Supporting sturgeon recovery in the Columbia River

Project Year: 2019-2020

Multi-year Project

Photo: A. Glass

Project Lead

Watershed/Sub-region

Columbia Region

West Kootenay

Project Type

Species-Based Actions

FWCP Contribution

$110,000

Action Plan Alignment

Species of Interest Action Plan

Project ID

COL-F20-F-3127-DCA

F20 Upper Columbia sturgeon

Implemented through BC Hydro’s White Sturgeon Management Plan, under the Columbia River Water Use Plan, this FWCP project is contributing to the White Sturgeon Conservation Aquaculture Program in the Canadian portion of the Columbia River Basin.