Setting up Kennedy Creek
Today, folks from Mason Conservation District, Kennedy Creek Quarry, and Mason County Jail, along with yours truly, pruned vegetation, set up netting, and put up the signs for the Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail.
After some rain, it turned out to be a crisp, sunny fall day. We were accompanied by the splashing of male chum salmon, who are already making their way up the creek to spawn.
Male salmon typically begin to arrive before females at the spawning site, a phenomenon which is called protandry (more typically associated with flowering plants).
Though the reasons for protandry are poorly understood, it is thought that it may be part of the males’ strategy to maximize mating opportunities and may facilitate mate choice by females (Morbey, 2000).
Be sure to keep checking our Kennedy Creek Blog for the latest news and updates from the trail, as well as video footage of spawning salmon.
