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In a few weeks, the Adams Lake Indian Band will start fertilizing Adams Lake.
It may seem counterintuitive but when April rolls around, fertilizer will flow into the lake from a barge and studies suggest it will help repopulate a space where the salmon population was once robust.
“Think of it as a garden. You fertilize a garden based on what the plants need in the soil — you need to adjust the nitrogen and phosphorus,” Don Holmes said of the four-year plan.
Holmes is a registered professional biologist and has studied watersheds with various agencies for decades. He said the plan will help the nutrient-deprived lake bloom more plankton for salmon to eat.