Habitat restoration underway at Cottonwood Island Park to prevent future fish strandings
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PRINCE GEORGE – In the past two weeks, wildlife advocates and community members have successfully rescued over 5,000 fish that were trapped in a water channel at Cottonwood Island Park. This initiative is part of a broader effort to restore the channel and prevent future occurrences of fish getting stranded. Heavy machinery is set to arrive this week to undertake repairs and enhance the habitat for fish.
Since September 22nd, dedicated teams of volunteers have been working diligently to catch and release every fish in a three-kilometre stretch of the channel, returning them to the Nechako River from small pools of water.
The timeline for the channel cleaning was moved up by a few weeks, prompting the group to call on community members for assistance in catching and relocating the trapped fish.
