Opening May 23rd, 2015!
The Mossom Creek Hatchery & Education Centre officially opens its doors on Saturday, May 23rd, 10am-3pm. The community is invited to tour the new two story facility, visit the education centre and learn about local watershed and marine stewardship. Displays, refreshments and nature crafts will be on hand. How to get here: Mossom Creek Hatchery […]
Rebuild project is nearing completion
The Mossom Creek Hatchery site has continued to see a lot of activity. This past week the upstairs interior progressed, with new windows being installed and the removal of the temporary wooden railing. The exterior staircase was installed and hemlock ceiling stained. The new Hatchery and Education Centre is on schedule to open in May. […]
Tri-City News: Road to Mossom rebuild in Port Moody
by Diane Strandberg – The Tri-City News posted Dec 24, 2014 at 11:00 AM Mossom Hatchery in Port Moody during the fire of Dec, 11, 2013 and today, after months of planning, fundraising and construction. — Image Credit: SUBMITTED PHOTOS The re-building of Mossom Creek hatchery in Port Moody is an example of community resiliency and co-operation […]
Coquitlam Students Working Hard for Salmon
by Diane Strandberg, The Tri-City News posted Nov 13, 2014 at 2:00 PM— updated Nov 14, 2014 at 10:53 AM Centennial secondary school teacher Melanie Mattson with some of the members of the school’s Salmon Project Club at the Mossom Creek Hatchery, which is under construction after a devastating fire last December. The students are helping […]
Province Gives Boost to Mossom Creek Hatchery Rebuild
By Diane Strandberg Posted October 22, 2014 · Updated 8:52 AM Pat Dennett, volunteer project manager for the Mossom Creek Hatchery rebuild, stands with his granddaughter, Lola Langtree, 8, in what will be the incubation room for salmon. On Friday, the province announced a grant of $35,000 that will be matched by Imperial Oil […]
For Immediate Release: One year after hatchery fire, significant progress made
For Immediate Release – December 9, 2014 One year after hatchery fire, significant progress made Local salmon hatchery rises from the ashes It was one year ago, on December 11, 2013, that fire ripped through the Mossom Creek Hatchery and Education Centre located in Port Moody, BC. The fire completely destroyed the hatchery building and contents, […]
Wild Discovery at Mossom
While construction is underway at the Mossom Creek Hatchery site, there are ever present reminders of the amazing wildlife that this pristine watershed supports. Construction crew, supervisors and hatchery volunteers encounter creatures on a daily basis. Check out these wild finds the month of October 2014 A tiny wild visitor spotted by one of the construction […]
Salmon Return Oct 2014
Hatchery volunteer and resident photographer, Neil Laffra, filmed our first few salmon returning to Mossom Creek this past week. It’s an amazing site to see these mature adult Chum return to their home creek. When volunteers did a creek walk, they counted 13 chum between the old cedar to above Ioco. They’re back!
Mossom Creek hatchery rising in time for fish spawning
by Diane Strandberg – The Tri-City News posted Oct 2, 2014 at 2:00 PM Mel Steemson, left, and Pat Dennett, volunteers with the Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society get plumbing fixtures ready for the new Mossom Creek hatchery under construction in Port Moody. — Image Credit: DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWS Somewhere out in the Pacific Ocean, thousands of chum […]
Mossom offered $75,000 matching grant
Local salmon hatchery provided with matching grant opportunity Matching donations must be raised by mid-September The Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society (BIMES) has been presented with a tremendous opportunity from Imperial to double the dollars raised to complete the first phase of the Mossom Creek Hatchery rebuild project. The fire that destroyed the hatchery building […]