Bigger Than Me Podcast: DESTRUCTION of the Fraser River
Aaron Pete sat down with Marvin Rosenau to learn about the current state of the Fraser River. The river has been impacted by over-fishing, larger …
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The battle to bring a salmon run home
Sometime in early November 2018, 85,000 cubic meters of rock — the equivalent of 750 double-decker buses — sheared off a 125-meter-high cliff and tumbled …
It’s an extinction-level threat that biologists saw coming
In 2018 scientists recommended that the Fraser River steelhead be listed as a species at risk. Fisheries and Oceans Canada opted to pass on that …
Now who would be gill netting in the Fraser?
Un fucking believable. Watershed Watch and the BC Wildlife Federation have been receiving reports and pictures from a number of sources that there is widespread …
The Biggest Salmon Habitat Issue You’ve Never Heard Of
Along British Columbia’s Fraser River, concrete obstructions block 1,500 kilometers of fish habitat and ‘meat grinder’ pump stations kill fish. Critics say it’s time for …
Salmon cannon up and running at B.C. landslide
The pump system dubbed the salmon cannon is up and running along a remote stretch of B.C.’s Fraser River in order to help fish …
Rock slide caused ‘almost complete loss’ of early salmon runs at Fraser River
Early runs of Stuart sockeye and chinook salmon were devastated last year because they couldn’t make it past a massive landslide on British Columbia’s Fraser …
Salmon cannon coming to help threatened Fraser River fish
Whoosh Innovations to the rescue. With the salmon season approaching, crews are working to get measures in place to help migrating salmon bypass a massive …
Big Bar Blasting Resumes To Ensure Salmon Can Migrate Past Landslide
Blasting resumes this month at the Big Bar landslide on the Fraser River to ensure salmon and steelhead can safely migrate this spring. Fisheries and …
Drone footage documents work to free salmon at Big Bar landslide
Fisheries and Oceans Canada has released drone footage documenting the work done to help migrating salmon after a disastrous landslide in the Fraser River. The …