The Fraser River Estuary: A global biodiversity hotspot
Where the Fraser River meets the sea, an extraordinary web of life converges. This estuary is irreplaceable.
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The Fraser River Estuary: A vital salmon nursery under pressure
Fraser River salmon cannot afford to lose any more of the estuary they depend on.
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Scientists agree: Southern Residents can recover, but only if threats are reduced
The problem is not identifying threats; it is reducing those threats at a scale sufficient to enable recovery. The greatest risk is failing to act.
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No buffer left: Southern Residents face too many threats
Too little food. Too much noise. Too much pollution. Ship strikes. This is how extinction happens – one added pressure at a time.
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Why Canada needs SARA’s jeopardy test
The jeopardy test is a legal line: a project cannot be authorized if it threatens the survival or recovery of a species.
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Herring eggs can’t get away from disaster
Don’t build new risks into herring’s nursery. Robert’s Bank Terminal 2 and West Coast Oil Pipeline would add different pressures to the same nearshore waters. Pacific herring should not have to absorb both.
