CELEBRATE BC RIVERS DAY Saturday September 24th

Here is another opportunity to spend time outdoors learning about and contributing towards the well-being of the great environment in which we live.

Joseph Creek Streamkeepers invites interested citizens to join them for a walk along Joseph Creek between 10 AM and noon on Saturday, September 24th to celebrate BC Rivers Day. The walk will start from the parking lot in Kinsmen Park at 10 AM and end at Rick Spooner Park opposite the Rec. Plex. Participants will get a chance to do meter readings of Temperature, pH, Conductivity and Turbidity to check on the water quality of the creek.

During the walk participants can expect to learn more about:

• Why Joseph Creek is important to Cranbrook.
• The restoration project in Kinsmen Park, designed to serve as a living laboratory for community water conservation awareness activities.
• How erosion along the creek can be managed.
• Why we should be concerned about the gravel and debris being carried into the creek from storm drains.
• Why we should be concerned about rising water temperatures.
• Why brook trout are able to survive, but the westslope cutthroat trout and bull trout have almost but disappeared from the creek.
• Where the fish hatchery used to be on Joseph Creek.
• How the largest outdoor swim pool in Western Canada was fed by water from Joseph Creek.
• How and why Joseph Creek was rerouted downtown.
• How we can ensure that Joseph Creek remains healthy.

For more information contact Stewart Wilson at 250 489 1422.