Fraser River Estuary | Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Tracking Raincoast, past, present, and future

Published on 2019 12 12 | by Chris Genovali, Executive Director | in Tracking Raincoast

Chris Genovali looks out over the water and land with binoculors.

As this decade closes, it’s timely to celebrate what we have collectively achieved for BC’s coast. Raincoast’s past in the Kitlope takes us back three decades to 1990, when Brian Falconer first visited at the invitation of the Haisla and Xenaksiala. The Nations were working to save the Kitlope from clearcut logging, which they ultimately […]

How new research on habitats within the Fraser River estuary implicates conservation strategy

Published on 2019 09 17 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

Dave Scott, Misty MacDuffee, Lia Chalifour, and Charlie Clark work in the Fraser River Estuary.

Raincoast biologist Misty MacDuffee joined Mark Brennae on CFAX 1070 to talk about the Fraser River and the fish that rely on its distinct and interconnected habitat. The Fraser Estuary supports more than 100 species that are recognized as “at-risk” (threatened, endangered or of concern) either provincially or federally.1 Misty MacDuffee is part of a […]

In search of the Lower Fraser’s lost streams

Published on 2019 07 23 | by Riley Finn, Research Associate | in Conservation update

Close up of a map of streams and lost stream in the Fraser river watershed.

There is currently renewed interest in locating historical streams that have long been paved over and lost in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. Mapping these historical landscape features offers a connection to the land that has been lost through urbanization and highlights opportunities for restoration…

The Fraser River estuary is fragmented by structures that alter the flow of water

Published on 2019 06 21 | by Alex Harris, Communications Associate | in Inform

Salmon fry pool in the estuaries of the Fraser River.

The first phase in Raincoast’s five-year restoration project in the Fraser estuary was making breaches in the Steveston jetty to allow young salmon access to Sturgeon Bank, a safe, marshy habitat that gives them an easier transition from river to ocean…

Great news: juvenile salmon moving through habitats reconnected after 100 years

Published on 2019 06 19 | by David Scott, Raincoast Lower Fraser Salmon Program Coordinator | in Conservation update

Raincoast Fraser River crew sampling juvenile salmon in the east breach.

Since the removal of sections of the Steveston jetty in February, we have been sampling our new jetty ‘breaches’ and have consistently caught juvenile salmon moving through them! This is a huge success and was realized just weeks after…

A jetty runs through it: restoring lost connectivity in the Fraser River estuary

Published on 2018 03 30 | by Misty MacDuffee & Dave Scott | in Notes from the Field

Dave Scott holds up a tiny salmon in the Fraser rive while he takes measurements

An amazing spring research season has begun. There was snow, and then suddenly we were in our boats with nets and buckets catching the year’s first juvenile salmon. This year brings renewed enthusiasm as we embark on a big plan to restore connectivity and natural processes on the delta of the Fraser River estuary…

A gift of abundance for Southern Resident killer whales

Published on 2017 12 21 | by Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director | in Conservation update

An illustration of Southern Resident killer whales bunching in a beautiful green ambient light.

As 2017 draws to a close, all of us at Raincoast are buoyed by the news that grizzly hunting across the entirety of British Columbia will finally end. Thank you for supporting our 20+ years…

A fyke net, Steve, killer whales and the Bella Rose

Published on 2017 03 02 | by Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director | in Raincoast updates

Dave & Misty measuring fry on the on Bella Rose

It takes this and more as we begin our second season of juvenile salmon research on the Fraser Estuary…