Creston Valley Rod and Gun Club continues Kokanee salmon restoration – Creston Valley Advance

October  29,  2024

Over 60,000 eggs were released into Summit Creek last week

In the next significant step to recover Kokanee salmon populations, 63,000 fertilized eggs have been released into Summit Creek.

Thanks to a provincial grant, this is an ambitious step forward in the Creston Valley Rod and Gun Club’s two-year project to replenish depleted fish stocks in Kootenay Lake.

“We have a responsibility for looking after the resources that make the Creston Valley so very special,” said Robyn Usher, project manager, Return of the Kokanee Salmon.

Summit Creek, which flows into Kootenay River and eventually empties into Kootenay Lake, sustained the largest run of Kokanee on the western shore in the 1960s and 70s.

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