Spawners are here!
As I stood under the bridge, I couldn’t stop watching these amazing creatures that have made the challenging long journey to their birthplace. As the females use the last of their energy to prepare their redds (nests), often wearing their tails down to a stub. The males take so much abuse from other competitors large…
The Narwhal: by Matt Simmons, February 18, 2021 For 40 years, Doug Stewart coordinated his movements with spawning salmon on B.C.’s north coast, climbing up creeks to count the fish as they returned from the ocean. His job as a creekwalker — a contract salmon monitoring gig for Fisheries and Oceans Canada — took him…
Submit Public Comments to BC Timber Sales (BCTS) We need your help to stop the 6 cut blocks planned in Roberts Creek watershed in 2025 and 2026! Time is of the essence as public comment period ended May 4, 2024 but comments are still accepted via email only. The main concern is these cut blocks…
by Bob Turner January 27, 2021 The Squamish River estuary was once large and thriving with life, this video shows that changes that have taken place over the past decades without thought in the long lasting impacts to the natural world. Thank YOU Bob Turner for your remarkable work to bring this to our attention…
Coho and chum salmon returns up 300 per cent almost immediately. January 18, 2021 by North Shore News North Shore Streamkeepers president Keegan Casidy wades into Mosquito Creek where salmon are returning in record numbers thanks to a habitat restoration project led by local volunteers.Paul McGrath, North Shore News After all but disappearing from Mosquito…
To BC Timber Sales: I am writing to express my opposition to the planned cutting of six cut blocks of forest in the xwesam (Roberts Creek) headwaters in 2025 and 2026. Re: Cut Block IDs: Cut blocks TA0520-Elph008 & TA0520 – G043B4NN, ELPH1028 and A94817-G043B4SG, A94817-G043C3ZP and TA1078 & Forestry Service Road IDs: (Note: building roads…