It’s 2026 — Who Will Stand Up for Salmon?
2026 is a pivotal year for wild salmon. With treaty talks, DFO cuts, and overfishing threats, salmon need champions more than ever.
Climate Change is Increasing Flood Risk in B.C. Are You Ready?
Climate change is increasing flood risk across B.C. Learn how flood hazards, flood-prone areas, and watershed health affect people, property, and salmon.
Reverse cuts to wild salmon monitoring programs, says alliance in open letter to fisheries minister
Essential salmon monitoring across B.C. is at risk as federal budget cuts deepen. Twenty-six organizations, coordinated in part by Watershed Watch, are urging the Minister to restore and protect these vital programs.
Freshwater Shouldn’t Be a Casualty of B.C.’s Development Boom
Industrial development in B.C. is accelerating while industrial water rates have remained unchanged for over a decade. Industry still pays as little as $2.25 for a million litres of freshwater. Modernizing these rates and reinvesting in our watersheds is one of the fastest, most practical steps the province can take to defend wild salmon and watershed health.
2025 South Coast Fall Salmon Recap
Read Greg Taylor's latest salmon recap, covering 2025 coastwide salmon harvests by area, sector and gear type and the economic value of the respective harvests, and a reflection on the value we place on discarded salmon.
Why Are B.C. Salmon Farms Hiding Their Lice Numbers?
B.C. salmon farms are pulling back lice reporting, raising risks for wild salmon and reducing public transparency.
Five Reasons to Support Watershed Watch This Giving Tuesday
Your Giving Tuesday gift helps defend B.C.’s wild salmon this Giving Tuesday. Support advocacy, restoration, and habitat protection with a donation to Watershed Watch Salmon Society.
Are Interior Fraser Steelhead on the edge of oblivion?
Thompson and Chilcotin steelhead are nearing extinction. A devastating collapse driven by mismanagement and inaction from B.C. and Canada.
Five Lowlights of the 2025 Federal Budget
Budget 2025 claims it will “Build Canada Strong,” but instead weakens the protections that keep our rivers, watersheds, and wild salmon healthy. From deep cuts to DFO and the quiet end of major salmon programs to stalled freshwater investments, here are the five lowlights that put Canada’s natural wealth at risk.
Take part in Salmon Spawn Watch 2025!
Witness the incredible salmon migration! Join #SalmonSpawnWatch Oct 31–Nov 28 2025 and share your sightings for a chance to win Watershed Watch prizes.