Our partner, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, is seeking volunteers to help them with installation of smolt traps on various Joyce area streams, including Salt Creek, Deep Creek, East Twin River and West Twin River. Volunteers are needed from 9:30AM to 2:30PM various dates from April 18 - 27, 2023. Carpooling may be available.

Smolt traps are very important to help fisheries staff determine the amount of emigrating smolts to study trends in fish numbers and monitor the health of local river systems. The smolt traps consist of a fence weir to help funnel smolts into a box that holds them until fisheries technicians count and identify them daily then return them to the waterway. They are left in place from mid-April through mid-June.

Assisting with installation of fence weir traps is physically demanding, so the Tribe asks that volunteers are comfortable lifting heavy sandbags to help put them in place in the river. This a very rare volunteer opportunity, so for those who are able to join, it will be a great way to learn more about monitoring fish populations in Joyce area waterways and get to work alongside the wonderful habitat technicians from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Please visit our Volunteer Events Page for more details and registration.