Conservationists demand end to gravel extraction on B.C. creek
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Retired biologist John Werring said it was the sight of dead salmon dried up in teh creekbed last December that spurred him and others to try and figure out what was going on.
A coalition of conservation groups is calling on the federal and provincial governments to stop gravel extraction from a creek near Mission, B.C., saying it’s destroying salmon habitats.
The groups say gravel mining has lowered the level of Norrish Creek and its tributaries.
Retired biologist John Werring said it was the sight of dead salmon dried up in teh creekbed last December that spurred him and others to try and figure out what was going on.
Werring said he noticed the water level had been intentionally lowered by gravel extraction, work completed by the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad to protect a bridge there.
He suspects that caused the neighboring creek to dry out and damage the Fish Habitat….and over the past six months he’s been pushing government to reveal what they know about the situation.
He said he’s recieved “absolutely nothing” in the way of ansers since then.
Normally Firsheries and Oceans Canada and the provincial govenrment would be involved in any activity that could affect fish habitat and involved mining of a public resource.
After months of frustration Werring and his colleagues have turned to the lawyers at Ecojustice for help.
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