rock slide

• Landslides ‘happening all the time’ in B.C., says SFU geology professor

  “Some slides we probably can predict. If we have an area that we’ve identified as being problematic, that slope can be monitored.”

  Environment

  Dec 13, 2019
  
• Rockslide snarls northbound traffic on Hwy. 1 on Vancouver Island

  West Shore RCMP confirmed no one was injured when the rocks came down and no accidents have been reported.

  Nov 17, 2019
  
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• 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
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• 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 5, 2019
• ‘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
• Nearly 1,500 salmon being taken by helicopter past Fraser River landslide daily: DFO

  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the B.C. government said the daily haul has helped bring 17,391 fish upstream to spawn.

  Aug 17, 2019
• Crews in B.C. helping salmon navigate Fraser River landslide

  More solutions are being found to get thousands of salmon past a landslide in the Fraser River, provincial and federal officials said this week.

  Aug 4, 2019
• Officials may soon install salmon ladders to help fish blocked by B.C. landslide

  Officials are optimistic they will be able to save thousands of salmon effected by the Big Bar landslide.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2019
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• B.C. to use helicopters to transfer salmon past Fraser River rock slide

  The 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.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2019
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• B.C., federal government working to save Fraser River salmon stocks after rock slide

  The 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.

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2019