B.C. Orders Forage Farmers to Stop Using Water to Protect Endangered Chinook Salmon
The British Columbia government has ordered forage-crop farmers in the province's south to turn off their irrigation taps, because "severe low flows" are threatening endangered chinook salmon.
Randene Neill, B.C.'s minster of water, land and resource stewardship, said "when stream flows drop to critical levels, and vulnerable species are at risk," government must take regulatory action.
"Temporary protection measures are always issued as a very, very last resort after voluntary measures, because we recognize the huge impact it has on water users, including farmers...
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