Pearson Ecological

2 weeks ago

So this is the standard of work we can expect from Trans Mountain - the company wanting to put a new pipeline across 1355 watercourses - including 354 fish bearing streams.

And this is the level of expectation DFO has for habitat mitigation. They maintain that if a few centimetres of sediment accumulates over the cement the habitat will be considered restored. Not much of a bar.

This is the infamous death by a thousand cuts - it's how we have already lost so much .... a little piece at a time. I've watched it for more than 2 decades in the Fraser Valley now.

The frustrating thing is that in many cases, like this one, it would be easy and cheap to mitigate the damage. What would it cost to make a proper bank here rather than a cement ramp? What would it cost to install a couple of tree stumps or logs along the sides to create some cover for juvenile salmon? How about some round river gravel and small boulders?

Really TMX? This is the easy stuff. Clean up your messes and make some freaking habitat! ... See MoreSee Less

Salmon habitat to 'return to normal' after Trans Mountain pipeline work: officials

bc.ctvnews.ca

Work on a Trans Mountain pipeline crossing in a British Columbia stream altered habitat for young salmon, but the creek is expected to return to normal in one to two years, says Fisheries ...