The northern and southern draft management plans for #salmon also outline actions on important #conservation issues like climate change, protections for Southern Resident killer whales, and catch monitoring. Allison Dennert Misty MacDuffee raincoast.org/2024/04/techni…

It's not just that this year's snowpack has been much smaller than normal. It's also melting waaaaaaaay earlier than normal. The BC River Forecast Centre highlights this graph, which shows snow at Brenda Mine will be gone within days, farrrr earlier than ever recorded.

Seeing wild salmon thrive:🐟 Our wild dream. 🐟 The first video in our new animation series, Ripple Effect, shares how we act on the unwavering commitment we have to see #wildsalmon thrive in wild rivers. #EarthDay2024

Will these gentle giants return to the Salish Sea? Quotes from Romney McPhie eopugetsound.org/magazine/baski…

Check out our newest pre-print uncovering toxicity of the tire-derived chemical 6PPD-quinone on early-life stage lake trout. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan U of Saskatchewan Global Institute for Water Security

Our team is at VIU in Nanaimo attending ‘Protecting Salmon from Tire Wear Toxins’. This workshop presents the latest research on 6PPD-quinone – a lethal contaminant for salmon.

Loved meeting with Parm Bains 🇨🇦 to discuss Raincoast Conservation Foundation's salmon habitat restoration in the Fraser River Estuary, and the need for a 2030 National Biodiversity Strategy that has legal teeth and true accountability to recover species at-risk. Grateful to be a part of #NatureOnTheHill!

Integrity commissioner launches investigation of DFO officials over alleged attempts to silence scientists theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

Yesterdays First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance Press Conference #FirstNations w/ UFAWU-Unifor SFI of BC , Wilderness Tourism Operators Associations @living_oceans David Suzuki FDN Watershed Watch Salmon Society Calling on PM Justin Trudeau to ensure his #FishFarm transition promise protects

Nature-based Solutions offer a unique opportunity to simultaneously address heightened climate risks and habitat loss by using a framework that values the benefits that intact ecosystems provide to human society. raincoast.org/2024/05/nature…

Excited to see this report out in the world! We analyzed Nature-based Solutions in #MetroVancouver and identified gaps and offer recommendations -- including greater institutional expertise of NbS in city planning departments & among decision-makers. #bcpoli #ClimateAction

B.C. First Nation to reactivate judicial review of DFO’s salmon farm virus policy vancouversun.com/business/local…

BREAKING NEWS: The federal government is ending open-net pen salmon aquaculture in British Columbia within 5 years. This decision is a win for Pacific salmon and their future. Read our full statement: psf.ca/blog/statement…

RELEASE: Watershed Watch Salmon Society welcomes federal ban on open-net factory salmon farms in B.C. coastal waters watershedwatch.ca/media-releases…

Amazing new Long Story Short video on underwater noise by Hakai Institute & Hakai Magazine! Check out their whole series of animated short videos on their YouTube channel 🌊 youtube.com/watch?v=jK4Cfr…

Ocean Wise, Canada’s largest sustainable seafood label, has pulled its recommendation for southeast Alaskan salmon fisheries amid ongoing claims they are intercepting millions of B.C.-bound fish before they reach endangered southern resident killer whales richmond-news.com/highlights/oce…

Some Alaskan salmon fisheries lose Ocean Wise label amid concern for B.C.-bound stock #salmon #orcas Raincoast Conservation Foundation SkeenaWild Watershed Watch Salmon Society coastreporter.net/national-news/… via Coast Reporter

Vancouver-based seafood sustainability group Ocean Wise has removed its recommended designation from southeast Alaskan salmon fisheries. cheknews.ca/some-alaskan-s…

Excited for our recent paper in Frontiers in Conservation Science! We used laws & oral traditions of the Lower Fraser FNs & analyzed the economic costs of ‘managed retreat’ (movement of ppl out of flood prone areas), to propose the return of Sumas Xhotsa (Lake) as a solution to flood risk

📢 We need your help. Tell us how drought is impacting salmon in your community. As summer progresses, drought is escalating across the province. More than 41% of BC is experiencing level 3 or 4 drought, indicating that unfavourable impacts on ecosystems are likely or possible.