Winner of EKOenergy vote is announced
The international EKOenergy label’s environmental fund and Fortum organised a public vote in December–January to give electricity consumers the opportunity to decide on which river restoration project should be financed in Finland in 2016. The winner of the vote was Virtavesien hoitoyhdistys ry (Virho) for its project to restore the Vihtijoki river’s spawning conditions for salmon. The funding will be used to restore the spawning areas, protected areas for juvenile fish and the habitats for bigger fish in Vihtijoki’s rapids and streams. The migrating opportunities for the fish also will