Salmon habitat destruction probe ends in fines of nearly $400,000

A complex six-year investigation into major habitat destruction along the Chilcotin and Kleena Kleene rivers in British Columbia, Canada, has concluded with a total of Can $545,000, or about U.S. $398,000, in fines, following three court cases. The violations to fish and fish habitat by a cattle company occurred between 2017 and 2020 on two privately owned ranch lands along the two rivers, near Redstone and Kleena Kleene, British Columbia, and on Crown land, according...