Published on 2020 11 04 | by Kristen Walters, Lower Fraser River Salmon Conservation Program Coordinator | in Notes from the Field
On three, we haul the lead line in. One, two, three! I kneel in the stream holding up the seine net and begin combing through debris of leaves, sticks and small rocks, looking for flashes of silver amongst the dull colours. Coho! My colleague, Ian Hamilton, a Fisheries Biologist and Habitat Restoration Department Head at […]
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Published on 2020 10 14 | by Kristen Walters, Lower Fraser River Salmon Conservation Program Coordinator | in Events
Raincoast will be hosting a session titled, ‘Watershed governance in a complex geography: Lessons and updates from the Lower Fraser Working Group’. This session will occur on Friday, October 16th at 1pm PST…
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Published on 2019 10 07 | by Kristen Walters, Lower Fraser River Salmon Conservation Program Coordinator | in Conservation update
As I crouch on the riverbank taking measurements of the salmon carcass, the ever-telling sensation of being watched creeps up my neck. I look up to see a mother black bear and her two cubs across the river, staring right at me. Our eyes meet, and time slows. In this moment of connected eyes and […]
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Published on 2018 01 17 | by Kristen Walters, Lower Fraser River Salmon Conservation Program Coordinator | in Notes from the Field
Last fall, while the dry start to autumn put the brilliant golds, reds and oranges of tree leaves on display, my mind continuously returned to the rain. Not the rain that many dread, but the rain that floods small watersheds and raises the water levels in the rivers…
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