Redd Fish Restoration

Redd Fish Restoration is a non-profit organization on the west coast of Vancouver Island, that works to conserve wild fish through habitat restoration, research, and monitoring. They believe effective restoration requires a holistic approach that understands the connectivity and complexity of interactions within an ecosystem, and employ a top-down methodology, which means they address a watershed’s upslope instability first, before working on in-stream restoration. The trees they plant help to provide stability to a slope which then decreases the amount of run-off that ends up in the streams. As the habitats improve over time, so will the health of the species that once lived there. By starting at the source of the problem, they are working to reverse the decades of damage from poor logging practices to revitalize the spawning habitats and to encourage wild fish population growth. Redd Fish Restoration’s efforts reach all over Vancouver Island. Their current projects include Tranquil Creek, Kennedy Flats Watershed, and many more.