A large number of salmon alvelin were killed the last few days when redds were dried up by dam construction on a side channel of the fraser recently for the purposes of removing gravel....It was aired on cbc this evening, here's the link, the story is at about the 12 minute 35 second mark of the download....watch it quick cause tomorrow's stories will wipe out this one......hope that contractor gets charged!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: How can they get away with such an ignorant and blatent display of negligence??? :evil: :evil: :evil:
Here's the link:
http://www.cbc.ca/bc/ram/canadanow_600.ram
Initial estimates believe MILLIONS of fish were killed by the severe drop in water levels....
Highlight points: (In case the link is gone)
-The damn,(berm), was built to reach an island where the gravel removal took place
-the contractor was required to put a bridge in when constructing the berm in order to ensure continuance of flow to the side channel
-he claimed the bridge was omitted due to safety concerns and the water flow was cut off...
-a large section a salmon spawning beds were left high and dry (500 meters X 20 meters)
-a large number a salmon redds, (nests, if you will), were exposed, dried up and most if not all of the alvelin died as a result
-construction began last week, and was completed just recently...
-laws passed by previous governments to protect salmon habitat from just such a thing state that such berms cannot be built unless in emergency situations...(not sure of the specifics here)
-the berm crosses a slough on the river where many of us fish for cutthroat
-while the rest of the river runs clear this side channel has practically zero visibility due to siltation from the building of the berm, further jepordizing redds which were not revealed by the drop in water levels...
-water levels dropped more than 1 1/2 meters!!!!
Here's the link:
http://www.cbc.ca/bc/ram/canadanow_600.ram
Initial estimates believe MILLIONS of fish were killed by the severe drop in water levels....
Highlight points: (In case the link is gone)
-The damn,(berm), was built to reach an island where the gravel removal took place
-the contractor was required to put a bridge in when constructing the berm in order to ensure continuance of flow to the side channel
-he claimed the bridge was omitted due to safety concerns and the water flow was cut off...
-a large section a salmon spawning beds were left high and dry (500 meters X 20 meters)
-a large number a salmon redds, (nests, if you will), were exposed, dried up and most if not all of the alvelin died as a result
-construction began last week, and was completed just recently...
-laws passed by previous governments to protect salmon habitat from just such a thing state that such berms cannot be built unless in emergency situations...(not sure of the specifics here)
-the berm crosses a slough on the river where many of us fish for cutthroat
-while the rest of the river runs clear this side channel has practically zero visibility due to siltation from the building of the berm, further jepordizing redds which were not revealed by the drop in water levels...
-water levels dropped more than 1 1/2 meters!!!!
