For decades, salmon haven’t been able to travel through sq’awsitkʷ (Okanagan River) into kɬúsx̌nítkʷ (Okanagan Lake).

Colin Pritchard looks out at Okanagan Lake, where he spent his childhood fishing. (Tom Popyk/CBC) Kokanee salmon are a land-locked subspecies of sockeye salmon found in the B.C. Interior.

"What's the Okanagan without Okanagan Lake?" he said. "The possibility of saving any of this is important." Kokanee salmon are a land-locked subspecies of sockeye salmon found in the B.C. Interior.