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The Kenney Dam blocked flows into the Nechako River in 1952, redirecting two-thirds of the river’s volume west toward the Kemano generating station, which powers Rio Tinto Alcan’s aluminum ...
Government scientists are asking for the public’s help to solve that mystery after 11 of the iconic and endangered fish were recently found dead in the Nechako in central B.C.
VANCOUVER — Fisheries scientists in British Columbia have recovered the bodies, but have few other clues and no prime suspect. So what is killing the giant sturgeon of the Nechako River? Government ...
The Nechako River was dammed at its source on the eastern edge of the Kitimat Ranges in the early 1950s to provide power to the Alcan aluminum smelter in Kitimat, which is now owned by Rio Tinto.
The Nechako River was dammed in the 1950s to generate power for the Kitimat aluminum smelter. Depending on the time of year, the Kenney Dam can reduce river flows to 25% of what they would be ...
Weighing in at 336 pounds, this Nechako white sturgeon surpassed the previous record-holder caught in 2007.
B.C. River Forecast Centre hydrologist Charles Luo said his team measured a 1.3-metre rise along the Nechako River over the weekend due the warming temperatures.
VANCOUVER — Fisheries scientists in British Columbia have recovered the bodies, but have few other clues and no prime suspect. So what is killing the giant sturgeon of the Nechako River ...
So what is killing the giant sturgeon of the Nechako River? Government scientists are asking for the public’s help to solve that mystery after 11 of the iconic and endangered fish were recently ...
VANCOUVER — Fisheries scientists in British Columbia have recovered the bodies, but have few other clues and no prime suspect.
VANCOUVER – Fisheries scientists in British Columbia have recovered the bodies, but have few other clues and no prime suspect. So what is killing the giant sturgeon of the Nechako River? Governm ...