Increases in high-severity wildfire have implications for water and fish: report
A community-driven forestry model offers a pathway to wildfire resilience and watershed security under a changing climate.
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Collaborative study to examine False Creek water quality
Metro Vancouver, the City of Vancouver, False Creek Friends Society, and Raincoast Conservation Foundation are working together on a project to better understand water quality conditions in False Creek and help guide future pollution reduction efforts. “False Creek is at the heart of the city in an area that is extremely well used by the public, so it just makes…
Federal government stops monitoring B.C. salmon runs at the height of the season
Conservation groups demand urgent action from Ottawa to address “unprecedented management failure.”
New study reveals pathways to transform conflict over contentious salmon and killer whale management in B.C.
VICTORIA, B.C. – Amidst enduring perceived conflict between anglers and killer whale advocates, a new peer-reviewed study offers hope for moving beyond polarization. The work highlights how deeply held identities and beliefs lurk behind public conflict over Chinook fishing closures enacted to protect endangered Southern Resident killer whales (SRKW) in British Columbia’s Salish Sea. However, the research also detects a…
Hey Siri – what’s the best route to a seafood joint?
New research highlights important routes to spawning salmon for coastal bears.
New science report identifies roadmap to aid in the recovery of endangered Southern Resident killer whales
Independent science panel calls for urgent and bold action to aid in the recovery of endangered Southern Resident killer whales.
Drought jeopardizes salmon in the Nicola watershed
New research highlights the threat of climate change to the Nicola and the importance of streamflows to salmon.
Tests on Bowen Island water supply produce surprising results
Cocaine, DEET, and sucralose among the surprising pollutants found in Grafton Lake – the drinking water source for half the island’s 4,000 residents.
Government’s failure to issue emergency order puts Southern Resident killer whales at greater risk
Conservation groups are warning that the federal government’s decision not to issue an emergency order to protect southern resident killer whales has put this iconic and critically endangered population at greater risk of extinction.
Government failure to recommend emergency order to protect endangered killer whales prompts legal challenge from conservation groups
The longer the Southern Residents wait for bold action, the greater the risk of extinction.
Ecotourism did not predispose grizzly bears to subsequent conflict
A new study, “Grizzly bears detected at ecotourism sites are less likely than predicted by chance to encounter conflict” (Open Access freely available, article here) released today in the journal, Canadian Journal of Zoology, finds that grizzly bears that were exposed to ecotourism at spawning salmon sites in a protected area were less likely than chance to be involved in…
Federal Court upholds RBT2 megaport expansion in a setback to legal protection for species at risk
The last 72 Southern Resident killer whales are denied legal protection under the Species at Risk Act.
