B.C. Hydro is issuing a public safety notice for higher water flows through Elk Falls Canyon every Wednesday and Thursday through March 26.
The utility said the higher flows are intended to assist steelhead in migrating and spawning below Elk Falls.
“We will be providing five two-day steelhead migration and spawning flows down Elk Falls Canyon over a five-week period to enable steelhead to access good habitat in the canyon up to the base of Elk Falls,” said B.C. Hydro public affairs co-ordinator Karla Louwers.
Water releases from John Hart Dam will increase from four cubic metres per second to 10 cubic metres per second for each migration flow, starting the evening of Feb. 24.
Temporary safety signage will be in place.
