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 […]
Major Grant from Pacific Salmon Foundation
The Mossom Creek Hatchery and Education rebuild project has made considerable progress over the past 10 months. All levels of government, non-profit organizations, corporations, local businesses and extraordinary citizens have helped make our speedy recovery possible. Every great project needs a strong start. Our strong start came in early spring when the Pacific Salmon Foundation […]
Join Us – BBQ Gala and Auction
Help Rebuild Mossom Creek Hatchery and Education Centre BBQ Gala and Auction Date: Sunday, July 13, 2014 Time: 6pm – 9:30pm (doors open at 5:30) Location: Port Moody Galleria at City Hall (100 Newport Drive) Join us for a fun filled night of amazing food, entertainment and prizes. Ticket price includes a gourmet salmon bbq […]
Zumba for Mossom this Friday!
We were thrilled when Younique Fitness offered to do a Zumba Party fundraiser to help raise money for the Mossom Creek Hatchery Rebuild Project. What is Zumba? A fun dance fitness for any and all ages that gets your heart rate up in an easy (or challenging) way. Zumba party’s are great way to get […]
Giant stonefly exoskeletons
Yesterday, our favourite cedar tree by the creek had at least 13 giant stonefly exoskeletons on it. Mossom is well known for its diversity and abundance of aquatic insects – stoneflies, mayflies and caddisflies – plus those bllue-listed tailed frog tadpoles we are always finding when we look for aquatic insects. The presence of these […]
MOSSOM CREEK: Salmon monitoring continues this spring – The Tri-City News
George Assaf considers himself more of a science geek than a sensitive guy but even he understood why his wife cried when she watched the spectacle of the coho returning to Mossom Creek one autumn. “It was such a beautiful effort,” he said, recalling the experience of seeing the fish jump, push and wriggle their […]
Local youth donates birthday money
It’s so touching that our TriCity youth are coming out to support the hatchery rebuild project. Recently we had Abigail, a local elementary student deliver a fantastic donation to BIMES President Kyle Pilon. Money was collected from Abigail’s friends who made this donation rather than buying gifts for her birthday! Wonderful idea !!