Big Bar

• 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
• Fraser River slide poses big engineering challenge for crews working to get fish moving

  Experts say crews working to create a passage for the migrating salmon are dealing with some of the most difficult engineering challenges since a similar incident over a century ago.

  Sep 7, 2019
• Some salmon no longer need helicopters to lift them past Fraser River slide: officials

  While sockeye and chinook salmon are getting through on their own, other species such as pink salmon could still face challenges.

  Environment

  Sep 4, 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
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• ‘Limited’ natural salmon passage established at Fraser River rockslide: officials

  However, just 6,700 salmon have transited the rockslide on their own, and officials say a "tremendous" amount of work remains.

  Aug 26, 2019