Believe it or not, that litle white circle is the full moon. If the exposure were better you'd be able to see that from where I took the picture it appears to be balancing on the peak of Tiger Mountain.
This is a fish trap that's been set up on Issaquah Creek for about a month. See below for the full story.
This is the trailer that the poor people from the Department of Fish and Wildlife have been getting to live in so they can be sure to snag any captured fish. The next picture is the explanatory flyer you can see on the green board.
For gosh sakes, don't try to read the picture because I did it for you ;-)
Issaquah Creek Kokanee Salmon Project
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking for Kokanee salmon in Issaquah Creek to rebuild the depressed population.
BACKGROUND: Kokanee are a landlocked fresh-water Sockeye Salmon. The Issaquah Creek Kokanee are a unique species because they spawn during the summer months and are genetically different from other Kokanee.
At the end of the last Ice Age, the Kokanee Salmon of Lake Sammamish became land-locked and adopted a fresh water life history. These fish were abundant for centuries in the lake and tributaries, but the impacts from civilization has resulted in a serious decline in numbers. Their cousins, the Lake Washington Sockeye Salmon, Remain healthy and provide a popular recreational fishery.
In the year 2000 a coalition of environmental groups filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to have teh Issaquah Creek Kokanee listed under the Endangered Species Act due to the decline in its numbers.
ACTIONS: In 2001 the state Department of Fish and Wildlife put a fish trap in lower Issaquah Creek to try and capture adults returning to spawn for use in a captive breeding program. No Kokanee were captured in 2001 and a trap was again installed in 2002 for another adult capture effort.
Fisheries technicians will live on site at the fish trap through the spawning season and monitor the trap daily to look for Kokanee Salmon.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is working with King County, the Save Lake Sammamish group, the Issaquah community, and many others in an effort to preserve this species from extinction.