Byrne Creek Fall 2021 Bug Count

Streamkeeper volunteers usually conduct two bug counts -- aquatic invertebrate surveys -- each year. We're finally catching up after curtailing some group activities during Covid.

We collected several samples from the creek using a special D-net, and placed them in buckets of water. We then met at Ron McLean Park in SE Burnaby to count the bugs using the methodology in The Streamkeepers Handbook available at the Pacific Streamkeepers Federation website.

As usual our results were at the low end of the scale, Poor to Moderate, at best. This is because the creek's headwaters are a developed urban area with light commercial and residential resulting in plenty of pollutants entering the creek through street drains.