[2] The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority has worked since the early 1970s to control erosion of steep banks within the town limit.

[3] Every spring the river hosts an annual run of rainbow trout, as well as a few sucker species, lasting into May.

In autumn, the river hosts a run of pacific salmon lasting well into October.

Important gravel spawning beds far upriver, enjoyed by the salmon and trout as recently as the 1990s, have become overgrown and many of the pools upriver once connected to prime gravel runs are now stagnant due to the reduced rapids connected to them.

[4] The SVCA and the Lake Huron Fishing Club have been active in fencing off cattle and planting trees along the river,[5] with the Penetangore Watershed Group also organizing tree-planting.