Here is a copy of an e-mail from James Ray regarding the Schooner Creek Fish Trap and John’s response. Everyone who participates in servicing the trap, clearing the road or the bridge work will find it interesting:

“BRAVO ZULU to CASEY!!! We know how much work was involved, on his part, to do what he did !!!!! We will continue to keep You All informed with CC’s of our Trap Reports & will also attempt to follow your lead on working with the Water Flow………

Great Job by both of you Great Guys & Keep our Christmas Party INVITATION on your list for the 18th !!! Thanks again for your HARD WORK & we “Old Trappers” will try to do our part to keep Schooner Trap Operational ………. JCS for the LVH FC Trapper Gang”

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From: James Ray [mailto:James.Ray@state.or.us]
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:15 PM
To: jcs592@msn.com; msamples57@gmail.com
Cc: Casey Deckard
Subject:

Gentlemen,

I wanted to let you know that Casey was able to work on the Schooner Creek trap today to address the flow issue. He did a great job at restoring the flow by digging a channel into the existing gravel bed and using some sandbags to direct flow into the trap. This is obviously only a short term remedy and will need to be constantly adjusted as the flows come up and go down; however, until we are able get an excavator in the stream next summer it will be the method we will use for the rest of the season. If you keep us informed of the flow conditions we will be able to periodically make the adjustments by doing further digging and raking of the gravel channel. Alternatively if you feel that you are able and willing to make the adjustments yourselves then that would also help us out a great deal.

Thanks for the updates that made us aware of these problems, we appreciate you being our eyes on the ground.

John, please forward this to the LVH trap crews.

Thanks for everything.

James