Yukon advocate says federal funding for salmon protection badly needed
New federal funding will cover the next five years of the Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative. The announcement is a relief to the chair of the Yukon Salmon Subcommittee, Dennis Zimmerman, who says, given the territory's salmon populations are at historic lows, the money can’t come soon enough.
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