‘ “ths :B4 ~The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 29, 2006 i i F te . ‘ be : 4 oe ° 4H vo . a FEV renee: my SKEENA ANGLER | -ROB BROWN” : Counting the Crump way u -of measurement. — If this. all. sounds very complex, | it’s ‘because it STINE: oe metre ON eee ct vee eine im ek ener emene camera tanita eesti ane eee beep ‘ evasive shape changer.." 5 : possible... ° ~ ter-c words passed downto us from Old English, —— —_— particular, a dam or enclosure used to snare fish.. ‘vented by C.S. Crump. : - The Crump weir is used worldwide to calculate ~ Hf. the run of rivers and recently, in no small part due _ gained considerable favour with fisheries scientists * to fish for fish data. “Water flowing over the top of the Crump weir, like. wind flowing over the top of a plane’s wing, increases in speed and pressure. In the case of the plane, the result is lift; in its aquatic incarnation the pressure increase slows ‘down fish migrating upstream and forces them closer to the bottom. _ three electrodes that conspire to create an electrical field. The trio of electrodes i is connected to a machine ‘called:a Logie 2100 Resistivity Counter. ; - The counter continually monitors the resistance = H- of the water above the counting. array calibrating 8 ‘for changes in this resistance every half hour. ' Since fish are better conductors. of ;electricity than the water théy displace, this change is picked er ark La nt ahs d semethashinteantkn?? tenia habe ead me ae Ye a mY oe OF Oe EES 2 ERIN OW A) Oy E16 Be 40 OY WS 09 SR ROR E Ber 145 cite ttk P de oa tern. When. the counter. determines that a fish has and the change of resistance measurement of the loading and analysis. . This resistivity technology. grants fisheries sci- entists powers of enumeration far greater than they have had previously. well as salmon and steelhead. -Cameras can be mounted in stream for. visual verification, but visual monitoring is not a neces- sary component of this technology, thus murky wa- - ter and high flows are no longer as problematic as ; they. once were. There has always been suspicion that traditional counting fences may have had an adverse effect on - merely holding them up for a while. This theory was bolstered when the Ministry of the Environment conducted a study on the Thomp- son River steelhead that had to ‘pass the Deadman . Creek counting fence. The Deadman Creek structure was the lynch p pin - \ Wl choice spawning habitat lies above the fence. a Through the use of radio telemetry, it was dis- | covered that instead of utilising that habitat, some _ i] steelhead were turning tail and running back down- | stream to‘spawn after encountering the fence.. ‘Counter effectively obviates any negative effects traditional. fish counting fences may have had on the migratory patterns of fish. _: Additionally, any fish handling formerly required if with traditional technology is no longer necessary ‘] where the Crump-Logie system is in operation. Originally developed to. enumerate Atlantic salmon runs of rivers and streams of the British Isles, the modified Crump had its maiden swim on the Vancouver Island’s Keogh River where happy fish scientists discovered its accuracy was upwards * of 80 per cent. 7 _ Since then resistivity counters have been’ in- V stalled in eight Canadian streams, seven of which are in B.C. The one closest to home is set in the Kitwanga River. On March 22, I set out to have a look at it. To be continued... i=Vx CSA, is the formulaic way to calcu- ‘ Jate river flows, the hydrologists say: To: | make things comprehensible 5 you need to’ |: ‘vappreciate that Q equals the discharge of “| . the stream under examination, V its velocity, while ‘; “CSA represents the cross-sectional area at the point , “is, and it’s made more difficult thanks to the highly : ; variable nature of discharge as a result of fluctua- 5 ‘tions in precipitation and'groundwater flow... “< “Water is a slippery medium; moving water isan . “To make the process of water nieasurement éas- | * der, the people who do so need to keep the shape of «| the stream channel ¢ as close to constant as humanly: ve They do this. with gauging structures like weirs. em ~. “Weir is one of those weird i-before-e-except-af- © * where'it was used. to denote a dam or-enclosure, i in 1. . “ Wi -One of the best known of these. gauges was in- * { ~ vy : . was tf} to the fact that it’s shaped like a aircraft wing, it’s 4 if}. who have modified it to create a very accurate way . t Embedded in the weir is an array comprised of - up, fecorded and analysed by the ‘counter using an’ ~. “algorithm to. determine if it fits a typical fish pat- . _ passed over the array, the’ time, diréction of travel, fish event is recorded and stored for later down-- Using the electrified and well connected Crump _ weir, it’s now possible to monitor trout and char as - the migratory patterns of anadromous fish beyond ° Kitimat - Thompson River steelhead enumeration. A lot of. . The electrified Crump armed with the Logie TERRACE STANDARD hildren, get out your bikes. ‘Second. free. clinic coming soon nto teach cycling skills and bike maintenance PARTICIPANTS | in the first Sprock-:. “ids biking clinic learned cycling skills . and bike.maintenance last fall. Youth: _aged six to 12'can now sign up for this. - spring’s.clinic. Ridercross | Crowns. victors. in eighth event - - THE EIGHTH ANNUAL Ruins Cup. Ridercross crowned the kings and queens of Shames Mountain March 19. Dorothy Jedraejaky topped the 13-and-under girls ski cat- egory. Kaela Evinchick picked up second spot. | Kyler Highe grabbed first among the 13-and-under boys skiers. Mitch