Habitat Restoration Wild Salmon, Updated Nov 26, 2020

I will use this post to put up habitat restoration projects for wild BC salmon, and other jurisdictions. These small projects, many funded by the Pacific Salmon Foundation, should be the backbone of restoration and bringing back wild salmon:
I will put in some related news as well.

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18. $24,000 for Habitat Restoration Projects - Parksvile, Qualicum: https://www.pqbnews.com/community/24000-granted-to-parksville-qualicum-beach-projects-via-pacific-salmon-foundation/?mc_cid=3cada652f8&mc_eid=5777c92bcd.

17. Two Dams to be Pulled - US, for salmon: .

16. Sturgeon Bank Restoration Projects - group asks for council money: .

15. Habitat Restoration Funding - Haida Gwaii, 12 projects, $162K funding, PSF: .

14. New Channel - Penticton, for sockeye and chinook: https://www.castanet.net/news/Penticton/309153/More-work-to-restore-salmon-habitat-in-Penticton-to-begin?mc_cid=b0bb6c9d6c&mc_eid=5777c92bcd.

13. A List of Habitat Conservation Trust Fund Projects - BC, : https://hctf.ca/hctf-announces-2020-21-list-of-approved-conservation-projects-across-bc/.

12. Habitat Conservation Trust Fund - funds a great number of grassroots projects in BC: https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/conservation-projects-in-b-c-receive-9-2m-in-funds-from-victoria-based-foundation/.

11. Departure Creek, Nanaimo - a good example of getting in the stream and fixing it, and the groups that come together, for years, to make it happen: https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/nanaimo-creek-restoration-meant-to-make-habitat-more-fish-friendly/?mc_cid=b0bb6c9d6c&mc_eid=5777c92bcd .

10. DFO Should Enforce Fish Farm Regs, Not Pay for Cleanups - : https://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/column-dfo-should-enforce-regulations-not-pay-for-cleanup/?mc_cid=5dcc17bb46&mc_eid=5777c92bcd.

9. Salmon Runs Worst Ever - Alaska and BC: http://www.digitaljournal.com/business/alaska-and-b-c-s-salmon-runs-expected-to-be-worst-ever-recorded/article/576244?mc_cid=5dcc17bb46&mc_eid=5777c92bcd.

8. Four Reasons Salmon in the Tank - Narwhal, Greg Taylor: https://thenarwhal.ca/low-fraser-river-sockeye-salmon-bc/?mc_cid=5dcc17bb46&mc_eid=5777c92bcd.

7. Pilchuk Dam to Come Down - freeing up 37 miles of habitat for spawning, US: https://phys.org/news/2020-08-washington-miles-salmon-habitat.html?mc_cid=0f1f93dac2&mc_eid=5777c92bcd .

6. Nooksack Restoration Underway - WA: https://kgmi.com/news/007700-fish-habitat-improvements-underway-in-birch-bay/?mc_cid=0f1f93dac2&mc_eid=5777c92bcd.

5. Projects in the Saanich Peninsula for Salmon - : https://peninsulastreams.ca/.

4. Fish Ladder on Alouette Dam: https://www.mapleridgenews.com/opinion/along-the-fraser-fish-ladder-for-alouette-dam-would-boost-threatened-wild-sockeye/?mc_cid=0f1f93dac2&mc_eid=5777c92bcd.

3. Worst Salmon Numbers Ever - 285,000 sockeye for Fraser when it was 100 million at the beginning of the 20th century: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/2020-fraser-river-sockeye-record-1.5682765?mc_cid=0f1f93dac2&mc_eid=5777c92bcd. This is why we need tons of habitat restoration, because DFO has managed salmon into extinction.

2. Tillamook Wetland Purchase to aid Habitat Restoration - WA: https://www.tillamookheadlightherald.com/news/tillamook-river-wetlands-restoration-will-improve-salmon-habitat/article_93c71ad6-d2bd-11ea-8fb1-177b774fa4c2.html?mc_cid=c036c27217&mc_eid=5777c92bcd.

1. Project Funds for Vancouver Island Projects - Pacific Salmon Foundation: https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/salmon-foundation-provides-funding-for-habitat-rehab-1.24180612?mc_cid=c036c27217&mc_eid=5777c92bcd.