The recent mega-floods have brought an opportunity to rectify one of the problems that has long plagued salmon runs in the Lower Fraser Valley. Hundreds of miles of outdated flood protection infrastructure has been chopping fish up when they return home to spawn. Now much of it will have to be repaired or replaced. The Watershed Watch Salmon Society sees this as the opportunity to install ‘fish friendly’ flood infrastructure in its place.
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Campbell River’s Crowtographer captures one of nature’s most misunderstood birds
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Crows are my jam.
So reads the first line of Colleen Wilson’s Instagram account.
The Campbell River photographer isn’t alone in her obsession with the jet-black birds — both common as muck and extraordinary in equal measure.
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The Cortes Island Evacuation Plan
The Cortes Island Evacuation Plan is complete.
“I am just begging every Cortes Islander to pick up and go through the plan before all this happens, so everybody is aware,” said Strathcona Regional District (SRD) Protective Services Coordinator Shaun Koopman. “Please don’t wait till the last minute to educate yourself about evacuations and emergency support services and how you’re going to be notified and whether or not you have insurance and all those important evacuation considerations.”
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Environmental groups concerned about potential open-net pen fish farm expansions
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A coalition of environmental groups is concerned about the potential expansion of open-net pen salmon farming despite a previous promise by Ottawa to phase them out on the West Coast.
Salmon farming companies have submitted 12 applications — two of which have already been approved — to expand the size or number of net pen operations, and/or to increase the amount of fish produced at sites on the B.C. coast, according to a press release issued by four groups.
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Vancouver Island watersheds set to rise with new surge of storms
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As a trio of new storms approaches, BC Hydro is warning Vancouver Island residents to prepare for outages and avoid river systems with hydroelectric facilities because water is being released from dams to make room for the heavy rainfall.
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