We love you, John, thank you for your courage, for sharing, and your service.
I missed this article a few days ago. So powerful.
I met John many years ago through community volunteering, at which he excelled at participating in.
Folks in the Edmonds area of Burnaby missed him after he was posted to other duties following a period in charge of the SE Burnaby Community Police Office.
He’s the cop that you’d see walking along, and two or three folks in the ‘hood would come up and have a group hug with him.
Would love to take you on another walk on Byrne Creek some day, like we did many years ago.
Today’s meditative walk along Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby, BC.
If you’re feeling stressed and unable to get out, I invite you to slowly breathe in, and slowly breathe out, while following in my virtual footsteps. . .
We took our usual walk in Byrne Creek Ravine Park this morning in SE Burnaby. It was sunny, albeit cold.
There were lots of folks out walking and yet obviously being careful to maintain social distance when passing on the trails, for example stepping a few meters off to let other other pass.
We didn’t see any salmon fry in the creek, though we first spotted some over a week ago. But there was lots of other wildlife to enjoy.
Pileated Woodpecker
This Northern Flicker was drumming on roof vent
Hooded Merganser in Byrne Creek habitat overflow pond
These people, many of them staff from municipal governments in the Lower Mainland, and staff from Metro Vancouver, share a wealth of experience and knowledge.
When one sees an agenda laid out to the minute, and the chair and executive director power through with time to spare, that’s a great meeting .
Yumi and have been doing spot checks for salmonid fry in Byrne Creek in SE #Burnaby where we volunteer as streamkeepers.
Today we spotted two, the first we’ve seen this year. It’s so exciting and uplifting to know that the salmon that returned to spawn in this battered urban creek were successful in starting a new generation.
The last year was not friendly to salmon. Drought conditions last summer resulted in very low, warm flows. Then we had snow and torrential rains in the winter, so much so that we were afraid that nests of eggs may have been blown out.
We’ll be keeping sharp eyes out for more fry in the days and weeks to come!
A poor photo taken with my pocket cam in low light. Will try to get some better shots soon.
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