from the Pacific Salmon Foundation to help finance the project. Four members of the Miami River Streamkeepers viewed the newly set up operation on Feb 4, 2015 . The Chilling Tank is kept at a constant temperature and is covered with an insulated wrap to keep the light out. The children test each day to make sure the temperature is between 5 & 10 C. The students also check th ATU (Accumulated Thermal Units) by adding each day’s temperature to the previous day’s total temperature. The second time the streamkeepers went for the viewing was Mar 2,2015. The eggs had not hatched yet but Mrs Emsley said she comes in even on weekends to check the temperature and the progress. There is information about fish up on the walls and everyone is very enthusiastic about the whole process of the fish cycle. We just noticed on the Harrison Hot Springs Elementary School site that six of the eggs have hatched and are now in the alevin form.
Northwestern Salamander
The Northwestern Salamander is a stout, 5 1/2 to 8-inch long uniform dark brown to black, amphibian (cold-blooded animal that start life in water & later transform to a terrestrial form) with a oval tail flattened towards the end. It has strong , well-developed legs and prominent parotoid (swollen area behind eye). Salamanders are voiceless.
It is found mainly in south-western BC. Eggs are laid in February to May in jelly-like masses about the size of a elongated grapefruit. The larvae hatch in about a month and stay in the water about a year. Some metamorphose (change into adult form) in the second summer but others remain in the larval stage indefinitely (neoteny) and breed without gaining adult form.
In the aquatic form they eat voraciously preying on all other living things small enough to swallow. On land look for them under leave litter.
Planting at Cedar Avenue
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| Key: FVIPC-Fraser Valley Invasive Plant Council FVWC-Fraser Valley Watersheds Coalition MOT-Ministry of Transport VHHS– Village of Harrison Hot Springs PSF-Pacific Salmon Foundation MRSkS-Miami River Streamkeepers Society MRD-Miami river Drive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Time | Weather | Air Temp. degrees Celsius | turbidity NTU or cm | Water Temp. degrees Celsius | % Oxg. | Oxg. mg/L | pH | Site Name | Water Quality | Comments |
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| Feb. 16, 2015 | 10:20 | scattered cloud, windy | 7.0 | 0 NTU | 8.0 | 71 | 8.3 | 6.4 | Walnut | Acceptable 38.9 | Little rain in February to date DO Metre electrolyte replaced |
| 11:00 | 7.4 | 0 NTU | 7.6 | 73 | 8.7 | 6.9 | HHS Bridge | ||||
| 10:40 | 6.7 | 0 NTU | 7.8 | 75 | 8.9 | 6.5 | Lori's Diner | ||||
| June 1, 2015 | 10:20 | sunny | 22 | 0 NTU | 19.1 | 49 | 4.5 | 6.9 | Walnut | 32.2 | |
| 12 noon | cloudy | 18.6 | 0 NTU | 20.2 | 108 | 9.8 | 7.2 | HHS Bridge | Little rain during May DO Metre electrolyte replaced |
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| 11:35 | sunny with scattered clouds | 18.4 | 15 NTU (40 cm visibility) | 14.3 | 44 | 4.3 | 7.2 | Lori's Dinner | very muddy water filled with particulate matter that coated instruments |
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Quarterly Measurements
| Date | Time | Weather | Air Temp. degrees Celsius | turbidity NTU or cm | Water Temp. degrees Celsius | % Oxg. | Oxg. mg/L | pH | Site Name | Water Quality | Comments |
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| July 30, 2013 | 17:25 | scattered clouds | 22.3 | 0 NTU | 19.5 | 61 | 5.4 | 7 | HHS Bridge | Acceptable 31.9 | New batteries pH metre |
| 13:20 | 22.3 | 0 NTU | 18.1 | 67 | 6.3 | 6.3 | Walnut Ave | ||||
| 17:10 | 22.3 | 25 cm | 17.9 | 69 | 6.8 | 7 | Lori's Diner | ||||
| Nov. 25, 2013 | 13:25 | overcast, windy | 9.2 | 0 NTU | 9.1 | 79 | 9.2 | 7.3 | Walnut Ave | Good 40.9 | membrane DO Metre replaced |
| 15:45 | 9.3 | 0 NTU | 7.8 | 85 | 10.3 | 7.3 | HHS Bridge | ||||
| Nov. 27, 2013 | 14:50 | overcast | 8.3 | 0 NTU | 9.2 | 72 | 8.9 | 7.4 | Lori's Diner | ||
| May 19, 2014 | 10:15 | overcast | 13.5 | 0 NTU | 14.1 | 47% | 5.0 | 7.3 | Walnut Ave | Acceptable 34.1 | Hot Month so far with little rain |
| 11:00 | 15.8 | 0 NTU | 15.5 | 62% | 6.2 | 7.2 | HHS Bridge | ||||
| 11:40 | 13.8 | 0 NTU | 13.2 | 63% | 6.6 | 7.2 | Lori's Diner | ||||
| Aug. 18, 2014 | 10:30 | scattered clouds | 24 | 0 NTU | 20.3 | 46% | 4.5 | 7.2 | Walnut Ave | Marginal 29.6 | Do Metre electrolyte replaced Very hot month & little to no rain so far |
| 11:00 | 24 | 0 NTU | 20.6 | 55% | 5.1 | 6.9 | HHS Bridge | ||||
| 11:30 | 23.5 | 0 NTU | 15.4 | 40% | 3.8 | 6.8 | Lori's Diner | ||||
| Nov. 17, 2014 | 10:15 | clear sunny | 4.8 | 0 NTU | 5.7 | 60% | 7.3 | 7.2 | Walnut Ave | Acceptable 36.1 | DO Metre electrolyte replaced low water temp. accounts for seemingly low % |
| 11:00 | 5.5 | 0 NTU | 4.7 | 66% | 8.3 | 7.2 | HHS Bridge | ||||
| 10:40 | 5.8 | 0 NTU | 5.7 | 64% | 8.1 | 7.2 | Lori's Diner |