BC Hydro ramping rates at their dams killing salmon and steelhead!

Some photos of dead steelhead fry and rescued steelhead and coho from BC Hydro's continued rapid ramping of the Cheakamus River. This has to stop!

Steelhead Fry Dead from Ramping.jpg Dead Steelhead fry as result of ramping.jpg resucued pool stranded steelhead and coho fry from ramping.jpg
 
Dave a good start is to contact MOE, and start asking if riparian assessments have been done along each creek/river where project is. You need to ask for the report, and starting inquiring. Also hydro must likely will have a QEP on staff that should be doing the monitoring. With you inquiring it would send a flag to ministry staff. Hyrdo can't make changes without following procedures that were laid out. This is John Horgan's territory not federal.

MP I would flag would be Sonia F. of green party. She is very much involved with revamp of practices/procedures with fresh water usage etc.of this kind of thing. Sort of a thorn in the side of ministry, but does have John's ear.
 
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SpringVelocity said:
Dave a good start is to contact MOE, and start asking if riparian assessments have been done along each creek/river where project is. You need to ask for the report, and starting inquiring. Also hydro must likely will have a QEP on staff that should be doing the monitoring. With you inquiring it would send a flag to ministry staff. Hyrdo can't make changes without following procedures that were laid out. This is John Horgan's territory not federal.

MP I would flag would be Sonia F. of green party. She is very much involved with revamp of practices/procedures with fresh water usage etc.of this kind of thing. Sort of a thorn in the side of ministry, but does have John's ear.
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Does the Province even have a region 2 steelhead biologist? We have been dealing with Hydro and DFO on this thru the Cheakamus Water Use Planning Committee. We're getting support from our local MLA Jordan Sturdy. Thanks for the further insight.
 
If any other industry besides bc hydro dumped water and it was proven the water they dumped was lethal to fish they would be fined millions.
 
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I used to think that. It happens all the time, and most get slaps on wrist.
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It depends but yeah most get off with a slap on the wrist.

In a case were the dumping was not approved, and DFO can document fish were killed as a result of the contamination and usually have to be a second offence and be a
Big company to get hit
With the million dollar fine.

If joe blow company dumps/cleans out his concrete truck on the street and goes into a fish bearing stream and the caustic water kills fish. Odds are he’s only getting a slap on the wrist
 
Prespawn Pink Mortalities.jpg Prespawn Pink Mortalities-2.jpg

BC Hydro dropped the water flow in Cheakamus River on Sept 19/20 in 21 hours by half. This resulted in pre-spawn mortality of over 300 adult spawning pinks in just one small area of the Cheakamus. Likely the kill of pinks and dewatering of reds is much higher. Further abuse of by BC Hydro of their water license and DFO needs to act on this! The entire Squamish River system was closed to retention of Pink due to low numbers and a conservation concern. Now the loss of all these adult spawners and redds is just devastating!
 
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What makes me nervous is that as we move to more electric cars we are going to need a lot more power to go "green". Could that give BC Hydro the social license to do a lot more of this kind of thing and other development practices that will kill more trout and salmon in the pursuit of providing more power?
 
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Rockfish said:
What makes me nervous is that as we move to more electric cars we are going to need a lot more power to go "green". Could that give BC Hydro the social license to do a lot more of this kind of thing and other development practices that will kill more trout and salmon in the pursuit of providing more power?
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Electricity is definitely portrayed as clean energy. Certainly has its dirty little secret!

The thing is what they're doing wouldn't have a big impact on their bottom line if they were more responsible environmentally!
 
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