Restoring and enhancing coldwater fish habitat in the Smoky Headwaters by mitigating sediment delivery and enhancing riparian shading.
Smoky Headwaters Initiative
We are excited to begin a new project in the Smoky Headwaters. Every watershed has a headwaters and the Smoky River's are in the Grande Cache Vicinity.
This is initiative is going to look at reducing threats to coldwater fish, think Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus) and Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus), habitat. These coldwater species are often at risk.
| Fish | Latin name |
Provincial status |
Federal status |
| Arctic grayling | Thymallus arcticus | May be at risk |
High priority candidate |
| Bull Trout | Salvelinus confluentus | At risk |
Special Concern |
Our State of the Watershed identified the Smoky Headwaters as both critical fish habitat, ranked by fisheries because of important spawning habitat, and an area where Arctic Grayling were not as impacted as other places.
So we are going to focus on the Smoky headwaters for this important work of restoring coldwater (species at risk) fish habitat.
