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2010-1001 Clark’s Creek – downstream

Two males on a streambank. One holds a thin red rope that leads to the hand of the other man. It attaches to a thinner white rope strung along to his other hand and on the end of the rope can be seen a bait bag labeled with a yellow flag.
A male in a green sweatshirt and black jeans with decorations of wings on the front of the legs down to his knees. He is leaning against a tree on the creekbank, holding the rope attached to a bait bag, which dangles down out of the frame.
a view of the creek from above the water. The bait bag can be seen resting on the water.
A woman wearing a WSU badge holds a pipette in her right hand. Facing her, two students smile.
PHS students learning molecular identification techniques in the lab

Site #1001

First bait deployment March 3, 2010 by Puyallup High School students in Dave Wetzel’s class

A circle graph showing the results for site 1001, Clark's Creek. 50% of samples were Phytophthora gonapodiydes. 39% were unknown species. 4% were Pythium spp. 1% each were fungi and Phytophthora cryptogea.
Baiting periodBait leaf spp.Phytophthora spp. and others identified
1RhododendronP. gonapodyides (6), Trichoderma spp. (1)
1CamelliaP. gonapodyides (1), unknown (1)
2RhododendronP. gonapodyides (4), unknown (4)
2Gold dust plant (Aucuba japonica ‘Variegata’)Pythium litorale or Py. sterilum (2)
3Rhododendron
P. gonapodyides (6), unknown (5)
3Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)Pythium sp. or Py. undulatum (1), unknown (1)
4RhododendronP. gonapodyides (5), P. gonapodyides “A” (4), P. cryptogea (1), unknown (1)
4Dwarf cherry laurelP. gonapodyides (2), unknown (2)
5RhododendronP. gonapodyides (7), unknown (5)
5unknown (2)
6RhododendronP. gonapodyides (4), unknown (8)
6Red tip PhotiniaP. gonapodyides (2)

Viewing Chum Salmon in Clark’s Creek

WDFW 2000 Clear/Clark’s Creek Basin Plan Pierce County 2005

Pink salmon in Clarks Creek near Puyallup NWIFC Blog Sept. 2007

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