One of the world’s leading environmentally conscious wine brands, Banrock Station Wines, announced today that it is donating C$1.25 million through the Banrock Station Wetlands Foundation Canada to Bring Back the Salmon, a five-year project to restore reproducing populations of native Atlantic Salmon to Lake Ontario.
Native Atlantic Salmon disappeared from Lake Ontario over 100 years ago as a direct result of human infringement on their habitat. The milestone sponsorship is Banrock Station Wines’ largest single donation anywhere in the world in its 11 year history.
Banrock Station Manager Tony Sharley stated, “Bring Back the Salmon is one of the most exciting and challenging projects Banrock Station has been involved with. Banrock Station Wines is globally-renowned for its support of wetland and native species restoration. Our C$1.25 million contribution to help restore native Atlantic Salmon to Lake Ontario will create a legacy of which every member of the Banrock Station team around the world can be proud.”
Sharley said Banrock Station — through its global environmental partnerships — has shown exceptional leadership in the area of wetland restoration, most notably at Banrock Station itself, a 4200-acre wetland and bushland on the banks of the River Murray, in South Australia. Banrock Station has worked with various environmental organizations over the past eleven years to rehabilitate the property, which in 2002 received the RAMSAR Wetland Conservation Award and was recognized as a “Wetland of International Importance”.
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