Investments supporting salmon in the Okanagan, Shuswap, and B.C.
KAMLOOPS — Upper levels of government are supporting activities to protect salmon populations in B.C., which include some local investments.
The federal Ministry of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, along with the provincial Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, announced over $86 million in funding for 58 projects under the second phase of the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund (BCSRIF).
The projects are jointly funded through the federal Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative and the Province of B.C.
Among those projects is one in the Okanagan and two in the Shuswap.