Conuma River Salmon Enhancement Facility - Local Area Information

Public Groups:

The Conuma Enhancement Facility supports various public groups:

• Conuma coho eggs and classroom instruction are given for classroom incubation projects in Gold River and Tahsis. Students from Gold River and Tahsis schools also visit annually for hands-on experience at the facility.
• Technical advice to Tahsis Enhancement Society for seapen rearing of Tahsis and Leiner chinook
• Tlupana and Sucwoa chinook eggs taken and juveniles seapen reared in co-operation with the Gold River Rod & Gun Club, Critter Cove Marina, Hoiss Point Lodge, Nootka Wilderness Lodge, Gold River & Tahsis Streamkeepers and Western Forest Products.
• Works in collaboration with the Nootka Sound Watershed Society (NSWS), a group made up of local First Nations, Representation for local sport and commercial fisheries, local stewards, Streamkeepers, and sport fishing lodges. The NSWS and Fisheries and Oceans have recently struck a collaborative agreement to increase the seapen release of Conuma Chinook by 1,000,000 smolts

Links to Local Area:

• Village of Gold River: http://www.goldriver.ca/
• Village of Tahsis: http://www.villageoftahsis.com/
• Village of Zeballos: http://www.zeballos.com/
• Local Conservation & Protection (DFO) - Gold River Office
• Area Community Advisor (DFO) - Dave Davies
• Area Habitat Technician (DFO) - Doug Swift
• Local HCSP Coordinator - Paul Smith
• Area Habitat Restoration (DFO) - Mel Sheng/Russ Doucet
• Nootka Sound Watershed Society 
• Tahsis Enhancement Society
• Gold River Rod & Gun Club
• NTC Fisheries Biologist - Roger Dunlop
• Gold River Stream keepers

Special Activites:

The Great Walk - 64 kilometer walk from Gold River to Tahsis, BC. Normally held the first weekend in June. http://www.greatwalk.com/

Wildlife:

Elk, deer and bears are regularly seen in the local area and along the Head Bay Forestry Road with the occasional sightings of cougars and wolves.