Sabal took second and: Kristian Vidal came third. In the 14-to- 17- -year-old boys ski category, Tyler Vidal ‘won, followed by Bruce Hamilton i in second and Pat Hem- mons in third. The women’s ski open crowned Erin Havard as the victor with Trish Gair took second. The men’s ski open went to Ryan Monsees. Travis Yagel- _ niski finished in second place and Rob Maurer took third. - _ -In the snowboard events, 13-and- under was won by Da- ‘vid Evinchuck. Jordan Schibli topped the 14-to-17- “year-old boys: cat- 7 egory. Leo Hoorne took second and Lee Miller'snared. third place. The women’s open went to Stacey Blake. Claire Lussier tied Katie Adams for second. Kayla Yagelniski took third. The men’s open went to Colin Davies. Marc Page took second and Jason Belisle came third. Woman dominates men s division at St. Paddy’ s Day squash tourney OUTSTANDIN G St. Paddy’s Day Squash tournament at the Kiva. Players pert joined the locals at the Northwest Community Col- _ lege courts. Patricia Cisneros domi- nated the Men’s B division, winning every game. “She stood out above everyone else in the tourna- ment,” said Sanchez - _Jill.. Girodat, the only other women to play versus the men, came third in the B division. She’s the most im- ' proved player thanks to the Smaller tournaments she’s attended, Sanchez said. Atacertain point, women play well enough that they decide to enter the men’s categories for a tougher lev- el of competition, she said. Eric Turner,: a college physics teacher, was award- ed a special trophy for being the most dedicated and valu- able player. PLAY » highlighted the third annual from "Masset, and Prince Ru-— “We had a trophy made for him. We just had one ‘trophy for most valuable and dedicated, that’s better than first and second,” said orga- nizer Elaine Sanchez. Sanchez said everybody knew Turner would be the . recipient and started shout- ing-out his name as she gave a speech before handing out __ the trophy. “It’s known throughout the squash community that he is valuable and dedicated to. the sport,” she said, add- ing he plays squash three times every week. Kitimat player Allan Greene suffered a severed tendon on the back of his knee, ending his tournament on the first day. “Tt was just bad timing, _ She said. Cliff Weir, a friend of Greene’s, took over and played his scheduled games. Sanchez was thrilled with the audience turnout over the weekend. The first evening saw as FILE PHOTO: - attend the clinic. '- says Praught. _ he had an amazing impact on — "’ the kids,” she says. “start signing up so she has an". idea how many leaders will . . * be needed for the clinic. ’ - > Already about 30 children have approached her to take . pat. =... Last year, several parents came out to help alongside vol- . By MARGARET SPEIRS A SECOND FREE biking clinic for children aged six to 12 ~ takes place on the trails of at Ferry Island April 23. After the success of last year’s Sprockids. fall clinic, which welcomed. 73 youth to learn biking skills and main- g tenance, organizer ‘Lucy Praught is thrilled about bringing another one here and possibly welcome a special. guest to 4. .pass on his cycling knowledge. Bruce Spicer, who founded the Sprockids program ‘and’ is a-13-time Canadian cycling champion, has been asked to “ Spicer came up two years ago for-a clinic and loved it, «Pm excited just ““DP’m excited just, because Praught asks children to: the kids, * : 3 unteers and their presence was greatly appreciated, making. ‘ita fun day for everyone. » Assisting with the day’s activities allows parents to see - what their children are learning and then be able to practise these: activities when out riding as a family afterward, says Praught... A leaders’ meeting. will be planned. before the clinic to.. ensure everyone is aware of the day’s events. °° » . Praught invites new cyclists to the clinic to share her love , of the sport. :A multi-week program is planned for the future and Praught hopes to hold day camps.throughout the cycling season to teach children more skills than what can be done 7 _in the one-day clinic. | , ~ To register for the spring Sprockid clinic, call Lucy a at .635- “1191 ¢ or 638- 7603. ; THREE SNOWBOARDERS tackle the run at Shanes Mountain in the eighth annual Ruins Cup Ridercross March 19. many spectators as players — 7 and during the weekend chil- ..] --dren were running around ithe Kiva and even grandpar- ‘|: ents came out to watch, she said. * “Tecan "t wait to doit again next year,” she said. | The squash club plans to hold another tournament this ’ fall; possibly in ‘October. . The fourth annual St. ~ Patrick’s Day tournament retums next spring. uw The St. Paddy’s Day tour- - ney winners are as follows: Gino Lamele. won the Men’s A division, followed by Morgan Evans in second, Randy Nast in third and Eric , Turner in fourth. The Men’s B division went to Patricia Cisneros. Tim Nordin took second, with Jill Girodat in third and Terry Gresl in fourth. The Men’s C division was won by Jason Cathers. Ken Gordon took second, Mike De Araujo scored third and Neil Burrows finished SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO ERIC TURNER won the award for most st valuable and dedicated player at the third annual St. Paddy’s Day Squash Tournament at the Kiva.. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO ° fourth. ; The Men’s D event went to Brad Norwood, with Andy Lecuyer in second, Derek Brady in third and Jessie Mulvany in fourth. Women’s novice play’ saw Kathy Gardner win, Karla Partel score second, Debbie Jonkman take third and Linda. Wilson finish fourth. 638-7283 “because he had.an | - ~ amazing impact on |.