The provincial government announced a $75,000 investment from the Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund to protect and enhance the habitat of the Cheticamp River.
Deputy Premier and Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster (right) speaks at the funding announcement with (from left) Rene Aucoin, President of the Cheticamp River Salmon Association; Inverness County Councillor Claude Poirier; ecosystem scientist with Parks Canada Allison Moody; and Juanita Spencer, CEO, Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities. (Communications Nova Scotia photo)
With this funding, the Cheticamp River Salmon Association is set to improve the cold-water habitats Atlantic salmon require and make it easier for fish to move through the river. Extreme weather events in recent years have led to barriers threatening the salmon population.