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Ten Tips for Clean and Green Boating

Ten Tips for Clean and Green Boating

absorbent pad or pillow in your bilge and under your engine where drips may occur. Check the pads often, do not let them clog the bilge pump, and dispose of them as hazardous waste at a marina or local hazardous waste collection center.Spill-proof your oil...

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Quinsam Hatchery to give young coho a “flu shot”

Quinsam Hatchery to give young coho a “flu shot”

Thanks in part to the Campbell River Salmon Foundations donation of $9,200, young coho reared at Quinsam Hatchery in Campbell River will be inoculated against the vibriosis bacteria prior to being released.  This is a pilot project that intends to help...

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Campbell River Site 9 Gravel Placement 2012

Campbell River Site 9 Gravel Placement 2012

Report prepared by Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd. During August 7-10, 2012, a 1,825 m2 Chinook spawning gravel platform, complete with habitat complexity boulders, was constructed in the Campbell River at Site 9. The project location is on the Campbell...

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Homathko 3.5 km Bank Stabilization-2012

Homathko 3.5 km Bank Stabilization-2012

In an effort to protect one of the largest juvenile salmon habitats in BC at Cumsack Slough, the CRSF funded and participated in the bank stabilization of the Homathko River at 3.5 km. CRSF would also like to thank the following companies for their generous...

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Salmon River Diversion Debate

Salmon River Diversion Debate

In an article published in the Courier-Islander on June 08, 2012 (found here) BC Hydro spokesperson Stephen Watson says the diversion isn’t a barrier. The current fish-way built by the DFO in the early 1980’s is only effective under certain flow...

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CRSF Funds Derelect Boat Removal

CRSF Funds Derelect Boat Removal

The Campbell River Salmon Foundation stepped up and funded the removal of a derelict boat that washed ashore at the mouth of Willow Creek.  Had the boat been left to stay the environmental impact would have been detrimental to salmon stock that use Willow Creek...

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