Camp Creek kokanee spawner assessment $2,775

Camp Creek is considered to be the most important kokanee spawning tributary in the Canoe Reach of Kinbasket Reservoir. A clear, low gradient stream with high species diversity, Camp Creek flows from the Caribou Mountains and parallels Highway 5 before entering the Canoe River near Valemount. Camp Creek kokanee escapements were surveyed only once in 1998. Kokanee populations in Kinbasket Reservoir are important forage for bull trout, piscivorous rainbow trout, burbot, and sturgeon. The Ktunaxa-Kinbasket First Nation has also been evaluating kokanee populations in Kinbasket Reservoir for a potential food fishery. Kokanee escapement counts provide an important index of population abundance trends and are an inexpensive and invaluable tool for monitoring productivity trends in large reservoirs of the Upper Columbia. Counts are conducted on tributaries in the southern portion of Kinbasket Reservoir. Data from Camp Creek will contribute information from a portion of Kinbasket Reservoir not otherwise included.

The objectives of this project are to monitor kokanee escapement numbers in Camp Creek, provide long term population trend data, and contribute to more complete information on Kinbasket Reservoir kokanee populations.

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