Spray Lake Sawmills plans to build a bridge over the Highwood River in Kananaskis Country, but The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says the bridge has not been authorized and the bridge could damage crucial habitat for threatened species
Federal officials are investigating an Alberta logging company for building a bridge without a permit over a river considered crucial habitat for threatened species.AlbertaThe river provides increasingly rare habitat for bull trout, Alberta’s provincial fish and a threatened species with a federal recovery plan.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has confirmed no authorizations for the bridge have been issued, although the Species At Risk Act requires permits for such activities in criticalScientists say activities such as road construction and bridge-building damage habitat by silting up the stream beds, impairing the ability of fish to find food and hatch eggs.
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