[av_two_third first min_height=” vertical_alignment=’av-align-top’ space=’no_margin’ margin=’0px’ margin_sync=’true’ padding=’0px’ padding_sync=’true’ border=” border_color=” radius=’0px’ radius_sync=’true’ background_color=” src=” attachment=” attachment_size=” background_position=’top left’ background_repeat=’no-repeat’ animation=” mobile_display=”] [av_image_hotspot src=’https://projectwatershed.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Map_For_Webpost.png’ attachment=’14775′ attachment_size=’full’ animation=’pop-up’ hotspot_layout=’blank’ hotspot_tooltip_display=” hotspot_mobile=’aviaTBhotspot_mobile’] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-below av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#83a846′ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’17.3,70.8′] Mansons Landing: Eggs found! [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-below av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#83a846′ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’23.6,74.3′] Moon Road Beach: Eggs found! [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-below av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#83a846′ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’20.9,69.4′] Maple Tree Beach: Eggs found! Maple Tree Beach: Eggs found! [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-below av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#83a846′ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’24.3,66.9′] Smelt Bay: eggs found! [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#b02b2c’ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’32.8,40.3′] Oyster Bay Park: no eggs found [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#b02b2c’ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’46,48.8′] William’s Beach: no eggs found [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#b02b2c’ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’53.3,54.9′] Little River Ferry and Little River Road: no eggs found. Local knowledge suggests this area was once a forage fish spawning beach [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#83a846′ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’56.6,58.5′] Airforce Beach Eggs found! [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#83a846′ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’59.3,62.1′] Kye Bay: eggs found! [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#83a846′ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’61.9,57.3′] Curtis Beach: 1 egg found [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#83a846′ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’63.2,51.2′] Goose Spit: eggs found at 3 sites!all 3 sites! [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#b02b2c’ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’65.2,45.1′] Trent River Estuary: No eggs found [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#83a846′ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’68.5,53.6′] Tree Island: 1 egg found! [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#b02b2c’ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’72.5,56.1′] Henry Bay: no eggs found on January 28, 2020 [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#b02b2c’ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’79.1,68.2′] Fossil Beach: no eggs found Conservancy Hornby Island Team sampling at Fossil Beach [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#b02b2c’ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’83.1,65.8′] Phipp’s Point: no eggs found [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#b02b2c’ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’85.1,79.1′] Whaling Station Bay: no eggs found [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#83a846′ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’87.1,73.1′] Big Tribune Bay: eggs found! [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#83a846′ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’87.1,65.8′] Shingle Spit: eggs found! [/av_image_spot] [av_image_spot tooltip_pos=’av-tt-pos-above av-tt-align-left’ tooltip_width=’av-tt-xlarge-width’ tooltip_style=’main_color’ link=” link_target=” hotspot_color=’custom’ custom_bg=’#83a846′ custom_font=” custom_pulse=” hotspot_pos=’90.3,60.9′] Mapleguard: eggs found! [/av_image_spot] [/av_image_hotspot] [/av_two_third] [av_one_third min_height=” vertical_alignment=’av-align-top’ space=” margin=’0px’ margin_sync=’true’ padding=’0px’ padding_sync=’true’ border=” border_color=” radius=’0px’ radius_sync=’true’ background_color=” src=” attachment=” attachment_size=” background_position=’top left’ background_repeat=’no-repeat’ animation=” mobile_display=”] [av_image src=’https://projectwatershed.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/PSLegg2.jpeg’ attachment=’14776′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=”] Pacific sand lance egg found on Cortes Island. Photo by Christian Gronau [/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] Forage Fish Update Over the past few months, Project Watershed and a group of fantastic citizen scientist partners and North Island College student volunteers have been working hard to identify forage fish spawning beaches in the Northern Salish Sea. The work involves collecting sediment samples from beaches and looking for the tiny eggs under microscopes. Volunteers and Citizen Scientists have spent many hours on beaches and behind microscopes to help us with this important work and we are excited to share some results from our first sampling season! The map on the left shows the results of the beach surveys that occurred between November and January. Hover your mouse over the green and red circles to see photos and results from the surveys. Red circles indicate beaches where no eggs were found, and green circles indicate beaches where eggs were found. As the winter sampling season winds down we will be busy getting ready for our next phase of field work. This spring and summer we will be continuing with our intertidal beach surveys to focus on detecting the peak surf smelt spawn, which typically occurs between June and September. The Project Watershed and K’ómoks Guardian Teams will also be venturing off dry land to look for subtidal burying habitat for Pacific sand lance. [/av_textblock] [/av_one_third][av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] This work is funded by the BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund and with support from the Pacific Salmon Foundation [/av_textblock] [av_heading tag=’h3′ padding=’10’ heading=’Hover over the photos for more information’ color=” style=” custom_font=” size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_heading] [av_one_third first min_height=” vertical_alignment=” space=” custom_margin=” margin=’0px’ padding=’0px’ border=” border_color=” radius=’0px’ background_color=” src=” background_position=’top left’ background_repeat=’no-repeat’ animation=” mobile_display=”] [av_image src=’https://projectwatershed.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20191029_143246-scaled.jpg’ attachment=’14813′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=”] Vortexing helps extract lighter material (such as eggs) from the larger sediment sample [/av_image] [/av_one_third] [av_one_third min_height=” vertical_alignment=” space=” custom_margin=” margin=’0px’ padding=’0px’ border=” border_color=” radius=’0px’ background_color=” src=” background_position=’top left’ background_repeat=’no-repeat’ animation=” mobile_display=”] [av_image src=’https://projectwatershed.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/PSL-dec.7a.jpeg’ attachment=’14812′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=”] Can you see the eggs? [/av_image] [/av_one_third] [av_one_third min_height=” vertical_alignment=” space=” custom_margin=” margin=’0px’ padding=’0px’ border=” border_color=” radius=’0px’ background_color=” src=” background_position=’top left’ background_repeat=’no-repeat’ animation=” mobile_display=”] [av_image src=’https://projectwatershed.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20191222_103510-scaled.jpg’ attachment=’14811′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=’av-hover-grow’ link=” target=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.1′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=”] Project Watershed Staff and North Island College volunteers finding eggs! [/av_image] [/av_one_third]