Fraser River Rockslide
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Fraser River slide poses big engineering challenge for crews working to get fish movingExperts 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
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Some salmon no longer need helicopters to lift them past Fraser River slide: officialsWhile sockeye and chinook salmon are getting through on their own, other species such as pink salmon could still face challenges.EnvironmentSep 5, 2019
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‘Limited’ natural salmon passage established at Fraser River rockslide: officialsHowever, just 6,700 salmon have transited the rockslide on their own, and officials say a "tremendous" amount of work remains.Aug 26, 2019
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Time of essence as Fraser River slide blocks spawning salmon: WilkinsonThe slide was discovered in June and has created a five-metre waterfall nearly impassable for the salmon.Aug 6, 2019
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B.C. to use helicopters to transfer salmon past Fraser River rock slideThe salmon will be ushered into an off-channel holding pond, where they will be netted and put into oxygenated tanks that will be helicoptered upstream.CanadaJul 21, 2019
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B.C., federal government working to save Fraser River salmon stocks after rock slideThe province says in a news release that Premier John Horgan briefed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the slide that threatens to block millions of returning salmon.CanadaJul 20, 2019
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‘All options open’: Ministers tour Fraser River rockslide that could impact migrating salmonThe federal fisheries minister called the slide the Department of Fisheries and Oceans top priority in B.C.EnvironmentJul 9, 2019
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DFO says helping salmon migrate upstream past Fraser River slide a key concernMore experts have joined the effort to determine how best to help salmon migrate to a key spawning site upstream.CanadaJul 6, 2019
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Some fish getting through Fraser River rockslide, but DFO looking at options to help the restOn Wednesday, officials with the DFO said early data suggests at least 700 fish have made it past the blockage since Friday night.EnvironmentJul 3, 2019
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