Marathon in a sauna: emergency projects aim to help B.C. salmon through drought

Marathon in a sauna: emergency projects aim to help B.C. salmon through drought

By Ashley Joannou

Source: winnipegfreepress

9/8/2023

Credit: /Jonathan Hayward

British Columbia’s prolonged drought risks damaging the salmon population for generations and has led to a series of emergency, rapidly deployed projects in an effort to intervene.

The Pacific Salmon Foundation has funded four emergency projects, with more on the way, and convened a federal and provincial advisory group allowing for regulatory approval in a matter of days rather than the standard months-long process.

Adams River

Salmon, Atlantic

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