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Location: Fraser Valley, Katzie First Nations Tribal Territory Project Summary
BC Conservation Foundation will be conducting two habitat restoration projects to stabilize the Upper Pitt watershed, which has seen a long history of logging activities, with associated declines in fish habitat and populations. The first restoration project will involve reconnecting Upper Pitt River to Red Slough in order to prevent summer dry ups in Red Slough and decrease salmonid kills in the area. The second habitat rehabilitation project will take place on the mainstem portion of Blue Creek. The project seeks to improve habitat productivity for steelhead and chinook salmon by adding large woody debris and boulder clusters to the creek. As the Upper Pitt River is home to all five species of Pacific salmon in addition to various species of trout, promoting and assisting in the protection and restoration of all fish in the Pitt is the aim of these projects. There is accelerating interest in commercial and residential development of the watershed, and there is therefore a certain urgency to asserting the primacy of ecosystems supporting fish populations by maximizing their productivity |
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