Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Stewardship - $9,500

The Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Stewardship Project will support outreach efforts to promote a conservation ethic and implementation of the Recovery Plan for this population. White Sturgeon in the Upper Columbia River are considered “red listed”, or endangered, in British Columbia and have been recommended by COSEWIC to be included on the endangered species list within Canada. A Recovery Plan has been prepared that outlines means for restoring a self sustaining sturgeon population through natural reproduction.

This stewardship project focuses on reducing the impacts of anglers on white sturgeon, increasing public awareness of their critical status in the Upper Columbia River (the upper Columbia refers to the Columbia River upstream of Grand Coulee Dam, this project will be limited to the Canadian portion) and initiating a dialogue with residents, in particular First Nations, of the benefits and risks associated with hatchery supplementation upstream of Mica Dam to provide a “failsafe” population. All these components are recommendations from the Recovery Plan, which is available on the Initiative’s website: www.uppercolumbiastugeon.org.

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