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Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako and the Nechako First Nations sign MOU to rehabilitate the Nechako River
Publisher: Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako
Posting Date: September 29, 2021
Year Published: 2021
Abstract:
Building on the February 25, 2021 resolution from the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (“Regional District”) on the restoration of the Nechako Watershed, and on the threshold of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation—the Regional District and the Saik’uz, Stellat’en and Nadleh Whut’en First Nations (“Nechako First Nations”) signed a pioneering Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”)...
The MOU commits the parties to work together to restore the health of the Nechako River, its affected tributaries and its fish populations, with a particular focus on sturgeon and salmon populations that are on the precipice of extinction. It also calls for more natural flows in the Nechako River, new stewardship projects and a new governance regime to replace the one established in 1987, which excludes the Nechako First Nations and the Regional District and is widely understood to have contributed to the decline of the Nechako River.
The MOU commits the parties to work together to restore the health of the Nechako River, its affected tributaries and its fish populations, with a particular focus on sturgeon and salmon populations that are on the precipice of extinction. It also calls for more natural flows in the Nechako River, new stewardship projects and a new governance regime to replace the one established in 1987, which excludes the Nechako First Nations and the Regional District and is widely understood to have contributed to the decline of the Nechako River.
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