Crews blast rubble at Big Bar landslide to help salmon move upstream

LILLOOET, B.C. (NEWS 1130) – Highly skilled workers are conducting a controlled blast to help move rubble caused by the Big Bar landslide, which was discovered in late June.

The blast will enable workers to move boulders to change the flow of water in the Fraser River and allowed salmon to bypass the main obstruction, avoid strong currents and continue in their upstream migration.

Sonar is also being used to help facilitate the placement of boulders on the river’s bottom.

Crews are working to install tiered pools to create a fish ladder, where fish jump between pools.

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Salmon are continuing to be radio tagged and monitored as part of stress testing and measuring their overall health.

Capture and transport operations have helped move about 2,300 Sockeye and Chinook salmon. Workers will keep to manually move fish upstream while other operations continue.

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