{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Local News Update","title":"Brooklyn Creek Watershed Society finds a record amount of smolts for 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e1ffed1b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":372,"description":"A Comox Valley environmental group is reporting record Coho salmon smolt counts in Brooklyn Creek, following recovery efforts.”We have the highest number we've ever had this year. And for us it's very positive because we did some work upstream on a farm where the farmer let us add some reeds for grown salmon to spawn, some spawning areas. And so we are thinking because we did that riparian work, we have this higher salmon count,” said Viviane Schmidt, volunteer with the Brooklyn Creek Watershed Society. Support local news reporting through our Nonprofit Newsroom with a monthly sustaining donation of $5 to $10 a month.Want more news on the Salish Sea? Find more news from our Nonprofit Newsroom with our local news updates and Midcoast Morning.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UMLaCsLenj_TgQsKOLc8a3fQzbCBN9pEplcOV2PX2yo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ODk1/NDYzYjg3ZTM4MTM3/MjI4M2M4YmQ2Njdi/MDE0Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}