Salmon spawning grounds feared destroyed in massive B.C. coast landslide

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A massive landslide has devastated hundreds of acres of forest, severely damaging salmon spawning grounds and sweeping trees, rocks and mud into Bute Inlet.

A pilot with 49 North Helicopters heard about the remote slide and flew over the area to survey the damage.

Chief Darren Blaney of the Homalco First Nation has seen the video and says the slide has clearly impacted the coho and chum salmon spawning grounds. The importance of salmon to the Homalco First Nation cannot be overstated and this natural disaster creates yet another problem for a food source already becoming scarce.

Those who have seen the slide firsthand suspect it may be one of the largest in the province in recent years.

 

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