The FWCP approved funding for two Bull Trout projects in our Peace Region that will identify future habitat enhancement opportunities for this at-risk (provincially Blue-listed) fish.

The Provincial government is leading a project in selected parts of Williston Reservoir and its tributaries, to determine Bull Trout distribution and threats, as well as monitor trend abundance by counting redds – gravel nests used for spawning.

In Dinosaur Reservoir, at Gething Creek, similar work is being carried out by Diversified Environmental Services to confirm the current population of large-bodied Bull Trout that migrate from the reservoir to spawn in the creek.

These types of information-gathering projects help decision-makers, and funders like the FWCP, support future on-the-ground activities.