Tracing Mining’s Threat to U.S. Waters
In the mountain streams of southern British Columbia and northern Montana, a rugged part of the world, fish with misshapen skulls and twisted spines have …
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Coastal GasLink – Skeena System Failure
The Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents a video detailing the lack of sediment control at Coastal GasLink river crossing construction sites in the Skeena.
Fisheries Department to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.’s coast to protect wild fish
The plight of British Columbia’s endangered wild salmon came first in the decision against renewing licenses for fifteen open-net Atlantic salmon farms in the Discovery …
Montana’s about-face on pollution standards
For years, Canadian mining giant Teck Resources has been fighting against U.S. water standards, which target pollution flowing from its Elk Valley coal mines in …
Why a small town in the Canadian Rockies is a fly fisherman’s paradise
The small town of Fernie rests near the southeastern corner of British Columbia, roughly 4½ hours’ drive northeast of Spokane, Wash. (or 11 hours east …
What’s Alaska’s Dirty Secret?
Alaska needs to move its interception fisheries away from areas where B.C. salmon are returning to spawn to inside waters where Alaskans can still catch …
Groups urge Alaska to protect B.C.- bound salmon
A coalition of Canadian groups is calling on Alaska’s governor to stop the state’s harvest of Canadian-bound salmon, while it criticizes the international treaty that …
Advocates: Pacific Salmon Treaty failing to address harvest of struggling B.C. stocks
Significant numbers of salmon returning to spawn in British Columbia are being caught in southeast Alaskan fisheries, hindering Canada’s efforts to preserve and rebuild stocks …
Salmon found in fields during B.C. floods
And the atmospheric river is due to start flowing again this weekend. As Kevin Estrada boated around flooded agricultural land while assisting neighbors during B.C.’s …
$2.5 Million Fine For Spraying Pesticides Near B.C. river
Pesticides and fish don’t mix. Canadian National Railway Company (CN) was fined $2.5 million after pleading guilty to discharging pesticides in or around fish-bearing waters. …