New film: Shared Water, Shared Crisis
This Earth Day, let’s recommit to salmon and killer whales.
“We don’t have a fish problem; we have a human problem. We have a people problem.”
Original Pursuit and Plumb productions have created The Shared Waters of the Salish Sea film trilogy that examines two iconic species of the Pacific Northwest that share the same threat of extinction – Southern Resident killer whales, and Chinook salmon, the food source they depend on.
The three powerful films, each ranging from 15 to 25 minutes, shed light on the work being done by ChangeMakers to better understand the dynamic between these species, and the efforts that amplify the time-sensitive fight for their survival. In the series’ third and final installment, Shared Water, Shared Crisis, one of these ChangeMakers is Raincoast’s Misty MacDuffee, conservation biologist and Director of our Wild Salmon Program.
Having worked more than 15 years to conserve the salmon-bearing watersheds of the BC coast, Misty voices how the problem faced by killer whales, and Chinook, is exacerbated by the issues afflicting the Fraser River.
“We know that if we take out dams, if we breach jetties, if we start protecting riparian zones, that we can recover habitat over time.”
You can help
Raincoast’s in-house scientists, collaborating graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and professors make us unique among conservation groups. We work with First Nations, academic institutions, government, and other NGOs to build support and inform decisions that protect aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and the wildlife that depend on them. We conduct ethically applied, process-oriented, and hypothesis-driven research that has immediate and relevant utility for conservation deliberations and the collective body of scientific knowledge.
We investigate to understand coastal species and processes. We inform by bringing science to decision-makers and communities. We inspire action to protect wildlife and wildlife habitats.
