Lang Creek Hatchery

Phil explains the process of harvesting salmon eggs and sperm.
– N. Pezel

This is how they get from here…
– L. Bridger

There are always questions…
– L. Bridger

Pink salmon in Lang Creek
– L. Bridger

David explaining the building of the gazebo.
It may look like we’re praying – we’re actually looking at the salmon decorations in the cement floor!
– L. Bridger

Michael telling us about the gardens and the variety of native species planted there.
– L. Bridger

Lang Creek Hatchery
by David Bedry, 30 Sept 2017. 

About a dozen people met at Lang Creek to see the returning salmon and learn about the Lang Creek egg collection facility run by the Powell River Salmon Society.  With only two paid staff the PRESS relies on alot of volunteer help, especially at this time of year.

With recent rains and on shore winds the salmon have been making a steady return.  About three quarters of this years’s brood stock are already being held in the facility until they are ready to harvest the eggs.  The other fish are allowed to swim up stream to spawn in various locations of Lang Creek.

Michael Stuart finished off the morning with short talk about the Lang Creek Native Plant Garden, and the variety of plantings there.