Sockeye begin moving through Chilcotin landslide area – Quesnel Observer
‘We are at the point where every last fish matters,’ said TNG tribal chair Chief Joe Alphonse
While sockeye salmon have started trickling through the Chilcotin River landslide area, the numbers are still a long way from normal, said Tsilhqot’in National Government (TNG) tribal chair Chief Joe Alphonse.
“Salmon are now passing the slide and I guess that is reason to celebrate, but the flip side of that is we wish there were way more fish,” Alphonse told Black Press Media.
Efforts have been ongoing to rebuild salmon runs impacted by the Big Bar Slide in 2019, and now there is the added stress of the 2024 Chilcotin River slide, he explained.
