Sensitive fish habitat near Chilliwack, B.C. now off-limits to people who want to 4×4

Sensitive fish habitat near Chilliwack, B.C. now off-limits to people who want to 4×4

By Darrian Matassa-Fung & Paul Johnson

Source: Global News

8/26/2022

B.C. biologists have been calling on the provincial government for over a year to address a sensitive fish habitat near Chilliwack, which they say was being literally run over.

The Fraser River’s Gill Bar was once a haven for off-road enthusiasts, but now the government has taken steps to preserve the area.

A massive concrete barrier has been placed at an entrance to the area.

“This is an amazing piece of ecosystem. There’s fish, salmon, sturgeon rearing and spawning,” said Marvin Rosenau, a BCIT fisheries biologist.

For months, conservationists had been calling on someone to step in and this summer the Department of Fisheries and Oceans finally lowered the boom.