Harrison Mills

They Speak: Voices from the Wild Salmon Stronghold

1:30pm
- 3:30pm
Saturday April 20 2013

Come to the Wild Salmon Stronghold to listen and learn from this star-studded line-up of some of the best local experts on the Fraser Valley's salmon and their habitats.Dr. Marvin Rosenau (BCIT). Eddie Gardner (Sto:lo - Skwah). Wendy Bales (Area C). Dr. Tracey Lyster (CAUSS). Celebrate Earth Day in style.

* Dr. Marvin Rosenau, biologist & instructor at BCIT, speaks on the status of the Wild Salmon Stronghold designation within one of the most bioproductive stretches of river in the world - the Heart of the Fraser River.
* Dr. Tracey Lyster, from Citizens Against Urban Sprawl speaks about her experience with conservation objectives in the face of a rapidly urbanizing Fraser Valley region.
* Eddie Gardner, of the Skwah Nation, long at the forefront of the struggle for conservation of wild salmon and current Elder-in-Residence at the University of the Fraser Valley, discusses efforts to boycott farmed salmon in Chilliwack and beyond, and the current political atmosphere around environmental issues.
* Wendy Bales, a resident of Lake Errock & director on the Fraser Valley Regional District Board speaks about citizen's efforts to protect fish-bearing waterways from gravel mining and extraction.

The forum will be followed by a screening of Salmon Confidential (4 pm), and an evening benefit dance with the Fraser Valley's best Wild Salmon rockers, HARMA WHITE! (8 pm)