Lake Aeration in B.C. – Another Tool in the Toolbox – by Brian Chan

British Columbia is blessed with an abundance of freshwater resources.  Over 16,000 lakes alone are found scattered throughout the province.  Our lakes offer some incredible fishing opportunities, and those located in the interior regions of the province are often glowingly referred to by anglers in the know as the best blue ribbon trout fisheries found […]

Keeping watch for invasive mussels

Vigilance is the price of keeping our waters free of invasive mussels. According to the 2018 interim report on the Provincial Mussel Defence Program, of the 38,000 watercraft inspected during the 2018 operating season 25 boats were confirmed to have highly invasive zebra and/or quagga mussels. Luckily these mussel-fouled boats were stopped, as they were […]

HCTF Makes New Sturgeon Commitment

Sturgeon and 3 Fisherpeople
The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation has made a substantial new commitment to white sturgeon in BC, which will see the foundation provide an additional $250,000 over the next 5 years towards projects that contribute to the conservation of sturgeon and associated habitat. Starting in 2008, the Province of British Columbia introduced new conservation surcharges on […]

Coquihalla River Rehabilitation Project Update

Crew working to break up boulder on Coquihalla River
HCTF is delighted to share an update from one of our more explosive recent projects, the Coquihalla River Summer Steelhead Migration Rehabilitation Project.   In the spring of 2014, an unfortunate combination of erosion, shifting of boulders and the settling of a failed bridge foundation introduced a new obstacle for summer steelhead attempting to access […]

Project Evaluation: Spring Site Visits

By Kathryn Martell and Christina Waddle Project evaluation is a core component of HCTF’s grant programs. In addition to a thorough review of proposals and project reports, we conduct more in-depth evaluations of several projects each year. This assessment combines a detailed review of both financial and biological components of a project, ranging from questions […]