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Location: Thompson, Prince George Project Summary The Pacific Salmon Foundation and Fraser Basin Council will study potential threats to wild salmon in BC from the mountain pine beetle, which has infested forests across the province. While most people in BC recognize that the mountain pine beetle infestation is having serious social, economic and environmental consequences to the forests and forest communities, the impact to the aquatic ecosystem is not as apparent. Through their jointly managed Fraser Salmon and Watersheds Program, the Pacific Salmon Foundation and Fraser Basin Council sponsored a regional workshop in Prince George to look at the impacts of Mountain Pine Beetle and potential threats to salmon habitat. As a result of the workshop, a technical advisory committee has beens formed to identify the anticipated impacts of mountain pine beetle on salmon and resident freshwater fish—as the kill-off of trees could mean loss of shade in fish habitat, as well as changes to water flow and temperature. The committee is expected to investigate ongoing monitoring that may be required to document the impacts to the fisheries resource and to recommend potential adaptive management strategies. Participants at a workshop sponsored by the Fraser Salmon and Watersheds Program in Prince George in January identified the need to start discussion with all the key stakeholders to identify what the impacts are, how we may be able to plan for them and, if at all possible, mitigate them. |
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