Monitoring check of salmon in creek

MONITOR: 0.5 hours: 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Looking for evidence of salmon spawning in Clearwater Creek, other photo-documentation.

Photo-documentation at Clearwater Creek property: salmon carcass in the creek, before-and-after photos at the main road junction in South Side unit #4.

Finally a salmon carcass in the creek!

After months of checking the mouth of the creek (October through December), I spotted this bleached-out salmon carcass. I had only been checking this one spot, where the mouth of the creek meets high tide at the slough. This small slough empties into the tidal Naselle River as it blends into Willapa Bay.

Next year, I will check farther upstream (only a few hundred feet) where the salmon are likely spawning in a stretch with gentle riffles. Further up, the creek ascends  quickly, and there are several waterfalls that look to be impassable to salmon.