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Report: Conservation of Shuswap River Chinook Through Education COA-F21-F-3256
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The Kingfisher Interpretive Centre Society was founded over thirty years ago in response to the near extinction of Shuswap River Chinook. Members from the Kingfisher Community were very concerned and through a partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, helped re-establish the Chinook salmon populations to a healthy level.
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Author: Shona Bruce
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Date Published: May 2021
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Report ID: 59316
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Audience: Government and Public
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Over the years it was discovered that ignorance and indifference had played an integral role in the decline of the population. Once discovered, it became a mission to educate the people about salmon and the negative impacts of bad decisions that were simply made through lack of knowledge and understanding.
The need for the Conservation of Shuswap River Chinook through Education program is once again becoming a priority for our watershed as Chinook populations are once more in decline across the entire Pacific North West. Science suggests poor ocean conditions and habitat loss are to blame. Educating todays youth about the important role fish play in maintaining the health of the overall ecosystem needs to continue to ensure the long-term wellbeing of our entire watershed. As Baba Dioum, Sengalese Forester eloquently put it :
In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught.
Our watershed has seen a huge spike in the amount of river traffic over the last decade. With the increase of visitors, we are also seeing an increase in garbage, negatively impacting our watershed. Many of these local schoolchildren also utilize the river for recreation with family and friends and can either be part of the problem of part of the solution. We strive to create salmon and water stewards by passing on knowledge and awareness and instilling passion in the participants through our experiential education programs. Conservation through education is critical if we would like to achieve the sustained abundance of our resident salmonid populations.
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Fish and Aquatic Habitat Information |
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Subject
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Fish Species - Chinook Salmon - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |
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Region - Okanagan |
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Fish and Fish Habitat - Conservation Biology |
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Watershed Groups - 128 - South Thompson |
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