The area known as the Heart of the Fraser stretches from Hope to Mission. Its where the river hits the coast and starts to slow down, and as it does it deposits gravel that’s made its way from as far away as the west slope of the Rockies.

Over thousands of years that gravel has provided fantastic spawning habitat for salmon, but plunking a major metropolitan centre on it for 150 years has done a lot of damage. We need to fix that before it’s gone too far.

On February 1 at 7:30 the North Shore Fish and Game Club will screen the documentary “The Heart of the Fraser” at The Royal Canadian Legion at 15th and Lonsdale. The film-maker, Dr. Ken Ashley, of BCIT’s Rivers Institute, will be there to discuss the issue.

Some people do not truly comprehend the perilous state of salmon in BC. We are not preserving or conserving or restoring them.

We are managing them to zero. If we keep doing what we’re doing we’ll get there and BC will no longer have the salmon that this part of the world is famous for.

Join us, watch the film, have a cold one, and listen to the speakers. After that we’ll tell you how you can get involved and help.

Here are two trailers to whet your appetite: