Tsolum River Reports


​Eyes on the Tsolum River Reports

Report 7-  January 2025
Drone Observations to aid Fish Health Management Decisions in the Tsolum River Watershed. By Allan Chamberlain Professor Emeritus, Fish and Wildlife, Fleming College For the Tsolum River Restoration Society (TRRS), January, 2025. 

Report 6- December 2024
An Assessment of an Instream Pond Restoration and Stream Enhancement in Portuguese Creek, Merville, British Columbia: A project working for farmers and salmon. Eyes on the Tsolum River. Prepared by Allan Chamberlain, Professor Emeritus: Fish and Wildlife. December, 2024

Report 5 - October 2024
​Adult Chum Salmon Count on the Tsolum River, October 14-17, 2024. Prepared by Allan Chamberlain, Professor Emeritus: Fish and Wildlife, 2024​

Report 4 - June 2024
Juvenile Coho Salmon Rescue from Chillie Creek and Transfer to the mainstem Tsolum River, June 22, 2024. Prepared by Allan Chamberlain, Professor Emeritus: Fish and Wildlife. 

Report 3- May 2024
Salmon Fry Rescue (April 19) and Salmon Fry Salvage (May20) in an Isolated Pool in the Lower Tsolum River, 2024- Eyes on the Tsolum River .  Prepared by Allan Chamberlain, Professor Emeritus: Fish and Wildlife.

​Report 2- April 2024
Salmon Rescue from Towhee Creek Ponds After Clean up of Abandoned Homeless Camp April 2024 - Eyes on the Tsolum River .  Prepared by Stuart Carwithen, Allan Chamberlain, Kandise and Darren Froese.

Report 1- March - May 2024
Pink Salmon Outmigration Surveys of Dove Creek and Headquarters Creek, March to May 2024.  Allan Chamberlain Professor Emeritus, Fish and Wildlife, Fleming College and Dave Morwood Vice-President of TRRS.
Eyes on the River, January 2024 Report. Prepared by Allan Chamberlain, professor emeritus: Fish and Wildlife. January, 2024​​
Eyes on the River, July 2023 Report. Prepared by Allan Chamberlain, professor emeritus: Fish and Wildlife. 
Eyes On The River: Adult Salmon Count, Tsolum River,  Fall, 2022. Prepared by Allan Chamberlain, Professor Emeritus: Fish and Wildlife.
​Other Reports
Chillie Creek, Eco-Trap or Eco-Refuge. Juvenile Coho Salmon Abundance and Survival in Chillie Creek, July 9- Sept 23, 2020.    Derek Tripp, Fish Biologist for the Tsolum River Restoration Society

Baseline vegetation and wetland monitoring technical report.  2021.  Prepared by Kylie Adebar and Aleena Oates.  Prepared for the Tsolum River Restoration Society.  

Juvenile Coho Salmon Rescue, Procedures and April Population Estimate in Ponds 2 & 3 on Towhee Creek, a Small Tributary of the Tsolum River, BC.  Prepared by Derek Trip, Allan Chamberlain and Caroline Heim.  Prepared for the Tsolum River Restoration Society January 2021.  

Memorandum of temperature monitoring in the Tsolum in 2020.  Prepared by Kate O'Neill from Current Environmental.  Prepared for the Tsolum River Restoration Society.  2020

Juvenile Coho Salmon Population Size and Rescue in Pond 1 on Towhee Creek, a Small Tributary of the Tsolum River, BC. (Derek Tripp, Allan Chamberlain and Caroline Heim).  Prepared for Tsolum River Restoration Society, June, 2020

A Climate Adaptation Plan: Identifying Thermal Refugia for Salmonids in the Tsolum River (O'Neill, Kaitlyn, 2020)

Tsolum River Recovery  Plan  (Spooner, 2016), a  ‘living  document’  and  a  tool   developed to aid in the recovery of aquatic habitats.