Wild Waters: Preserving salmon habitat in Metro Vancouver

Hiking up slippery stairs in the rain is hard enough, try doing it with a pack full of salmon on your back. Protecting our local salmon takes a lot of effort and timing; watch as workers race the clock to get young salmon past the dams that hold our water supply and see the careful planning needed to make sure new wastewater infrastructure at the mouth of the Fraser enhances precious salmon habitat at the ocean’s edge. Metro Vancouver supports and improves salmon habitat across the region.
Metro Vancouver is a diverse organization that plans for and delivers regional utility services, including water, sewers and wastewater treatment, and solid waste management. It also regulates air quality, plans for urban growth, manages a regional parks system, provides affordable housing, and serves as a regional federation. The organization is a federation of 21 municipalities, one electoral area, and one treaty First Nation located in the region of the same name. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors of elected officials from each me​mber jurisdiction. www.metrovancou...