Kokanee salmon kill off

A freedom of information request by the BC Wildlife Federation has found that an early drawdown of Okanagan Lake has compromised a significant portion of the lake’s shore spawning kokanee salmon population. As Travis Lowe reports, the Wildlife Federation’s director of fisheries restoration is worried that the kokanee kill-off could set restoration efforts back years, if not decades.

• Early drawdown of Okanagan Lake compromised fish restoration efforts, says BC Wildlife Federation