Spawning Salmon Seen in Coon Creek near Hidden Falls Regional Park near Auburn, CA

Coon Creek is the sister creek of Auburn Ravine and together they make up the Auburn Ravine watershed with its many tributaries.  Coon Creek and Auburn Ravine join at the Eastside Canal then dump into the Natomas Cross Canal and enter the Sacramento River at the fishing hamlet of Verona just below the mouth of the Feather River.  A Placer County Parks employee reported seeing many  large salmon spawning in Coon Creek.  They were in large numbers and very healthy and of very large size.

SARSAS has sent a team of photographers to film the spawning; if the team is successful, the film they obtain will be posted of Facebook Save Auburn Ravine Salmon and Steelhead.

The team with go to Coon Creek today, December 13, 2012.

Please Look for Salmon around the Lincoln CA Area in Auburn Ravine and Try to Get Pictures/Videos

Please send word of any sightings to jlsanchez39@gmail.com or call at 530 888 0281.  These documentations are very precious to Save Auburn Ravine Salmon and Steelhead (SARSAS).
Thanks and hope you see some salmon.
The Fish Ladder, a quarter mile downstream of Hwy 65, accessed off Ferrari Ranch Road, right on Green Ravine Road, right of second Southridge Circle, left on Mossdale and park at trailhead to get to a great viewing point for salmon.

Salmon Sighing in Auburn Ravine, 11:30 am, Today, December 8, 2012, Quarter Mile Downstream from Hemphill Dam near Turkey Creek Golf Course,upstream from Lincoln, CA

Ramon Gonzalez and Gary Crowder of TCGC and I were exploring Auburn Ravine while repairing fences on Turkey Creek property, I was walking downstream near a large pool. They were upstream and spooked a 3 feet Chinook salmon that swam right by me downstream into the deep pool. Ramon had a camera but did not see or get a pic of the salmon. Salmon had white markings of deterioration on his dorsal fin.

The great news is Fall Run Chinook are still coming up Auburn Ravine.  SARSAS Board Member John Ravine, who monitors fish runs, believes there are also a Spring Run/Winter Runs in Auburn Ravine because on March 23, 2009, three fish biologists spotted a large salmon under Fowler Bridge above 4 miles upstream from Lincoln.  Habitat and temperature are certainly right for at least Fall/Winter and Spring Run Chinook.

Jack

Salmon Sighting on Auburn Ravine at 11:30 AM Today Downstream from Hemphill Dam near Lincoln, CA

Three Feet Long Salmon Sighing in Auburn Ravine, 11:30 am, Today, Saturday, December 8, 2012, Quarter Mile Downstream from Hemphill Dam near Turkey Creek Golf Course,

Ramon Gonzalez and Gary Crowder of TCGC and I were exploring Auburn Ravine while repairing fences on Turkey Creek property. I was walking downstream near a large pool. They were upstream and spooked a 3 feet Chinook salmon that swam right by me downstream into the deep pool. Ramon had a camera but did not see or get a pic of the salmon. Salmon had white markings of deterioration on his dorsal fin.

Salmon are still spawning in the Auburn Ravine thanks to NID's fish ladder in Lincoln
Jack

Spawning Salmon Seen in Auburn Ravine Today, December 7, 2012, in Lincoln, CA

I saw 3 salmon downstream from the NID gauging station.

One was in the tail out area below the last downstream concrete section of the fish ladder.

Just about 50 yards downstream from there, there was a breeding pair in the side channel nearest the southern bank were the stream splits.

The pair was digging a redd.

AI did not get any good pictures because I did not have a polarizing filter with me.

ll were quite dark and all had some fungus on them.

FYI

Jim

Opening for a Save Auburn Ravine Salmon and Steelhead (SARSAS) Volunteer Media Coordinator

SARSAS has a need for a Media Coordinator to work with the local media to get word, videos and pics out to the public, radio , television, newspaper and a magazines  to create awareness of SARSAS activities and accomplishments.

Might be a good position for an IT savy student or retired person.

If interested, call Jack at 530 888 0281 or jlsanchez39@gmail.com with questions.

December 18, 2012, Tuesday, SARSAS General Meeting - Open to the Public

SARSAS Meeting Agenda General

TUESDAY NOT MONDAY, December 18, 2012

175 Fulweiler Avenue (the Domes), Auburn, CA 95603 

Contact: Jack Sanchez at 530-888-0281

Meetings are Fourth Monday of each month at 10-11 a.m.

I.      Self- introductions and sign-ins.                 

II.    SARSAS Philosophy – We believe by working together with many individuals and agencies at the same table, we can achieve the mission of SARSAS, which is to return salmon and  steelhead to the entire 33 mile length of the Auburn Ravine

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III   Featured speaker is ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2012,   Mark Egbert, District Manager, El Dorado County and Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation Districts,  “ Finnon Lake Restoration Project”.

IV. Jack Sanchez, President of SARSAS, “For the Good of the Order”

Scheduled Speakers:

January 28, 2013, Richard Rivas, Natural Resources Conservation Services, Wildlife Biologist, “WHIP and Fish

Passage”

February 25, 2013, Ron Ott, SARSAS Fish Passage Specialist, “Fish Screens on Area Streams and Rivers”

March 25, 2013, Placer County Sheriff Edward N. Bonner, “Fishing Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Loomis”

April 22, 2013, SARSAS Photographer Steve Hubbard and Owner of Gold Country Images, “History of Hydroelectricity/Powerhouses in Our Area”

May 28, TUESDAY, 2013, Rocko Brown, ESA PWA, Restore Salmon Ecosystems”

June 24. 2013, Jack Sales, International Dark-Sky Association, “Salmon and Light Pollution”

July 22, 2013, Julie Leimbach, Coordinator of Foothill Water Network, “Mission and Activities of FWN”

August 26, 2013,  Beaver Specialist Mary Tappel, “Beaver Management in the Age of Salmonid Restoration with Focus on Beavers in Auburn Ravine"

September 23, 2013, Randy Hansen, SARSAS Fish Friendly Farming Coordinator, “Fish Friendly Farming Update”

October 28, 2013, Einar Maisch, PCWA Director of Strategic Affairs, “Middle Fork Authority Update”

November 25, 2013 Placer County Supervisor Jim Holmes, “Placer County Water and the Auburn Ravine”

December 23, 2013 TBA