Oct 28, 2024
Salmon returning in record numbers, but conflict between 2 Indigenous governments threatens future efforts
The Syilx Okanagan Nation is celebrating a record-breaking salmon run in the region this year, but says it fears for the future of the restoration work after a neighbouring nation pulled funding from the project, amid a conflict between the two.
According to the Okanagan Nation Alliance, the governing body for the Syilx Okanagan Nation, upwards of 300,000 salmon have made it up the Columbia River to the Okanagan Basin to spawn this fall.
It’s a major success story for the fish species, which was nearing extinction in the area in the 1990s.
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