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The Gift of Salmon:
Since I became a Streamkeeper 4 years ago, the fall has become my absolute favourite time of year…..and the reason is the salmon returning to our creeks to continue the circle of life. This last Thursday I was down by Roberts Creek and could hardly keep an accurate count as there were SO many! I…
Last Dance: Spawning Chum Salmon, Vedder River
by Petr Herman Adventures “This video stars a pair of Chum salmon going about their courtship dance. They use their tails to clear silt from the nest they have dug for their eggs, called a Redd. They are not actually spawning in the video, but they are making all the preparations, getting to know each…
Salmon Spawning Count 2020
Bob Turner made this amazing video! It is a video capturing chum salmon spawning near Squamish, BC in November 2020. The female’s release of her eggs and fertilization by male sperm is clearly visible at 2:34. Here are a few pictures of the weekly salmon spawning counts the Sunshine Coast Streamkeepers did from the beginning…
Raincoast Study: Chinook salmon exhibit long-term rearing and early marine growth in the Fraser River, B.C., a large urban estuary
A new study has used salmon ear bones (otoliths) and genetic fingerprinting to confirm the importance of the Fraser estuary for juvenile Chinook salmon. Published on 2021 · 01 · 20 by Raincoast Conservation Photo by Michael O. Snyder. A new paper published by a team of researchers, including Raincoast scientists, and led by Lia Chalifour, finds additional…
SCSS Public Comment to BCTS on xwesam/Stelk’aya (Roberts Creek) Watershed
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…
Squamish River Estuary Skwelwil’em/Howe Sound
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…
