Our Mandate

The GFA is mandated to conserve, protect, restore, monitor and manage fish, wildlife and the habitat they require, within the Gitanyow Lax Yip (Traditional Territory).

PHOTO GALLERIES

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Kitwanga River Salmon Enumeration Facility

Aerial view of the old Kitwanga River counting weir, located further upstream in the watershed. The KRSEF replaced this structure, which operated for 3 seasons.

Snapshots of GFA Projects

The fishwheel was then re-assembled on the beach just downstream of the Cranberry River canyon.

Kitwanga Smolt Enumeration Facility

GFA technical crews are the backbone of the program, working long, split shifts each day to maintain the fence and process each fish that passes through, sometimes over 200,000 fish per season.