Drought jeopardizes salmon in the Nicola watershed
Streamflow in the Coldwater River, a major salmon-bearing river within the Nicola Watershed near Merritt, BC, is not meeting minimum ecological requirements for salmon. A new collaborative study released by researchers from Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Scw’exmx Tribal Council determined that streamflow in the Coldwater River is too low to support a healthy salmon population.
