VANCOUVER — Parks Canada officials say they're closely watching lakes and rivers in Kootenay and Yoho national parks for a parasite that could"decimate" as much as 90 per cent of young trout and salmon.
Francois Masse, Parks Canada’s field unit superintendent for Lake Louise, Yoho and Kootenay national parks, says they later found “additional suspected cases” of the disease in the Kicking Horse River, Wapta Lake, Finn Creek, and Monarch Creek.
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