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Sam has joined our Healthy Waters Program team as a Water Quality Coordinator. She assists Dr. Peter Ross in the implementation of community-based research into water quality in various watersheds around southern British Columbia. Sam received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Simon Fraser University. While studying at SFU she had the opportunity…
They will work on a variety of Raincoast initiatives throughout the summer. Learn more about each of them below.
Raincoast’s Wild Salmon Program is focused on ensuring that wild salmon in British Columbia thrive across their historic landscape at abundance levels that sustain wildlife.
Applications close March 24, 2023.
Dr. Peter Ross was on CBC’s Podcast, About That.
Peter Ross was on Wall Street Journal’s, The Future of Everything podcast.
We will be applying our community-based water pollution monitoring plan to select watersheds across southern BC in 2023.
Our findings painted a bleak picture of the health of the waterways meandering through the remnants of Sumas Lake, drained nearly 100 years ago by the Barrowtown Pump Station.
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.
We’ve been working behind the scenes to design, build, and deploy a mobile, community-oriented lab in support of healthy waters in BC.
Raincoast has been selected as a finalist to win a Land Rover Defender 130.