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Hundreds of tiny silver salmon and trout fry have been discovered dead at the bottom of a canyon at the base of Skutz Falls on the Cowichan River system and the cause of the mass die-off is a mystery.
A prolonged drought and sustained heat were behind a mass die-off of fish this summer in the Cowichan River, says a new report from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Samples of dead salmon and ...
The die-off was discovered by people swimming near Skutz Falls in Cowichan River Park on Vancouver Island. It's not known exactly how many fish died, but the incident immediately raised alarms ...
Crews were called to a rescue near Skutz Falls on the Cowichan River, but the operation had to be delayed because they found they had no gas. A fisherman had to wait in the water for two hours ...
Firefighters are beginning to get the upper hand on a wildfire burning near Cowichan Lake. The blaze at Skutz Falls is now 50 per ... is down at the Cowichan River right now.” ...
Cowichan River fish die-off has many concerned There is a mystery unfolding on the Cowichan River, discovered by people snorkelling last week near Skutz Falls.
B.C. is returning a ­312-hectare parcel of land near Skutz Falls to two First Nations ... Lyackson had a winter village at the mouth of the Cowichan River. Currently, the nation’s three ...
About 20 firefighters are battling a brush fire that broke out in an area of Lake Cowichan near Skutz Falls, according to officials. The 0.2 hectare blaze was reported at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Surrounded by sun-dappled trees and the gentle rushing sound of Skutz Falls, a historic agreement ... a culturally significant piece in the Cowichan River Valley that the provincial government ...
A prolonged drought and sustained heat were behind a mass die-off of fish this summer in the Cowichan River, says a new ... discovered by swimmers below Skutz Falls in late July showed lesions ...