The project will see more than 70 hectares of estuary in Cowichan Bay restored and adapted in anticipation of sea level rise.

There were so many spawning Coho below the hatchery at Noon's Creek in Port Moody, many bystanders stopped to watch the salmon on the side of a trail.

Water levels in many river systems in the province are already very low, and more typical of levels seen in August, and it's raising concerns about the health of the salmon runs.