Episode 146: Bring Back The Salmon

Lake Ontario used to hold one of the largest freshwater Atlantic salmon populations anywhere on Earth and then, within a single century, it was gone. That disappearance wasn’t a mystery or “just nature.” It was the predictable outcome of overfishing, dams that blocked spawning runs, pollution, and deforestation that warmed and destabilised the coldwater streams salmon depend on. We’re on location at Kendall Hills with Ben from the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters and the Bring...