Funding is clearly very welcome, because many of the priorities are already known, and we know what to do.
Unfortunately, $82 million is both a lot and very little at the same time. That means we need to optimize the work and the impacts. It's important to have a short-term vision. For example, we can take action, such as planning and stocking, and provide support to care for our rivers and populations. However, we also need to have a longer-term vision when it comes to climate change. It's important to understand that thermal dynamic so that, in 10 or 20 years, returning salmon can still have pockets of cool water where they can rest as they continue up the rivers.
These concrete examples demonstrate how we can both support on-the-ground actions with community organizations to promote the presence of salmon, and work with researchers and provincial or national organizations whose research already prioritizes identification with a view to making the best decisions in the future.