Great segment on Global last night regarding steelhead.

Coles Notes for those unaware: Thompson and Chilcotin steelhead are in dire straits. Triple digit returns for Thompson, single digit for Chilcotin. Extirpation is on the horizon.

Key takeaways from the fact that this got on Global at 6:00

- Chris Gailus' comment a the end of the story: "Wow. That merits a follow up";
- lots of mention of BCWF in very positive terms;
- a sub-theme to steelhead, ie, a year and a half process to get public information out of the government that the government did not want to share, indicating that perhaps (and I'm going out on a limb here) that government might just be the enemy;
- evidence that managers in DFO changed what scientists were saying and recommending (wait, aren't ewe all supposed to follow the science? Kind of nice when we can prove that the government isn't doing that);
- pictures of redacted government documents where the guys who work for us and are paid with our tax dollars to take care of the public resource are screwing the pooch and treating the documents as if they were some sort of high level CIA spy stuff;
- the reporter said the words "What's at stake here is the loss of a species - not because of a lack of solutions, but because of mismanagement".


None of us could buy that kind of airtime to paint such a stark picture of what's happening and why.

Compare that coverage to discussions about social license to hunt and wolves.

We absolutely *need* more coverage like the above. Like I say: none of us can buy that kind of advertising.

The announcement of the recent coalition combined with this coverage is proof that we're going n the right direction and that BCWF and other groups are delivering value to hunters, anglers and conservationists in BC.

Please watch the video, share it with your friends, and go to the Facebook group "Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program- BCWF (https://www.facebook.com/search/top?...rogram-%20bcwf) and share that too.


Last, please visit Global's page (here's the right link: https://globalnews.ca/author/linda-aylesworth/ ) press "Contact Linda" and give her a thank you for doing a valuable story.



https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/5f1a5a04-b77e-11eb-98aa-0242ac110006/?jwsource=cl