We had a tour of the Byrne Creek Watershed in south Burnaby, BC, for new members today on Saturday March 7, 2026. Maps. . . Fry. . . And lots of questions! A great turnout! We covered the creek from Edmonds Skytrain Station all the way down to Fraser Foreshore Park and the confluence with the Fraser River.

We've got fry! I spotted three or four fry at the upper end of the eroded area in the lower ravine, and one fry near the bottom of the stairs. Unfortunately it was dark and the creek was a bit dirty, so it was hard to get a good photo, but look like coho. I couldn't get a side angle in which to better see if they had the black/white edges on anal and dorsal fins. And they still have egg sacs, which is cool to see. Hoping for a sunny day to get out and try to get some better p

Hi Byrne Creekers, We had an amazing turnout at our volunteer recruitment event recently. The next step is to start getting boots on the ground. We will offer a creek tour on Saturday March 7. This will also be an opportunity for a very short meeting to catch up on any necessary business, so we will NOT have a regular March meeting.  Let's aim for a 9:30am start time. It will be about a 2-1/2 hour walk. This event will go rain or shine, so dress for the weather.  Please respo

Byrne Creek Streamkeepers held a volunteer recruitment event on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. We met at the offices of the Stream of Dreams Murals Society, and about 25 potential new volunteers came to see presentations on what streamkeepers do, and what activities we are looking for help with at Byrne Creek. It was a great evening, and thanks to all who attended! We'll be adding you to our mail list, organizing a tour of the creek, and planning activities for the spring and summer

Volunteers patrolled the spawning area of the creek nearly daily from mid-October to the end of December, 2025. It was a good year! Lots of coho, but few chum.

Volunteers are excited to report the best initial Chum salmon numbers observed in Byrne Creek in several years. By the end of October...

It was a sad day on Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby, BC, today. Photos from the fish kill today on Byrne Creek in SE #Burnaby, BC. Several...

I hope everyone is surviving the freeze and the snow. If you're out and about on the creek, please be careful on the icy bits. Not sure...

On Dec. 11, 2022, I got some video of several Coho males fighting each other for spawning rights. Shot in the sediment pond.

We were happy to finally see a pair of Chum salmon spawning in Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby, BC, today - Oct. 31. For decades, Chum would...

We had a good spawner-monitoring orientation tour this morning with eight volunteers, despite not seeing any fish aside from a few...

Eight volunteers with the Byrne Creek Streamkeepers whacked Invasive Himalayan Blackberry this morning. Thanks to City of Burnaby Parks...

Thanks to the Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver for organizing a Byrne Creek tour yesterday as part of their Stewardship Series...

Coho salmon smolt release on Byrne Creek in Burnaby, BC. Thanks to Isaac and Brian from DFO for bringing the fish, and thanks to the...

Byrne Creek in SE #Burnaby, BC, hosted a Salmon in the Classroom realease of Chum fry raised by elementary schoolkids today. We talked...

We released Chum fry on Thursday, April 21, with kids from Glenwood Elementary School in SE Burnaby, BC. The fry came from the Kanaka...

This Great Blue Heron was fishing in Byrne Creek in Burnaby, BC. I saw it take several small fish, likely Coho fry that began popping out...

Yay, we have Coho salmon fry in Byrne Creek! Volunteer Yumi spotted fry the other day, and today we took a look and saw dozens in the...

A group of Byrne Creek Streamkeepers volunteers toured the creek this morning. We focused on the upper third to see where the water...

Ever since Covid, we've been holding our monthly meetings outdoors at Ron McLean Park in SE Burnaby. It's still too cold, and gets dark...