Birkenhead River Habitat Restoration
Grant Amount: $140,000
Líl̓wat Nation is leading the Birkenhead River Habitat Restoration project which aims to restore, improve, and increase habitat for salmon and other riverine species, and reduce ongoing threats to these habitats. The objectives for this project are to complete three high priority Chinook salmon restoration activities for the Birkenhead River – placement of a gravel pad at the outlet of Birkenhead Lake; targeted blasting of an impassable bedrock barrier that has caused a large wood jam upstream; and construction of riffle ramps into Pasture Creek, using gravel and cobble, to facilitate the movement of juvenile Chinook.