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Skagit River Steelead Spawner Surveys
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North Sound TU currently conducts annual seasonal spawner surveys for late winter and spring wild steelhead on several key spawning tributaries of the middle Skagit River. We survey index reaches of Finney, Dry, Savage, Mill and O’Toole Creeks , counting and documenting steelhead redds and any fish observed in the system. Surveys typically begin in mid January and run through at least the end of May, with surveys taking place every 10-14 days depending on stream conditions.
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Our goal with the surveys is to partner with other agencies to help assess wild winter steelhead abundance in the Skagit basin as well as observe trends in run size and timing along with monitoring critical changes in the natural stream habitat over time.
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The surveys are open to volunteers and we are currently looking for people with interest in assisting on the surveys through the January through May survey season.