Big Bar Landslide

• Salmon getting through Big Bar slide area prompts excitement in Indigenous communities

  Some 280,000 salmon have already been counted above the Big Bar slide site north of Lillooet -- a contrast from three years ago when barely 100 salmon were counted.

  Environment

  Aug 12, 2022
  
• Improved fishway, lower river flow raise salmon migration hopes at B.C. rock slide

  The future concern is ensuring the area allows salmon to continue to pass through every year, including those seasons with high water levels

  Environment

  Jun 23, 2021
  
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• Salmon expected to start arriving soon at Fraser River landslide: DFO

  Feds say parts of the 'salmon cannon' have arrived at the Big Bar landslide.

  Environment

  May 25, 2020
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• Plans underway for ‘salmon cannon’ to help fish clear B.C. landslide

  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says plans are underway for a pneumatic fish pump to help fish migrate past the Big Bar landslide.

  Environment

  Apr 27, 2020
• ‘Steady progress’ as crews prepare to clear Big Bar landslide despite weather: DFO

  The DFO says blasting work will commence "shortly," and are working to ensure that blasting has the "lowest possible impact to fish and fish habitat."

  Feb 14, 2020
• Contract awarded for crucial winter work to restore slide-impacted Fraser River

  Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Bernadette Jordan said construction aimed at re-establishing a fish passage through the section of the river will "start shortly."

  Jan 13, 2020
• ‘High risk’ many salmon species threatened by Big Bar landslide won’t be rescued, DFO says

  Officials said water levels are beginning to drop in the Fraser River, presenting the only opportunity for crews to remove tonnes of rock blocking a critical migration route.

  Dec 4, 2019
• B.C. salmon runs face ‘meaningful chance of extinction’ due to Big Bar landslide: officials

  Scientists are warning some salmon runs in B.C.'s Fraser River could disappear completely as a landslide that came down a year ago continues to block a critical fish migration route.

  Nov 29, 2019
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• 12,000 salmon have now cleared Big Bar landslide under their own power: officials

  An additional 44,000 fish have been flown over the obstruction by helicopter.

  Aug 28, 2019