NEWS

Bear souvenir to conserve salmon

Rocky Mountaineer and Pacific Salmon Foundation recently partnered to offer BC visitors a souvenir bear to help raise funds for salmon conservation.

Pacific Salmon Crash on KUOW in Seattle

Inaugural Salmon Hero Awards

Nominations for the inaugural Salmon Hero Awards in the Fraser basin are due February 22.

Study compares methods of estimating salmon abundance

Tenacious juveniles found in un-fish-worthy habitats

Gravel mining will hurt salmon, critics say

Concerns are raised that a gravel mining operation to begin this month will destroy salmon spawning beds and will not offer flood protection as claimed.

Low salmon returns could explain Brackendale eagle count

Brackendale’s low bald eagle count may be the result of low salmon returns.

Out of the wild - and into the ‘burbs

The Globe and Mail review of The Lost Coast: Salmon, Memory and the Death of Wild Culture reminds us that the Fraser River is not a throwaway ecosystem and is in fact less polluted than the days chronicled in this book.

We need to protect the heart of the Fraser

An Abbotsford News editorial highlights the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council’s call to protect the Heart of the Fraser.

Dismal forecast for Salmon populations next year

The Vancouver Sun covers DFO forecasts of low runs for the 2008 season.

FBC sustainability indicators report is available

PSF 2006 progress report is available

Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk calls for proposals

FSWP releases its 2008 Request for Proposals

Report released on Thompson watershed critical temperature thresholds