Chilcotin Slide

[IronNoggin]

That could be better for the salmon than a bunch of hay bales.

SSS

My thoughts as well.
Kind of a shame it won't last long...

[IronNoggin]

[guntech]

I would be surprised if that existing bridge ever opens again...

[IronNoggin]

[Walking Buffalo]

This event sure went quiet....

Anyone have an update on how well the salmon are navigating the slide?

[Harvest the Land]

This event sure went quiet....

Anyone have an update on how well the salmon are navigating the slide?

I live pretty close to the tidal portion of the Fraser and the water looks like spring freshet down here, whereas before the slide it was pretty clear as it usually should be this time of year. More like a coffee and cream colour now.


Chilcotin landslide ‘dramatically’ impacts salmon spawn but conditions improve: task force



The Tŝilhqot’in National Government says river conditions are “slowly improving” after the massive landslide that temporarily dammed the Chilcotin River last month, but salmon spawning activity is being delayed.


An update from the Tŝilhqot’in emergency salmon task force says debris and sediment from the slide are “dramatically” impacting sockeye and Chinook salmon spawning runs.


The task force’s latest situation report says observations from a helicopter show the river flow is “evening out,” and murky conditions are getting better, though the flow is still much higher than normal.


The report says the improving conditions are only part of a “complex puzzle,” and fish likely still lack an “unimpeded” path at the slide site.


It says fish monitoring equipment has only detected 31 Chinook and 16 sockeye passing through the slide site at a time when thousands of sockeye should be moving through.


The task force says some fish populations made it through to their spawning grounds before the slide, and others make their runs later in the year.


It says it’s hoped fish make it past the slide zone without intervention “unless absolutely necessary.”

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/0...tions-improve/

[tinhorse]

31 springs and 16 sockeye, just think of the genetic superiority those fish have over the others not making it through. This is the beginning of a super race of salmon! .....or the run is going to arrive late because of the slide, some fish won't make it but many will, and in 4 years the run size will be slightly affected.

[Harvest the Land]

31 springs and 16 sockeye, just think of the genetic superiority those fish have over the others not making it through. This is the beginning of a super race of salmon! .....or the run is going to arrive late because of the slide, some fish won't make it but many will, and in 4 years the run size will be slightly affected.

God willing! What about the dozen or so steelhead that can't seem to increase their numbers? Are they the beginning of a super race of steelhead too?

[Arctic Lake]

Where were those fish counted ?
Thank You
Arctic Lake

31 springs and 16 sockeye, just think of the genetic superiority those fish have over the others not making it through. This is the beginning of a super race of salmon! .....or the run is going to arrive late because of the slide, some fish won't make it but many will, and in 4 years the run size will be slightly affected.

[CranePete]

I spoke briefly with DFO guys in Williams Lake last week about the last of the steelhead. He said that he’d be very surprised if they ever found another one, likely completely wiped out. Most unfortunate.