Background
The Quesnel River Research Centre was originally utilized as a Fisheries and Oceans Canada fish hatchery rearing more than 2.5 million chinook, coho salmon, and rainbow trout fry annually. Strong community pressure to save the facility upon its closure in 1995 and the awarding of an endowment fund for Landscape Ecology by Forest Renewal BC in 2002 has resulted in the facility being granted another life as a year round research and educational centre that offers the following amenities and services:
• Research laboratory (see photo, second left)
• Instructional facilities
• Seminar and workshop capabilities
• Audio visual equipment
• Research technical support
• Accommodation with full kitchen privileges (see photo, far right)
• Research and extension office space
• Wireless Satellite Internet in all buildings
• Jet boats
• Lake boats
• Adjacent river and lake access
• 4*4 vehicles
• Six 30m outdoor flumes
• Scientific field instruments and gear
• Aquaculture facilities including incubation and rearing
• Well and river water
• Wet lab
• Mechanical shop
• Woodworking shop
• Standby power
• Walk in cooler and freezer
• Local knowledge
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