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Thompson River Steelhead
A Thompson River steelhead primer from 2018.
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da On the Thompson
A senior steelhead scientist in British Columbia, Dr. Eleanor Rigby, has recently made a remarkable discovery. After sampling scales from one of only a few …
“Damn near extinction”
In 2009 we did our first post about the deteriorating situation surrounding wild steelhead in BC’s Thompson watershed. Major alarm bells were going off because …
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 …
DFO Ignored Science on Threats to Fraser River Steelhead
A stunning report from The Narwhal regarding Thompson and Chilcotin steelhead. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) watered down a scientific report to downplay threats to …
Temperature Rising
The B.C. steelhead the advocacy community has sent a letter to B.C. Premier John Horgan in an eleventh-hour attempt to keep at least a flicker …
Thompson River Steelhead Hanging By A Thread
A very thin thread. Back in July, Canadian government fisheries watchdogs decided not to add the Chilcotin River and Thompson River steelhead populations to the …
A Death Sentence for Fraser River Steelhead
This is how extinction happens. Aaron Hill, the executive director of Watershed Watch Salmon Society on the Canadian government’s decision not to protect the Thompson …
Thompson steelhead trapped at bottom of Bonaparte River fishway
This is beyond incompetence. According to the BC Wildlife Federation (BCWF), the few remaining Interior Thompson steelhead trout are stuck at the base of the …