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  • A scientist stands in field clothes by a stream, seen through foliage as he collects a water sample by using a long silver rod that has a cup on the end. He collects water from the stream and dumps it into a large silver jug.
    Backgrounders

    What is a watershed?

    2025 October 152025 October 15

    How can we use the movement of water through the landscape to inform our understanding of water quality?

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  • A beaver swims in a calm body of water, surrounded by green wetland with a forest in the background.
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    Beaver-based restoration

    2025 July 242025 July 24

    In a time when catastrophic conflagrations are becoming a new normal, an unlikely character is being welcomed back onto the landscape after generations of trapping and removal.

    Read More Beaver-based restorationContinue

  • A graphic showing smaller icons that represent the water samples of five different categories: source water, freshwater, urban runoff, tap water, and marine environment.
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    A watershed based approach to water sampling

    2025 May 72025 May 8

    Measuring pollutants in different water categories throughout the watersheds of British Columbia.

    Read More A watershed based approach to water samplingContinue

  • Chum salmon swim along the bottom of the river floor.
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    Policy brief – supporting freshwater salmon habitat through the Water Sustainability Act

    2025 March 182025 March 18

    It is important to remember that our water, and the incredible fish that return to our watersheds, are one of our greatest natural resources and are an integral part of strong and resilient local economies.

    Read More Policy brief – supporting freshwater salmon habitat through the Water Sustainability ActContinue

  • A wolf lies down in the grass.
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    Wildlife killing contests

    2024 August 272024 December 13

    We have ethical responsibilities to targeted species and to biodiversity, and we need to consider the well-being of both.

    Read More Wildlife killing contestsContinue

  • An oil tanker at rest off the BC coast.
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    Federal promises made for endangered whales during TMX approval are unfulfilled

    2024 July 152024 July 15

    Southern Resident killer whales need protective orders to facilitate recovery.

    Read More Federal promises made for endangered whales during TMX approval are unfulfilledContinue

  • Summary of key facts about southeast Alaska interception fisheries
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    Summary of key facts about southeast Alaska interception fisheries

    2024 July 112024 December 13

    Last week, Ocean Wise made the decision to remove its recommendation to list salmon from southeast Alaska as sustainable. This removal will be in place until the sustainability of these fisheries is no longer in question.

    Read More Summary of key facts about southeast Alaska interception fisheriesContinue

  • Drought resilience for Nicola River salmon
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    Drought resilience for Nicola River salmon

    2024 April 102024 December 13

    Eight policy solutions to benefit wild salmon in an age of water scarcity.

    Read More Drought resilience for Nicola River salmonContinue

  • A salmon rests under some reeds in the Fraser River.

    Drought resilience for Nicola River salmon

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  • Chinook salmon next to each other in a river.
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    Backgrounder: The court case over the Southeast Alaskan Troll fishery on Chinook salmon

    2024 February 152024 July 8

    In 2020, the non-profit Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court that challenged the 2019 Biological Opinion developed by the NOAA fisheries.

    Read More Backgrounder: The court case over the Southeast Alaskan Troll fishery on Chinook salmonContinue

  • Multiple Chinook salmon underwater.
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    Mark-Selective Fishery: a backgrounder

    2023 March 22024 July 8

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada has proposed opening five new Chinook fisheries in April 2023.

    Read More Mark-Selective Fishery: a backgrounderContinue

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    A former lake re-emerges: A backgrounder

    2022 November 172024 July 8

    The catastrophic floods of late 2021 in southern British Columbia (Canada) and neighbouring Washington State (USA) destroyed homes, farms, and businesses, with excess water spilling debris, animal carcasses, and diesel fuel into historically productive fish habitat.

    Read More A former lake re-emerges: A backgrounderContinue

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