Tsleil-Waututh’s race to save salmon habitat in drought stricken southwest B.C.

Tsleil-Waututh’s race to save salmon habitat in drought stricken southwest B.C.

By Ainslie Cruickshank / The Narwhale

Source: coastalnewstoday

10/20/2023

When tens of thousands of pink salmon became stranded in the Indian River during September’s unrelenting drought, the nation raced into action, continuing their work to rehabilitate culturally significant spawning streams crippled under the twin pressures of climate change and industrial development

This story is part of Nourish, a series about how First Nations are fuelling their people with sustainably harvested, healthy and culturally safe foods amid a changing climate

Tens of thousands of pink salmon were desperate for a way through a gravel bar as water levels in xʔəl̓ilwətaʔɬ, the Indian River, dropped to dangerous lows last week. They were stranded and quickly running out of oxygen.

Indian River

Salmon, Pink

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