Pushing Back the Invasion
On Saturday afternoon, June 11, twelve Stoney Creek weed warriors attacked two areas along Stoney Creek near Rathburn and North Road. The weather was with us! Setting up. Photo by Faye J The team worked hard uncovering native plants from the thick cover of ivy,...
Standing Up For Stoney Creek
At Stoney Creek Environment Committee we know it takes many hands, and a multitude of voices, to defend a creek. So we appreciate others who raise awareness of the dangers facing an urban salmon bearing stream. Recently the Univercity Community Association wrote about...
Road Salt and Salmon update
Preliminary data shows chloride contamination occurs in other locations than Stoney Creek Data downloaded from three Zentra dataloggers shows responses to freezing weather events. In the graph above, air temperature is approximated by the temperature inside the...
Road Salt and Salmon Update
Raw sewage in Stoney Creek
Stoney Creek in the news George Kovacic , one of our members, has been instrumental in getting the multi-jurisdictional technical committee to study the issue about raw sewage spills from Coquitlam into Stoney Creek. This week raw sewage flowing into Stoney Creek was...
STONEY CREEK ROAD SALT AND SALMON PROJECT UPDATE 1 (2021-05-31)
Conductivity Data loggers We now have 2 real-time conductivity loggers active, one in Stoney Creek and one in the Brunette River at the Cariboo Dam. In addition, with a grant from the we have purchased 6 more Solinst Levellogger 5 EC to add to the 3 purchased by the...
STONEY CREEK ROAD SALT AND SALMON PROJECT
Stoney Creek Road Salt and Salmon Project aims to identify the extent of road salt contamination in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and support academic research into the effect of road salt on Coho salmon. We hope this will eventually lead to salt being classed as a toxic substance requiring a licence to apply it.
Stoney Creek Trib. 3A Conductvity Jan-Dec 2020
2020 was a difficult year for all of us, but Jennifer and Matt managed to tend to the data logger on Burnaby Mountain. The graph shows the high values over the dry summer months due to road salt in the groundwater that feeds the creek. Winter values have so far been...
BCIT restoration plan for Trib. 3A 2020
On April 2, three BCIT students presented a report on their investigation and recommendations for restoring a location on Stoney Creek Tributary 3A, which was suffering erosion. To view this 20-minute video, click here. [200MB]
Fall water measuring results
When the sun comes out, the salt levels in the creek rise. When it rains, the salt is diluted and the conductivity values drop. Over the years, winter levels appear to be rising: Historical water measurements