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Join Watershed Watch, Kwikwetlem First Nation, Resilient Waters, and UBC’s Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conservation Laboratory for a free, fun, family-friendly Salmon Day at ƛ̓éxətəm (tla-hut-um) Regional Park.
 
Learn how we are working together to reconnect waterways to improve salmon's ability to access their habitats and celebrate wild salmon!
 
Salmon Day is an educational event that will feature:
- Interactive displays by community partners
- A fish ID session
- A make-your-own-salmon detector station
- An opportunity to adopt your own PIT-tagged salmon so you can get updates about their journey.
 
Activities will run from 11 AM - 3 PM.
 
At 12 PM, community leaders will present on the awesome work being done to take care of salmon.
 
Event exhibitors include:
Kwikwetlem First Nation
Watershed Watch Salmon Society
UBC's Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conservation Laboratory
Coquitlam River Watershed Society
Rivershed Society of BC
Lower Coquitlam River Nature Association
Fish, Wildlife Compensation Program
Pacific Streamkeepers Federation
Salmon Forest
Vancouver Avian Research Centre
 
How to get there:
We will be hosting this event next to the Community Gardens at ƛ̓éxətəm (Colony Farm) Regional Park. Park at the ƛ̓éxətəm main parking lot at the end of Colony Farm Road.
 
Thank you to our sponsors: Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, MetroVancouver Regional Parks Foundation, Coquitlam Foundation and the BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund.