The Cheticamp River Salmon Association was happy to welcome two new students to its work crew this summer, Spencer Camus and Raven MacKinnon. Spencer and Raven will be joining Aaron Krick who has returned for his 4th summer with the CRSA, this year as Crew Supervisor.
Spencer and Raven helping to plant trees during their first week of work.
Raven completed Grade 11 in Sydney this year and is working her first summer job. While Raven has been hired by the Vélo Club Chéticamp to work at the Gypsum Mine trail and lake site, Raven will also be regularly helping Spencer and Aaron with CRSA activities.
Spencer finished off 10th grade this year at NDA School and will be working full time with us throughout the summer. Spencer is from Cheticamp so he is familiar with most places around here. He is getting along with the crew quite well and is happy to be working with us. He will be working with Aaron for most projects.
The first week of work consisted of a mix of orientation activities, health and safety training, and some tree planting.
CRSA Crew Supervisor Aaron working hard at planting some maple seedlings.
Aaron and Spencer planting trees along the section of Farm Brook where the CRSA completed bank stabilization work in 2021.
This second week we started off by doing a quick cleanup at the Gypsum Mine before completing the installation of temperature loggers in the Cheticamp River. The loggers record water temperatures every hour, providing the CRSA with important information about river temperatures over the summer months. We also did some tree planting at Farm Brook around and downstream of one of the CRSA’s work sites from last year.
Spencer helping to install a water temperature logger above Fence Pool on the Cheticamp River.
Faribault Brook, one of the tributaries of the Cheticamp River, where the CRSA has installed a water temperature logger.
Midweek the crew also started conducting habitat assessments at Aucoin Brook. We also did a scan along the river, and everything seemed to be in good shape. We walked the upper section of the brook and cleared some blockages and marked some places that need some work.
Spencer and CRSA Project Manager Jillian with some of the trees that were planted along Farm Brook.