This year saw an exceptional return of two populations of Fraser River chinook. While other Fraser populations remain depressed, they too have improved. Why?
Find out how environmental conditions are affecting wild salmon returning to spawn in 2024.
B.C. has a record-low snowpack so far this winter, following record drought and the worst wildfire season in its history last year. We need to get ready for another parched summer.
Rosie is the research lead and project manager for the University of Victoria’s POLIS Water Sustainability Project and brings her knowledge in water and natural resources governance to the larger Watershed Watch team.
We spoke with fisheries expert, consultant and advisor to Watershed Watch and SkeenaWild, Greg Taylor about how the season played out compared to his pre-season predictions.
From funding announcements to summer fish kills, 2023 had a lot of highs and lows for B.C.’s watersheds.
Watershed Watch spoke to three of our fantastic volunteers about what motivates them. Here’s what they had to say.
Watershed Watch welcomes Dene Moore to the team. Dene is our new communications specialist.
While we wait for the federal government to follow through on the prime minister’s promise to get factory fish farms out of our coastal waters, the damage continues.
Around 85 percent of salmon habitat in the lower Fraser River has been lost. Our ability to act on solutions is limited by resources and red tape.