Effects of Dams & Waterpower on River Ecosystems, Fish & Fisheries: Not Green for Fish, by Dr. John M. Casselman, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Biology, Queen’s University – Presentation to ORA at Annual General Meeting

By Linda Heron on Monday, November 25th, 2013

Posted in American Eel, Climate Change, Dams, Energy, Fish Bypass, Fish/Eel Mitigation & Recovery, Hydroelectric, Impacts, Lake Sturgeon, Media, Presentations, River Concerns, Rivers at Risk, Species at Risk, Studies & Reports, Turbines

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Surging Sturgeon Success Story – by Laurent Robichaud, Friends of Grassy River

By Linda Heron on Monday, November 25th, 2013

Posted in Fish Bypass, Fish/Eel Mitigation & Recovery, Lake Sturgeon, Media, Presentations, Species at Risk, Studies & Reports

Below is a presentation made to the Ontario Rivers Alliance at their Annual General Meeting on 23 November 2013. Check out the notes below as well.

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This document is a collection of events and recent developments related to the re-introduction of Lake Sturgeon in the Upper Reach of the Mattagami River near Timmins Ontario.

It was back in 2002 that the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources approached Club Navigateur La Ronde and the Timmins Fur Council to be partners on a project to re-establish lake sturgeon population in the upper reach of the Mattagami River near Timmins Ontario. In the Lands and Forest archives of the early 1900s were records of sturgeon spawning activity observed at Wawaitin Falls by a conservation officer of those early years of the Porcupine mining camp. Log drives, dam construction and subsequent operation combined with fisheries led to population drops to unsustainable levels. Continue reading →