Watershed Watch in the news

February

Pitt Meadows seeks $3M funding for Kennedy Drainage Pump Station Neil Corbett, Maple Ridge- Pitt Meadows News, February 1, 2025

DFO Ordered to Release Suppressed Salmon Lice Data Sally Wong, The Skeena, February 20, 2025

March

No stories

April

How to Save B.C.’s Wild Salmon Stan Proboszcz, Maclean’s, April 2, 2025

B.C. film industry supports local parks in Reel Earth ChallengeGlobal News, April 15, 2025

 

June

Critical Time for BC Salmon, Says Advocate Jaylene Matthews, CFTKTV, June 5, 2025

Worrying signs for island watersheds heading into summer All Points West, June 9, 2025

How heat waves pose ‘catastrophic’ threats to B.C. salmon Suneet Gill, Coast Mountain News, June 13, 2025

Incohérence dans des études du ministère des Pêches au sujet du pou du saumon Sophie Chevance, ICI, June 17, 2025

Conservationists demand end to gravel extraction on B.C. creek Paul Johnson, Global News, June 19, 2025

Groups call for action to save salmon habitats at creek near Mission Dillon White, Agassiz-Harrison Observer, June 20, 2025

October

Creekwalker Cuts and Aaron Hill, Lawrence Gunther, Blue Fish Radio, October 24, 2025

Fish farm appears to be abandoned on Sunshine Coast Paul Johnson, Global News, October 24, 2025

B.C. fish farm fined $350K misses court deadline to remove illegal equipment, says group Stefan Labbé, BIV, October 26, 2025

Thousands of farmed salmon perish in massive die off near Tofino Dean Stoltz, Check News, October 30, 2025

Salmon are returning to Cowichan Valley rivers — here’s where to see them Eric Richards, The Discourse, October 30, 2025

November

Canadian gov’t email reveals 37% salmon loss at Cermaq site went unreported for months
Liza Mayer, Undercurrent News, November 3, 2025

Comment: The Pacific Northwest should unite to tackle overharvest in the Pacific Salmon Treaty
David Mills, Times Colonist, November 15, 2025

Amid record water lows, can northern B.C. support a pipeline?
Brianna Bock, The Martlet, November 20, 2025

War on farmers
Craig Medred, November 21, 2025

December

The hidden harm from salmon farming
Brendan Montague, The Ecologist, December 4, 2025

Why steelhead trout are at the brink of extinction in the Thompson watershed
Shannon Ainslie, Infonews, December 4, 2025

Opinion: Do we need another billion-dollar flood before B.C. acts?
Lina Azeez, Vancouver Sun, December 8, 2025

Industries Pay Much Less for Water in BC, Report Finds
Ben Parfitt, The Tyee, December 11th, 2025

† Indicates stories on studies by researchers whose work is co-sponsored by Watershed Watch.