Cold Comfort: What Works (and Doesn’t) in Creating Salmon Refuges

July 3, 2025

Cold-Water Thermal RefugeEnhancement and Creation forSalmonids: Successes, Failures, and Lessons Learned.

As rivers warm with climate change, salmon need cold-water refuges to survive.

This article reviews efforts to enhance or create these habitats, showing both successes and failures. Key lessons include the importance o fcareful site selection, watershed-scale planning, and long-term monitoring.

The work provides a practical framework to guide future projects that protect salmon and other cold-water fish.

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Renaud Quilbé
Valérie Ouellet
Danielle Frechette
Barret L. Kurylyk
Christopher J. Sullivan
Edmund A. Halfyard
Kathryn A. Smith
Nathan Wilbur
Carole-Anne Gillis
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