October 2012
Each net wriggling with sockeye is a triumph. When the population returning to the Okanagan lakes chain reached a critical low in the mid-1990s, no one was sure that the Okanagan sockeye run could be brought back. Yet the fish have finally, miraculously, returned to Osoyoos Lake, in quantities that have exceeded even the most optimistic projections.
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Read the original feature by Jennifer Cockrall-King ” sourcetitle=”Return of the Okanagan Sockeye” sourceurl=”https://okanaganlife.com/return-of-the-sockeye/”]
