Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Government of British Columbia to provide further updates on the Big Bar Landslide

Officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Province of British Columbia as well as a representative from the Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance will to provide further updates and answer questions regarding a significant rock slide that occurred upstream of a narrow portion of the Fraser River near Big Bar.

Vancouver, B.C. – Officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Province of British Columbia as well as a representative from the Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance will to provide further updates and answer questions regarding a significant rock slide that occurred upstream of a narrow portion of the Fraser River near Big Bar.  The obstruction raises concerns about whether salmon migrating upstream can reach their spawning grounds.

Date: Friday, July 5, 2019

Time: 4:00 – 4:30 pm (Pacific)

Dial-in number: 1-866-206-0153

Local dial-in number: 613-954-9003

Participant passcode: 7656154#

Jody Lucius
Communications Specialist, Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
Government of British Columbia
250-554-5532
C: 250-318-7456
Jody.lucius@gov.bc.ca

Leri Davies
Strategic Media Relations Advisor
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Region
Tel (604) 666-8675
Cell (604) 612-6837
leri.davies@dfo-mpo.gc.ca        

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