The provincial government announced a $75,000 investment from the Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund to protect and enhance the habitat of the Cheticamp River. With this funding, the Cheticamp River Salmon Association is set to improve the cold-water habitats Atlantic salmon require and make it easier for fish to…
The Cheticamp River Salmon Association is creating deflectors piles of rocks in the river to narrow the channel and create deeper pools of cool water to protect fish from the effects of climate change.
The Margaree and Cheticamp Rivers have been chosen as part of a salmon conservation pilot project. It's part of a program created by the Atlantic Salmon Federation called Wild Salmon Watersheds. A formal launch of the project is being held today at the Cheticamp Visitors Centre in Cape Breton Highlands…