The ‘Big Bar’ landslide along the Fraser River in British Columbia is blocking the natural migration of sockeye and chinook salmon swimming upstream to spawn. Gwil Roberts, the Director of the Big Bar Landslide Response, working for the Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, is constructing a system nicknamed the ‘Salmon Cannon’, which will work in conjunction with a fish ladder to help the Salmon migrate. Gwil joins us with more details on the project.
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