Step into a creek walker’s boots
A first-person account of monitoring the salmon run in Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Territory
Auston grew up in a suburb of Toronto where his passion for learning about the natural world was formed in front of the TV by Planet Earth and Jacques Cousteau’s Ocean Tales. He received a BSc in Biology from Queen’s University and went on to complete a Masters of Science at Carleton University under Dr. Steven Cooke, where he studied how catch-and-release impacts the behaviour of fish. More about Auston.
A first-person account of monitoring the salmon run in Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Territory
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