Canada has the policy tools to protect Pacific salmon. Why aren’t they working?
A new peer-reviewed perspective examines why decades of ambitious conservation policy have failed to halt wild salmon declines and what must change to reverse the trend.
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This isn’t a conference, it’s The Confluence
How many colleagues do you know purely by their email sign-off, or a small thumbnail in a zoom meeting? It’s time we changed that.
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Mapping thermal refuges: Identifying critical cooling centres for salmon in the Coldwater River
The salmon populations in the Nicola watershed are among the most endangered in BC. The Coldwater River provides critical spawning and rearing habitat for Interior Fraser Coho, Lower Thompson Chinook, and Interior Fraser Steelhead.
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In an era of scarcity, the Pacific Salmon Treaty must strengthen conservation
Canada and the U.S. can continue to simply negotiate for our piece of a smaller and smaller pie, or we can come together to defend the legacy of wild salmon in our two countries.
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Letter: Urgent recommendation for the renewal and expansion of the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund (BCSRIF)
Letter to Honourable Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries.
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Ensure the long-term stability of projects dedicated to the recovery of wild salmon (BCSRIF)
We call on the federal government to make good on its promise to protect the BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund (BCSRIF).
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We’re bringing the environmental community together with a new event: The Confluence
Join us for this Friday night mixer designed to spark honest conversations, new relationships, and bold ideas.
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Step into a creek walker’s boots
A first-person account of monitoring the salmon run in Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Territory
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Thermal refuges in the Coldwater River
How salmon are coping in one of BC’s hottest rivers.
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Chinook salmon are getting smaller – and one explanation is uncomfortably familiar
Honey, I shrunk the Chinook.
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The need for renewed federal commitment to The Wild Salmon Policy
New paper evaluates both the enduring relevance of the Wild Salmon Policy and the persistent gaps that have limited its efficacy.
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30 years in the Great Bear Rainforest
How Haíɫzaqv principles and ongoing research will guide our future.
