For over 80 years salmon have been blocked by dams from returning to the upper Columbia River in the Kootenay region of British Columbia. The Columbia River was once the
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Syilx Okanagan Nation’s ‘Fish in Schools’ program
Syilx Okanagan Nation raises awareness of salmon restoration in the Columbia with the ‘Fish in Schools’ program.
Record number of sockeye return to Okanagan system
Since May 2004, the Syilx Okanagan National Alliance (ONA) has been releasing salmon back into Okanagan rivers and lakes to replenish the salmon population. In 2020, record returns of salmon were forecast.
