Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) has become the Hakai Institute‘s first partner in a new citizen science sea star monitoring program.
Continue reading The Discovery Islands Sea Star Monitoring Program
COVID Update for Thursday, April 15, 2021
COVID update for North Vancouver Island and the Greater Campbell River area: While the rest of British Columbia reels under reports of COVID’s third wave, it still does not appear to more than touched North Vancouver Island. The number of active cases has risen slightly, to 37, as of late yesterday afternoon.
Continue reading COVID Update for Thursday, April 15, 2021
Pacheedaht First Nation wants Fairy Creek protesters to leave
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Pacheedaht First Nation wants Fairy Creek protesters blockading roads in an effort to protect old-growth from logging on southern Vancouver Island to leave their territory.
Continue reading Pacheedaht First Nation wants Fairy Creek protesters to leave
Sea Stars: Wolves of the Ocean floor
Kelly Fretwell from the Hakai Institute recently described sea stars as wolves of the ocean floor.
Continue reading Sea Stars: Wolves of the Ocean floor
Why Bottom Trawling is a climate disaster
By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Bottom trawling, a common fishing practice where large nets are dragged along the sea floor, is exacerbating the climate crisis, a new study has found.
Continue reading Why Bottom Trawling is a climate disaster